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ROUTE DRIVER

We are a family-owned importer, distributor, and retailer of Italian food products in Brooklyn. We are seeking a truck driver to make deliveries to customers and pick up merchandise at vendors. We utilize two box trucks and one van to make deliveries; no CDL required.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Driving to stops throughout tristate area, primarily New York City, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey
  • Following route exactly as prescribed by management using routing sheets and GPS devices
  • Making timely and courteous deliveries to customers; conducting oneself professionally during pickups at vendors
  • Checking invoices with customers and vendors to insure all merchandise on bill is accounted for
  • Participate in loading of truck each morning, either as forklift operator bringing pallets to truck, or on truck using pallet jack to arrange pallets
  • Unloading truck at delivery stops using loading docks, liftgates, or moving merchandise by hand
  • Operating pallet jacks, handtrucks, liftgates, forklifts
  • Maintaining appropriate temperature onboard for refrigerated or frozen foods
  • Protecting merchandise from damage using straps, load bars, and careful driving to prevent pallet tipping or material handling equipment from moving around truck body
  • Staying in contact with management throughout course of business to review routing, proper storage of pickups at end of day, and troubleshooting other issues
  • Assisting with unload of truck after route
  • Collecting payments and insuring full amounts are safely transported to office
  • Keeping careful records and organized paperwork during route, including but not limited to: invoices, bills of lading, credit card authorizations, check and cash receipts, fuel receipts, driver logs, maintenance reports

Qualifications

  • Familiarity with basic truck and vehicle care/maintenance, rules of the road, DMV guidelines, DOT regulations, and commercial driving best practices
  • Knowledge of material handling, warehousing, logistics, transportation
  • Strong communication skills, both in person and by telephone when on the road

Requirements

  • Minimum one (1) year experience as a professional driver, or minimum of two (2) years experience as a helper/lumper, dispatcher, warehouse worker, or other non-driver in related field
  • Strong record of workplace and driving safety
  • Valid driver license Class A, B, C, D, or E
  • Availability to work full time, Monday to Friday. Saturday shifts available during busy season.
  • Legal authorization to work in the United States
  • Ability to speak and comprehend English (proficiency in Italian and/or Spanish welcomed)

Compensation

  • Hourly base, starting at $17.50
  • Case commission, starting at $0.25 per case transported
  • Overtime (1.5x) above 40 hours/week
  • Health insurance after one year of service
  • Paid time off (PTO) for vacation after one year of service

Please, no phone calls or unannounced visits. Online applications and email only.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $17.50 per hour

Expected hours: 30 – 60 per week

Benefits:

  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Paid training

Experience:

  • Delivery driver: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

  • English (Preferred)

License/Certification:

  • Driver's License (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

  • Brooklyn, NY 11219 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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