Route Assistant w​/Class A CDL

Overview

Want to start your career to become a class A CDL driver? Look no further! As a Route Assistant you will begin to gain industry knowledge while our drivers deliver beer. This position provides training to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL‑A), a first step in an impressive career path that can lead motivated individuals into sales leadership. If you want to become a CDL driver that stays local, this is the job for you.

Assist a driver in delivering package and draft products to accounts on an assigned route and on an assigned schedule.

• Assist the driver in counting inventory on the truck and at each account
• Help with product deliveries by reviewing the pick sheet for the account, pulling proper products from bays, stacking products on a dolly, and wheeling them into each account
• Assist driver with account transactions and end‑of‑day settlement procedures as required
• Follow Corporate Sales and Merchandising Standards guidelines to ensure the merchandising of all corporate products, including restocking to avoid out‑of‑stock, making minor legal space adjustments, building displays, installing, placing and providing P.O.S. and pricing products as allowed by retailers
• Establish and maintain good customer‑service relations by ensuring backrooms and shelves are left orderly, deliveries are made on schedule, and providing respectful courtesy to retailers and shoppers
• Follow and enforce Anheuser‑Busch equity agreement and other supplier contract Code Date policies
• Be able to fulfill a driver’s job responsibilities when assigned to run a route
• Understand and complete the checking truck in‑and‑out to ensure proper settlement and handle all damaged, short‑code, and out‑of‑code product at check‑in
• Assist the driver in pre‑ and post‑trip truck inspections
• Clock in/clock out at the designated time clock
• Adhere to strict safe work/driving practices, company policies, rules, regulations, and correct obvious hazards immediately or report to a supervisor if not immediately correctable
• Adhere to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act
• Other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or GED
• One (1) year of general work experience preferred; prior grocery store and/or consumer products experience is a strong plus
• Military experience equivalency may substitute for some requirements
• Daily, in‑person travel within the service territories of Silver Eagle required
• Excellent communication, organizational and assertive skills
• Must be able to perform physically demanding work, including frequent lifting of cases 25‑40 pounds and handling kegs weighing up to 161 pounds
• Possess an active Class A‑CDL and medical card
• Able to handle alcohol and work within T.A.B.C. guidelines
• Must have a smartphone with camera and data capability
• Must have a valid Texas driver’s A CDL license and a driving record within MVR policy guidelines

• Talk, hear, and see (including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus)
• Continuous standing and walking up to 8 hours at a time
• Continuous lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling 20‑161 lbs
• Operate a two‑ or four‑wheel dolly
• Push a 300 lb dolly load and move 161 lb kegs
• Safely operate a pallet jack
• Frequent climbing, pushing, pulling and maneuvering dolly, hand truck, bay roll‑up doors, straps, curb ramps, truck doors, boxes, cases, kegs, truck gear shift
• Pass DOT physical and drug screen
• Shift a manual transmission vehicle

• All weather conditions (indoor & outdoor) including high temperatures, cool/cold temperatures, wind, ice, humidity, rain, fog, hail, sleet, and snow
• Daylight, twilight, evening and dark lighting conditions
• Noise, vibration, dust, dirt, airborne particles, fumes
• Work hours will vary daily due to business needs

• Competitive compensation with access to on‑demand pay
• Full range of benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with a company match
• Paid time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Career development training
• On‑site gym facilities
• Free beer and beverage gifts throughout the year

• Drug test and background screen required

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.