With all the Driver openings out there, what sets DPI/KeHE apart?
- A $3,000 hiring bonus for new Drivers, paid in two installments.
- A dedication to the success of our employees.
- A long history of providing excellent customer service.
- A national network of distribution centers.
- A fleet of safe, modern vehicles (all 2017 or newer).
- Company provided cell phone for business use.
- Yearly shoe vouchers
- Company provided safety clothing
- Wet hosing instead of self-fuel
- Equipment regular washed on site
- Score carding to promote safe driver behavior – we are not an operation that requests or requires drivers to be unsafe and speed to get the job done.
Summary: Drivers operate powered tractor trailer combinations over local, inter and intra state roads and highways in a safe and efficient manner in order to deliver/transport products to customers. Drivers may also return freight pick up from vendors to DPI facilities (back haul). Job tasks include performing pre-trip and post-trip inspections on trucks and equipment, securing loads in between deliveries using load bars, straps and bulkheads; unloading products onto docks and transporting to customer storage using hand trucks or pallet jacks. Drivers may be responsible for on-site set up and product display.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Operate truck to transport, deliver and receive products to and from customer sites in a safe and efficient manner
- Perform pre-and post-trip inspection on the truck and trailer for safe operation of vehicle
- Communicate with supervisor to receive work orders, products, maintain delivery schedule, verify loads, report delivery issues and check-in during travel stops. May include use of a cellular phone or radio
- Interact and communicate with customers and vendors to verify delivery loads, place or position products, receive re-loads or backhauls and complete transaction documentation
- Unload products from trailer and deliver to customer storage facility using manual and powered pallet jacks
- Read and interpret work orders, safety instructions and manuals
- Apply knowledge of product and temperature sensitive protocols when transporting, re-loading and securing product for transport
- Maintain manual or electronic log books according to Interstate Commerce Commissions regulations
- Secure trailer during stops using chock blocks
- Apply knowledge of commercial driving regulations and skill when maneuvering vehicle in all situations
- Apply knowledge of product and storage shape and sizing for optimum stacking and storing of products and goods
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $28.96 per hour
Expected hours: 40 – 45 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid orientation
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Supplemental pay types:
Trucking driver type:
- Company driver
- Solo driver
Trucking home time:
Trucking route:
Application Question(s):
- How long have you had your CDL A license?
- Have you ever done food delivery before?
License/Certification:
Work Location: In person