CDL A or B Local Delivery Truck Driver - Nashville

CDL A or B Local Delivery Truck Driver - Nashville

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Job Summary – All drivers run daily routes with frequent stops and are required to load packages onto hand trucks and unload product at each stop in the order designated by the Transportation Department Manager. The driver works away from OpCo at a domiciled location closer to the marketplace of the customer. The job is the same as an operating company delivery driver and is a customer‑facing position.

The driver is responsible for cross‑dock model picking of trucks from a nightly delivery at the assigned loading dock and returning the empty truck to the assigned lot at the end of the route. The driver may be required to assist occasionally with loading trucks, palletizing product, and performing other duties as assigned by Supervisor or Manager.

Job Location:
Nashville, TN

YOU MUST LIVE IN NASHVILLE

• Provide technical, customer relations, and personnel management for major programs and projects.
• Runs routes efficiently, meeting or exceeding designated route times.
• Unload product from trailer, by hand or using a hand cart, and place in designated customer storage areas. May include transporting product down ramps, stairs, or docks, in all weather conditions.
• Frequently lift, push, or move product that weighs 1–75 pounds, up to 100 pounds; frequently reach up to 72” to stack and unstack pallets and hand cart; constantly bend and twist while loading and unloading product, and retrieving items from trailer.
• Verify delivery of items with customer and obtain proper signatures.
• Contact management for authorization when discrepancies on invoice and communicate all errors/returns.
• Call in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts).
• Handles any customer complaints professionally.
• Handles company equipment properly, follows written driver safety rules, and performs a pre‑trip inspection.
• Perform pre‑trip and post‑trip responsibilities in accordance with Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and Sysco policies and procedures.
• Organize a truck and make the deliveries efficiently.
• Check whether a truck is operating well enough to perform the route.

• High School or GED or equivalent

• One year route delivery experience or applicable background driving a straight truck.
• Valid Commercial Driver’s License – Class B (Class A preferred).
• Ability to read and speak English sufficiently to converse with the general public, understand highway traffic signs and signals, respond to official inquiries, and make entries on reports and records.

• Operate vehicle in a variety of traffic and weather conditions.
• Meet or exceed minimum productivity levels established by the Company.
• Meet or exceed established cases per error goals.
• Demonstrate strong customer relations and problem resolution skills.
• Effectively plan and organize work activities independently of direct supervision.
• Develop a good working knowledge of product and inventory control techniques and procedures.
• Maintain ongoing inter‑department communications related to routing, safety, and customer relations.
• Proven ability to communicate articulately and perform simple arithmetic (Experience in handling money preferred).
• Building Customer Loyalty.
• Managing Work.
• Adaptability.
• Building Trust.
• Follow‑up.
• Communication.

• Frequent lifting of a product up to 50 lbs. during the shift, infrequent lifting to 80 lbs.
• Must be able to climb on and off the box of the truck.
• Frequent bending, squatting, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to work in confined spaces.

Entry level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Wholesale Food and Beverage

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