Delivery Driver Trainee - Company Paid CDL

Description

SUMMARY
The Delivery Driver Trainee is a full-time hourly position serving as a steppingstone into a Relief and then Driver position. Once a Trainee has met the requirements, they will attend CDL-A courses as needed to acquire a CDL driving permit and CDL-A license. Caffey Distributing will cover the cost of obtaining a CDL-A License backed by a 2-year promissory note of employment. The primary purpose of the Delivery Driver Trainee is to deliver merchandise, and service accounts in the assigned route, while maintaining the quality of our products and promoting a safe work environment.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
•    Complete CDL course to learn how to operate a CDL-A vehicle safely 
•    Is familiar with and certified to use all types of delivery equipment, including pallet jacks, docks and dock-levelers, trucks and trailers per Caffey Distributing / Carolina Premium Beverage and OSHA standards.  
•    Learn how to professionally deliver stops in all areas and departments to ensure flexibility.
•    Learn how to prepare invoices, collect payments from customers and record transactions on customer receipt.
•    Listen to and resolve service complaints. 
•    Represent Caffey Distributing Company/Carolina Premium Beverage in a professional manner and provide excellent customer service.
•    Maintain a friendly, working relationship with the Manager on each account on all routes in assigned area
•    Confer with Area Delivery Managers to resolve customer problems, opportunities, competitive activity in your market, and potential overage situations
•    Check in product with Store Manager, following store policy.
•    Restock cold boxes, displays, shelves and other areas where products are available for sale. 
•    Responsible for keeping back stock, cold box and displays rotated and in a clean and organized manner
•    Adhere to company account and merchandising standards in all accounts.
•    Responsible for adhering to Overage Beer Policy
•    Maintain safe driving record and comply with company driving policy.
•    Attending all scheduled meetings and company functions as required.
•    Adhere to dress code, including safety non-negotiables,” and be properly always groomed
•     Obey all federal, state, and local laws.
•    Perform other duties as assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  

JOB KNOWLEDGE AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Requires common intelligence, such as the ability to use simple gauges or instruments that require no interpretation. Must follow oral instructions and occasionally use simple writing or arithmetic skills. High School diploma or GED is not required. No experience required.

INITIATIVE AND INGENUITY
Requires the use of little judgment to follow instructions, using simple equipment in performing duties where the employee is told what to do and has little or no choice as to the procedures used for achieving results.

MENTAL / VISUAL / AUDITORY DEMAND 
Occasional mental or visual attention since either the operation is practically automatic or the duties require attention only at long intervals.
RESPONSIBILITY FOR EQUIPMENT
Limited makes minor adjustments to equipment; however, equipment is not “sensitive," and damages are unlikely under normal use and care.

RESONSIBILITY FOR MATERIAL OR PRODUCT 
Works with materials/product where errors would usually be detected and could be re-worked without major loss of materials.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY OF OTHERS
Only reasonable care to own work necessary to prevent injury to others, and accidents, should they occur, would be minor in nature, such as cuts, bruises, abrasions, etc.

RESPONSIBILITY FOR WORK OF OTHERS
Responsible for own work.

WORK ENVIRONMENT  
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Somewhat disagreeable work conditions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to outside weather conditions and sometimes exposed to dust, dirt, heat, fumes, cold, noise, vibration, water, oil, etc., with some being present to the extent of being disagreeable.

HAZARDS
Injuries, should they occur, may result in loss of time, due to crushed hand or foot, loss of fingers or toes, eye injuries, chemical burns, etc.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Requires the ability to read, write, complete simple forms and understand simple written instructions.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Requires the ability to perform arithmetic skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division including decimals and fractions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The job entails considerable physical effort consisting of:
•    Continuously lifting or moving average-weight material, or
•    Continuously lifting or moving light-weighted material in difficult work positions, or
•    Frequently moving or lifting heavy-weight material, or
•    Frequently lifting or moving average-weight material in difficult work positions, or
•    Occasionally lifting or moving heavy-weight material in difficult work positions, or
•    In each case expending equivalent effort pulling, pushing, or carrying.

A job description, by its nature, cannot include every aspect of the job. Because of this, any function that would reasonably fall under the responsibility of the Delivery Helper is assumed and it is expected that the Delivery Helper will act accordingly. The Delivery Helper will be expected to perform any other task not included in this job description requested by management.

Qualifications

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