Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Two days off in a row every week, and one of them is Sunday. This local grocery route runs Tuesday to Saturday, gets you home every night and pays a weekly minimum of $1,634. We are hiring CDL A drivers based out of Chester, NY.

What You Earn

• Weekly Minimum: $1,634 when you complete your 5 scheduled days
• Yearly Average: $83,600 to $87,600 over the last 6 to 12 months, depending on seniority
• Per Mile: $0.68 to $0.74
• Per Stop: $28.50 to $30, and $62.50 for each load into New York City
• Detention: $15 per hour
• Holidays: $280 per day for 6 paid holidays
• Training Days: $200 per day while you learn the account

Your Week

• Days: Tuesday to Saturday, with Sunday and Monday off
• Start Times: between 9 AM and 1 PM
• Extra Days: 2 paid 6th days per month, mostly around the 6 major holidays
• Always Off: Thanksgiving and Christmas
• Home Time: every night, with routes staying within 250 miles of Chester

What You Haul

• Loads: fresh and frozen groceries in 48 to 53 foot reefers, delivered to supermarkets and distribution centers
• Pace: usually 2 loads a day or one longer run, about 15 or more stops per week
• Unloading: mostly no touch, the store team unloads while you assist
• Where: Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Connecticut, with backhauls that can reach Pennsylvania
• City Work: only 20 to 25% of loads go into NYC, and you will not run there until you have 6 months on the account and training with a certified NYC trainer
• Helping Out: 2 to 3 days a week on nearby accounts, where a pallet jack may be needed (training provided)

Equipment and Support

• Trucks: automatic and manual day cabs averaging 3 years old or newer, shared with an opposite shift driver
• Uniforms: provided and cleaned by the account
• Orientation: paid and completed online

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
• Paid time off from your first day
• 401(k) with a company match
• Life insurance, disability and mental health coverage
• 2 weeks of paid parental leave

Requirements

• Valid Class A CDL and at least 21 years old
• Verifiable tractor-trailer experience: 3 months in the last 6 with one carrier, 6 months in the last 12, or 12 months in the last 5 years
• Your own reliable transportation to the account every day
• Friendly with customers, since you work directly with store teams
• No DUI/DWI in the last 5 years and no major preventable accidents in the last 3 years
• No more than 2 moving violations and no careless or reckless driving in the last 3 years
• Hair and urine drug testing required

Weekends usually cost drivers the most. Keep your Sundays and apply today. Our recruiting team will answer every question about the routes and the pay before you commit.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

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