Job description

****Currently offering $20,000 sign on BONUS****

Ten paid holidays, One week paid vacation, and One week of paid sick time, all in the first year of employment! Food Lion Distribution offers tuition reimbursement, 401 K matching, medical, dental, vision insurance, short / long term disability, and much more !!

Job Title: Truck Driver

Responsible for safely delivering grocery and perishable product to company stores as scheduled and for safely transporting back hauls to distribution centers.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

• Safely operate tractor trailer while maintaining the company’s driving performance standards.
• Assist in unloading deliveries at stores.
• Follow proper pre-trip procedures as required by DOT regulation 392.7
• Maintain and follow all proper delivery and pick up paperwork and procedures.
• Maintain all D.O.T. paperwork and qualifications.
• Assuring proper count and condition of load(s) at all back haul, for hire and relay (compound) locations.
• Verify proper operating condition of equipment used.
• Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting their work group or distribution center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs.
• Ensure compliance with Delhaize America standards in the areas of accuracy, safety and productivity.

Basic Qualification:

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must possess a Class A Commercial Driver’s License.
• Must have a minimum of 1 year of tractor trailer driving experience. One year of experience can be waived if a graduate of an approved truck driving school and a certificate of completion presented.
• Must not have more than one moving violation against your driving record in the last 3 year rolling period
• Knowledge of DOT and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations along with Transportation Logistics.
• Knowledge of proper use of equipment.
• Reach, bend, stoop and lift up to 70 lbs.

Preferred Qualification:

• Previous tractor trailer driving experience.
• Knowledge of all D.O.T. regulations.

Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent driving skills
• Possess good communication, verbal and written skills
• Ability to pass and meet all requirements for the D.O.T. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations handbook and D.O.T. physical and drug screen

Requirements:

• Knowledge of all DOT regulations
• Knowledge of proper use of equipment
• Must have good written and oral communication and be able to speak English
• Meet all requirements (physical and otherwise) set by the DOT Federal Motor

Carrier Safety Regulations handbook

• Ability to reach, bend, stoop and lift up to 70 lbs. Commercial driver’s license
• Must be 21 years of age. Must have a minimum of 3 years tractor trailer driving

experience

• One year of experience can be waived if a graduate of an approved truck driving

school and a certificate of completion is presented

• Must not have more than one moving violation against your driving record in the

last 3 year rolling period.

• Must pass drug screens

Benefits offered:

• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Healthcare spending or reimbursement accounts such as HSAs or FSAs
• Other types of insurance
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Education assistance or tuition reimbursement
• Employee discounts

Trucking freight handling:

• Some touch freight

Type of Freight:

• Dry Vans
• Reefer

Trucking payment:

• Per trip

Work Remotely

• No

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Trucking driver type:

• Company driver

Trucking home time:

• Home daily

Trucking route:

• Dedicated
• Local
• Regional

Experience:

• driving: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: On the road

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