CDL A Delivery Driver - SYGMA - Belleville, IL
Sysco
Belleville, Illinois
Posted 6 days ago
Evening/Overnight
Qualifications
Education
High school diploma/GED/equivalent degree
Required Licenses
- Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License
Responsibilities
Primary Duties
- Safely transports product from the warehouse to the customer location and ensures product is delivered on a timely basis, according to assigned route.
- Unloads product from trailer, by hand or using hand cart in all weather conditions and places in designated customer storage areas according to customer specifications and company standards.
- Picks up, loads and unloads damaged goods and customer returns, and transports products back to SYGMA warehouse.
- Ensures all paperwork is completed according to established company and governmental guidelines.
- Ensures all food safety protocols are met according to established guidelines and maintains sanitary conditions in tractor and trailer; assists with maintaining sanitary conditions in the warehouse and yard.
- Follows preferred work methods at all times, and immediately advises management team of any unsafe conditions.
- Maintains and safely operates all assigned equipment.
- Develops and establishes good relationships with customers by providing excellent and courteous service with clear communication.
- Communicates with management team regarding any deviations to route, trailer or loading issues and/or customer or product issues.
- Safely transports product picked up via backhauls and line hauls and ensures picked up product is correct and is delivered on a timely basis, according to established company standards.
- Works assigned schedule and works outside usual work schedule as needed to meet customer needs; exhibits regular and predictable attendance. Other duties as assigned by Management.
Experience Requirements
Required
1 year of tractor trailer driving experience preferred.
1 year of experience
Required Skills
Technical Skills
Knowledge of DOT regulationsKnowledge of Hazmat guidelinesKnowledge of safe lifting and delivery practices
Soft Skills
Skill in communicating with customersSkill in solving problemsAbility to effectively plan and organize work activities independent of direct supervision
Full Job Description
Job Title
To serve our customers by safely and efficiently transporting product from the warehouse by driving a tractor trailer to various customers and properly delivering and unloading product according to customer invoices and company standards.
Shift: Evening/Overnight
Drive Both Local and Regional Routes
Pay: Average of $94-$97K yearly
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job description supersedes prior job descriptions. When duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and is subject to changes of business necessity.
EEO/AA Employer
To serve our customers by safely and efficiently transporting product from the warehouse by driving a tractor trailer to various customers and properly delivering and unloading product according to customer invoices and company standards.
Shift: Evening/Overnight
Drive Both Local and Regional Routes
Pay: Average of $94-$97K yearly
Essential Functions/Responsibilities
- Safely transports product from the warehouse to the customer location and ensures product is delivered on a timely basis, according to assigned route.
- Unloads product from trailer, by hand or using hand cart in all weather conditions and places in designated customer storage areas according to customer specifications and company standards.
- Picks up, loads and unloads damaged goods and customer returns, and transports products back to SYGMA warehouse.
- Ensures all paperwork is completed according to established company and governmental guidelines.
- Ensures all food safety protocols are met according to established guidelines and maintains sanitary conditions in tractor and trailer; assists with maintaining sanitary conditions in the warehouse and yard.
- Follows preferred work methods at all times, and immediately advises management team of any unsafe conditions.
- Maintains and safely operates all assigned equipment.
- Develops and establishes good relationships with customers by providing excellent and courteous service with clear communication.
- Communicates with management team regarding any deviations to route, trailer or loading issues and/or customer or product issues.
- Safely transports product picked up via backhauls and line hauls and ensures picked up product is correct and is delivered on a timely basis, according to established company standards.
- Works assigned schedule and works outside usual work schedule as needed to meet customer needs; exhibits regular and predictable attendance. Other duties as assigned by Management.
- High school diploma/GED/equivalent degree, plus 1 year of tractor trailer driving experience preferred. Completion of a tractor trailer driving school will be accepted instead of, or in addition to a high school diploma.
- Valid Class A Commercial Driver's License. Must be insurable to operate a vehicle as a condition of initial and continued employment.
- Knowledge of: DOT regulations; Hazmat guidelines; Safe lifting and delivery practices.
- Skill in: driving over long distances, over a variety of terrains and in varying weather conditions, communicating with customers; solving problems; delivering product.
- Ability to: drive a tractor-trailer unit both in the day and at night in a variety of traffic and weather conditions and remain alert and aware of surroundings; meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the Company; handle hazardous materials and food and restaurant items that are frozen, dry and refrigerated; operate a 3 axle tractor, 45' - 48' trailer, straight truck, on board computer, key pad and a 2 wheel hand cart.
- Perform basic math functions (e.g. add, subtract, multiply, divide); effectively plan and organize work activities independent of direct supervision; solve problems.
- Ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to sit, talk and hear. The associate is frequently required to lift, push, or move product that weighs up to 50 pounds by hand and push/pull up to 350 pounds of product with a 2-wheeled hand card down a ramp and into the customer's storage areas; climb in and out of a tractor and trailer; reach to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart; bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally exposed to wet, hot, extreme cold and/or humid conditions; and moving mechanical parts and may be required to work in confined spaces. The associate usually works an overnight schedule, including weekends, holidays, overtime, on-call and starting at various times are required in order to successfully meet customers' needs. The associate is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places. The associate is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Overtime hours, working weekends and holidays, and starting at various start times are required in order to successfully meet customers' needs.
Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job description supersedes prior job descriptions. When duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and is subject to changes of business necessity.
EEO/AA Employer
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$41
/ hour
Sysco pays $41 for Truck Driver in Belleville, Illinois, with most salaries ranging from $28 to $60. Pay can vary based on role, experience, and local cost of living.
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