Short Haul Driver

Join the Cold Chain That Feeds the World.

For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature‑controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose. We value customer service, innovation, and inclusion, and we invest in our people’s growth and well‑being.

If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a company that puts people first, Americold is the place for you.

Drives a commercial motor vehicle primarily engaged in trips of less than one hundred fifty (150) miles from the home base in order to provide safe and timely delivery of products to and/or from customers with responsibility for the established routes within an established territory.

• Delivers and picks up containers/trailers at various warehouse and customer locations, assists as needed with unloading or reloading the vehicle, and reports any discrepancies or issues to appropriate individual(s) immediately upon discovery. May be asked or required to deliver information to outside third parties to pick up and/or deliver containers/trailers as needed or as necessary.
• Serves as point of contact for the Company regarding product acceptance and/or delivery issues by processing paperwork including purchase orders, invoices, accounts receivables, fuel receipts, dispatch sheets, bills of lading, unloading receipts, trucking logs, and shipping schedules. May be asked or required to create, process, and track invoices and billing as needed or as necessary.
• Maintains Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). logs as required by law, as well as any other Company documents necessary for operation of vehicle, performs daily equipment and vehicle inspections, and relays appropriate information between ports of entry and warehouses.
• Performs other driving and/or warehouse‑related duties as required or as requested.

• High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED) preferred.
• Meet Federal Motor Carrier Qualifications (which includes, but are not limited to, FMCSR part 391).
• Valid and current Commercial Driver License (CDL) with proper endorsements in state of residence which has no current license suspension or revocation. A work permit is never acceptable.
• No conviction for a “serious or disqualifying traffic violation” within the last three (3) years. (Includes excessive speeding of 15 mph or more above the posted limit, reckless driving, improper or erratic lane changes, following too closely, hit and run, texting or using a handheld device while driving, driving while intoxicated within the past five (5) years, more than four moving violations in the past 36 months, more than two in the previous 12 months, and no preventable accidents involving a fatality, serious injuries treated away from the scene, or disabling damage to a motor vehicle within three years.)
• Two (2) years of experience operating tractor/trailer equipment.

• Successful passing of Department of Transportation  screen, pre‑employment drug test, and other required physical and medical examinations.
• Demonstrated ability to enter and exit truck as well as hook and unhook trailering equipment.
• Demonstrated written, verbal, and interpersonal and customer service communication skills sufficient to read and interpret road maps and road signs and partner with customers and other co‑workers.
• Demonstrated mathematical skills sufficient to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals to complete required papers and documents.
• Demonstrated possession and application of reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, and speaking skills necessary to interact and respond to customers, co‑workers, and management staff effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems in a fast‑paced environment where deadlines and scopes may change regularly while maintaining accuracy,…