CDLA Driver (Smyrna, TN)

Description

Position Summary
Delivery Drivers assist the company in delivering our food product services from the distribution center to 
our clients via dedicated routes. Responsible for driving delivery trucks to ensure that recipients receive 
their delivery in a safe and timely manner, loading and unloading of the products and collecting payment 
when necessary. This position needs to provide outstanding professional and customer service when 
communicating and interacting not only with our team, but with our customers and clients.

Basic Minimum Requirements: 
• Valid CDL-A License issued in TN state.
• Valid Medical Card
• 1 year driving experience
• Lift 50lbs regularly throughout the day
• Be able to use electric pallet jack or manual pallet jack
• Be able to able to use hand carts to deliver items inside to customers. May be required to go up 
and down steps to deliver items
• Be able to be on your feet for extended periods of time
• Good customer service skills, Bilingual preferred but not essential
• Able to use phone/tablet to communicate with different departments
• Shift length may vary and be prolonged
• Be available to run overnight routes

Organizational Responsibilities:
Follows established policies and procedures by monitoring and ensuring compliance with regulatory 
requirements, organizational standards, and operational processes related to area(s) of responsibility and 
reporting violations or infractions to appropriate individual(s).

Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with Company, warehouse, and departmental policies, 
procedures, and standards by immediately reporting any mechanical or electrical equipment 
malfunctions, employee/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to appropriate individual(s).
Identifies areas for improvement and offers suggestions to improve the site's efficiency, profitability, and 
productivity.

Keeps abreast of current changes in technology, logistics tools, processes, and standards within the 
industry and area(s) of responsibility by attending internal and external training programs and by 
accessing other sources of information and apply knowledge and practices to area(s) of responsibility.

Work Hours (may vary by state or location):
Hours of operation vary by site and shift. Must be available to work on weekends and overnight when 
scheduled and must be able to perform the essential job functions unaccompanied

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.

Education/Experience:
- Highschool diploma or GED. 
- A clean driving record.
- Minimum of one year of experience as a CDL-A driver.

Language Ability:
Demonstrated ability to read, write, and communicate effectively to comprehend and complete legal 
documents, and answer questions in English. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. 
Bilingual in Spanish preferred.

Math Ability:
Demonstrated mathematical skills necessary to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers, decimals, 
and fractions, and calculate percentages.

Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or 
diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer/ Technology Skills:
Demonstrated the ability to use electronic logbook, “e-log” or any other related ELD logbook applications 
approved by the FMCSA. Knowledge of basic technology and delivery applications/ software. Proficiency 
and fluency in using the internet and navigating the internet and websites.

Certificates and Licenses:
• A valid and unexpired CDL class A driver’s license always issued from TN state.
• A valid/ unexpired medical certificate/card always. 

Supervisory Responsibilities:
This job does not have supervisory responsibilities. 

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.

Incumbents that work in the unconditioned warehouse environment temperature may vary in some parts 
of the warehouse (cooler/freezer), but also have frequent exposure to outside elements where 
temperature, weather, odors, and/or landscape may be unpleasant and/or hazardous. You’ll be working
around moving machines – order pickers, stand-up forklifts, turret trucks, and mobile carts. Depending on 
the weather, temperatures can be over 90°F in the truck yard or inside trailers.

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.

Visual and hearing acuity, in accordance with federal regulations which mandate that truck drivers must 
hear a forced whisper at 5 feet, have at least 20/40 vision, a 70-degree field of vision, and the ability to 
distinguish the colors of traffic lights. Hand-eye coordination, since they must coordinate their hands, legs, 
and eyes to maintain a fast reaction time on the roads.

Drivers are required to pass a physical exam every two years.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, type, 
handle or feel objects, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; reach with 
hands and arms, climb, stoop, and squat. The employee is intermittently required to sit. Incumbents must 
be able to physically access all exterior and interior parts of the warehouse and amenities. 

Must be able to push, pull, lift, carry, or maneuver weights of up to fifty (50) pounds independently and 
one hundred and fifty (150) pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include 
close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Routine, local travel may be required to attend training classes, conduct market research, or other 
situations necessary for the accomplishment of some or all of the daily responsibilities of this position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Communicate with dispatchers, drivers, and other team members to make deliveries. 
• Must be able to meet delivery deadlines. 
• Assist with ad hoc duties such as dropping/ picking up trucks from Penske and/or other vendors.
• Perform daily pre/post basic truck maintenance. 
• Over the Road/ Long-distance driving/ and local distance driving. 
• Strong knowledge of safety regulations. Must follow all traffic laws and DOT regulations.
• Secure pallets and properly arrange and balance them within the truck.
• Maintain a detailed elog of working hours in compliance with state and federal regulations using 
our elog or manual log if the app is down. 
• Ensure any mechanical issues with the vehicle are corrected and/ reported before driving. 
• Loading and unloading cargo. Setting up merchandise as needed per customer.
• Track shipments and deliveries. 
• Obtain client/customer signatures and/or payment when needed. 
• Forklift/Pallet Jack experience certified preferred.

• Hours of operation vary. Must be available to work on weekends and overnight when scheduled 
and must be able to perform the essential job functions unaccompanied.
• Cross-departmental collaboration to improve communication and business performance.
• Comfortable, steel toe or composite closed-toe shoes are required, and protective safety footwear 
are required in select business units. 
• Must be able to meet predictable attendance and punctuality expectations and physical demands 
of the position complying with Ethnix Group’s policies and performance expectations. 

Understanding of Job Essentials:
ETHNIX Group is a drug free, harassment free workplace. Ethnix Group is an equal opportunity employer 
and does not tolerate harassment, discrimination, or retaliation.

I understand that all pre-employment screening activities are conducted in compliance with federal and 
state employment laws. 

I also fully understand the content of this job description, have had the opportunity to ask questions 
regarding this job description, and have had the job duties and responsibilities, requisites, and physical 
demands and working conditions explained to me. I am capable of performing the essential functions of 
this job with or without reasonable accommodation. If I need accommodation, I will ask the hiring 
manager for it.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. 
Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their 
supervisor.

Ethnix Group is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an 
inclusive environment for all employees

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