About the Role
Join the US Foods team as a driver and build a career with a leading foodservice distributor. We are committed to our mission of GREAT FOOD. MADE EASY™ and believe in helping our drivers succeed.
Responsibilities
- Safely drive trucks to customers and meet scheduled customer delivery times
- Carefully unload products from the trailer with a two-wheeler, pallet jack, or by hand and place in designated customer storage areas
- Verify accuracy of delivery with customers and obtain proper signatures
- Handle collections and payments from customers when applicable
- Professionally perform customer service responsibilities to enhance our client experience
- Perform all pre-trip and post-trip equipment inspection
Requirements
- Register to the FMCSA Clearinghouse
- 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
- Minimum of six months commercial driving experience (any industry) OR three months commercial driving experience in the food and/or beverage delivery industry required
- Ability to operate manual transmission preferred; may be required in specific locations
- Must be able to read and communicate in the English language - able to hold a conversation, to understand highway traffic signs and signals, to respond to official inquiries, and to enter information on reports and records
- Ability to lift/carry/push/pull 20 to 80+ lbs. of product repetitively during each shift required
- Comfortable driving and working in inclement weather conditions with frequent stops (10+ per shift) required
Skills
- Commercial driving experience
- Customer service
- Manual transmission operation (preferred)
- English language communication
Location
- Long Island
- Queens
Work Type
- Home Daily
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Minimum of six months commercial driving experience (any industry)
- Three months commercial driving experience in the food and/or beverage delivery industry
Salary/Compensations
- $115k in your first year
- $320 daily + case pay
- $12,000 HIRING BONUS FOR ELIGIBLE NEW HIRES
- $20,000 RETENTION BONUS FOR ELIGIBLE NEW HIRES WITH 2+ YEARS OF COMMERCIAL FOOD DELIVERY EXPERIENCE
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Pre-tax spending accounts
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Life insurance
About the Company
- US Foods is one of the largest food distributors with a culture and history of promoting from within, excellent training programs and a continuous improvement focus.
- We are 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.
Equal Opportunity
- EOE – Race/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age/Genetic Information/Protected Veteran/Disability Status
