Route Assistant / Driver Helpers - Earn your CDL w/ paid training!!

Position Summary:  Want to start or further your career as a class A CDL driver?  Look no further!  As a Route Assistant you will begin to gain industry knowledge with our drivers delivering beer.  If you want to be a CDL driver that stays local, than this is the job for you.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1.    Assist the Driver in delivering products sold to each account.  
2.    Follows Corporate Sales and Merchandising Standards guidelines to ensure the merchandising of all corporate products including restocking to avoid out-of-stock, making minor legal space adjustments, building displays, installing, placing and providing P.O.S. and pricing product as allowed by retailers.
3.    Establishes and maintains good customer service relations by ensuring backrooms and shelves are left orderly, deliveries are made as scheduled, providing respectful courtesy to retailers and shoppers, etc. 
4.    Follows and enforces Anheuser Busch equity agreement and other supplier contract Code Date policies.
5.    Must be able to fulfill a Driver’s job responsibilities when assigned to run a route.      
6.    Must understand and be able complete the checking truck in and out to ensure proper settlement and handles all damaged, short code and out of code product at Check-In.
7.    Must assist Driver in pre and post trip truck inspections.
8.    Must clock in/out at designated time clock.
9.    Adheres to strict safe working/driving practices, Company Policies, rules, regulations, corrects obvious hazards immediately or reports to supervisor if not immediately correctable.
10.    Adheres to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Act.
11.    Performs other duties as assigned.
 

Minimum Qualifications:
1.    High school diploma or GED.
2.    1 year of general work experience required. Prior grocery store and/or consumer products experience a strong plus.
3.    Must hold a valid US Driver’s license for a minimum of 1 year
4.    Able to maintain class A-CDL license and pallet jack certification.
5.    Excellent communication, organizational and assertive skills. 
6.    Driving record within MVR policy guidelines. 
7.    Ability to operate a two or four wheel dolly.
8.    Must be able to perform physically demanding work, to include frequent lifting of cases of up to 38 pounds, and the frequent lifting and handling of kegs that weigh up to 161 pounds.  
9.    Must be able to frequently push, pull, and handle fully loaded wheelers of up to 355 pounds.
10.    Must handle alcohol and work within T.A.B.C Guidelines.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
1.    Talk, hear, and see (including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus).
2.    Continuous standing and walking, up to 8 hours at a time.
3.    Continuous lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling 20-161 lbs.  
4.    Ability to operate a two or four wheel dolly.
5.    Must be able to push 300 lbs dolly load and move 161 lbs kegs.
6.    Must be able to operate a forklift and a pallet jack.
7.    Frequent driving distances between 0-75 miles in one sitting.   
8.    Frequent climbing, pushing, pulling and maneuvering dolly, hand truck, bay roll up doors, straps, curb ramps, truck doors, boxes, cases, kegs, truck gear shift.
9.    Must be able to pass DOT Physical and Drug Screen. 
10.    Must be able to shift a manual transmission vehicle.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
1.    All weather conditions (indoor & outdoor) including high temperatures, cool/cold temperatures, wind, ice, humidity, rain, fog, hail, sleet and snow.
2.    Daylight, twilight, evening and dark lighting conditions.
3.    Noise, vibration, dust, dirt, airborne particles, fumes.
4.    Work hours will vary daily due to business needs.