Job Description

CDL A Truck Driver at US Foods, Inc. summary:

The CDL A Truck Driver at US Foods is responsible for delivering food products to customers, ensuring timely and reliable service. This role requires the ability to manage heavy lifting and navigate various weather conditions while adhering to safety regulations. Drivers are valued as crucial team members, contributing to the company's mission of providing quality food products and building strong customer relationships.

BECOME A US FOODS® DRIVER!

Great Delivery Truck Drivers are crucial to the US Foods® team and one of the important faces of our organization. Our truck drivers strive for integrity and reliability while building trusting relationships with customers.

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Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, function, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. The expected base rate for this role is between $22.56 and $28.20/hour.

As applicable, this role will also receive overtime compensation. ​​

​Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance.

JOIN OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM! 

We are looking for Delivery Truck Drivers who relish the chance to push their potential, grow and reap the rewards of joining the US FOODS® family.

We help YOU make it! US FOODS® is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promotion from within and unlimited career growth opportunities w/ ongoing job skills and leadership development training. 

US FOODS® has a lot to offer :  

• Home Every Night with local routes

• US FOODS® is the company built on YOU Matter, where your hard work is rewarded. 

• We are committed to compensation, and benefits that respect, and reward our employees for their dedication and hard work.   

• Paid Training, Pension, AND Paid Overtime 

• Service recognition and employee rewards 

• Excellent Leadership   

EXCELLENT BENEFITS: Medical, dental, vision, Pension Plan, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) life insurance.

Main Ingredients of the Job  

As a US FOODS® Delivery Driver, you will be critical to the US FOODS® team and one of the important faces of our organization. As a Delivery Driver, you will have an impact on our customers by delivering our meats, produce, frozen goods, groceries, dry goods, equipment, and supplies to their drop-off sites. Your efforts are the foundation that defines US FOODS® success based on our pillars of cultural beliefs, work ethic, collaborative spirit, and service. 

• Deliver best-in-class Customer Service.

• Deliver customers’ orders to meet scheduled delivery times and keep productivity. 

• Unload products with a hand truck and place items in the customer storage area.  

• Able to perform repeated, manual heavy lifting of items up to 80 pounds. 

• Make frequent stops during a work shift.  

• Deliver product in inclement weather conditions.  

• Verify delivery of items with customers. 

• Collect money (cash or checks) where needed.  

What you bring to the table 

• Must be at least 21 years of age.  

• Must have valid CDL Class A issued by the state of legal residence with necessary endorsements and DOT qualifications.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred. 

• Valid U.S. driver’s license issued by the state of legal residence with proper endorsements if required. 

• No more than two convictions in the past two-year period for traffic violations, no DUI convictions in the past three years, and no driver’s license suspensions in the past three years.

• Minimum of six months of commercial driving experience (any industry) OR three months of driving experience in the food and beverage delivery industry required. 

• Must be able to pass DOT physical. 

Why US Foods

At US Foods, we’re committed to our mission of GREAT FOOD. MADE EASY™ -- providing food products that keep operators ahead of customer demand and services that help them run their operations.

Great drivers are crucial to the US Foods® team and one of the important faces of our organization. On and off the road, our drivers strive for integrity and reliability, while building trusting relationships with customers.

At the foundation of those efforts are our cultural beliefs, the pillars that define our work ethic, collaborative spirit and service. Together we help our customers make it, but we also believe in helping our drivers make it!

We are committed to compensation and benefits that respect and reward our employees for their dedication and hard work.

Registering to the FMCSA Clearinghouse is a requirement by the Department of Transportation. All Drivers are required to the Clearinghouse website and register to the new database. The Clearinghouse is a secure online database that provides real-time information about commercial driver’s license (CDL) and commercial learner’s permit (CLP) holders’ drug and alcohol program violations. If you have not registered to the FMCSA database, please note registration is required. Please visit and click GO to login. If you are able to log into login, but are having trouble with the Clearinghouse registration, see “Clearinghouse Help” field on the clearinghouse page.

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Keywords:

CDL A Driver, Delivery Driver, Truck Driver, Food Distribution, US Foods, Heavy Lifting, Customer Service, Local Routes, Transportation, Logistics

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Local area, Shift work, Night shift,

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