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CDL A Local Delivery Truck Driver at Freshpoint

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Job Description

Drive Forward into a New Career with FreshPoint Nashville, A Sysco Company.

  • CDL A Box Truck Delivery Driver positions delivering produce locally
  • Touch Freight will be required.
  • Client Facing Customer Service
  • Early Morning Shift Starting
  • Work-Life Balance daily work has you home in time for dinner
  • Base pay plus incentives
  • Paid Benefits

Job Profile Summary

All drivers run daily routes with frequent stops and are required to load packages onto hand trucks and unload product at each stop on the assigned route in the order they are designated by the Transportation Department Manager. The candidate will operate successfully in a cross-dock model picking up a loaded truck from a nightly delivery at the assigned loading dock and return the empty truck back to the assigned lot at the end of the route. May be required to assist occasionally with loading-trucks, palletizing product, and performing other duties as assigned by Supervisor or Manager.

Job Posting

All drivers run daily routes with frequent stops and are required to load packages onto hand trucks and unload product at each stop on the assigned route in the order they are designated by the Transportation Department Manager. The candidate will operate successfully in a cross-dock model picking up a loaded truck from a nightly delivery at the assigned loading dock and return the empty truck back to the assigned lot at the end of the route. May be required to assist occasionally with loading-trucks, palletizing product, and performing other duties as assigned by Supervisor or Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • 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 are on invoices. Communicate all errors/returns.

  • Calls in when a customer does not receive their entire order (shorts)

  • Handles any customer complaints professionally

  • Handles company equipment properly, follow written driver safety rules, and performs a pre-trip inspection. Perform pre-trip and post-trip responsibilities in accordance with Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and Sysco policies and procedures

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements

  • 21+ years of age.

  • Must submit to a pre-employment background check and drug screen.

  • License to drive - valid Class A Commercial Driver License (CDL) with a clean driving record.

  • Ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.

  • Touch freight - may need to lift, push or move product weighing an average of 40-60 pounds and as much as 100 pounds repeatedly.

  • Flexibility - overtime as required, weekends and holidays as business needs require.

Preferred Requirements

  • 1 year customer delivery experience preferred.

  • 6 months hand cart/hand truck experience preferred.

  • 6 months Food and Beverage experience preferred.

  • 2 years consistent work history preferred.

Typical mid-level pay: $57k for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers nationally

National salary averages
Expected mid-level
$57k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$39k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $79k

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Employers are hiring actively, but pay hasn't caught up with demand. Focus on competing offers and non-salary benefits.

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Constrained
Mobility
High mobility
Durability
Somewhat fragile

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: Senior candidates with options
Weaker for: Entry-level candidates, Career switchers

Where to negotiate

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Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

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Specialize
Experts earn more
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Stable but flat

Steady work, but limited growth in both jobs and pay.

+4%
10yr growth
237,600 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
Typical: Postsecondary nondegree award

Openings come from turnover, not new growth. Differentiate to advance.

Labor data: BLS 2024