- Salary
- $84k – $88k
- Location
- Chester
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Transportation
- Experience
- 21+ years
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- CareersPage
Description
Most grocery jobs throw new drivers straight into city traffic. Here you learn the Hudson Valley first, and you only run New York City after 6 months on the account and training with a certified NYC trainer. We are hiring local CDL A drivers based out of Chester, NY.
Why Drivers Choose This Job
- Home Every Day: local routes within 250 miles of Chester
- Weekly Minimum Pay: $1,634 per week when you work your full 5 day schedule
- Mostly No Touch: the customer unloads, you assist
- NYC Is Earned, Not Forced: only 20 to 25% of freight goes into the city, and new drivers stay out for their first 6 months
- Late-Model Trucks: day cabs averaging 3 years old or newer
- Uniforms Provided: supplied and maintained by the account
Pay and Schedule Breakdown
- Average Earnings: drivers on this account have averaged $83,600 to $87,600 a year over the last 6 to 12 months, based on seniority
- Mileage: $0.68 to $0.74 per mile
- Stop Pay: $28.50 to $30 per stop, plus $62.50 per load into New York City
- Detention: $15 per hour
- Holiday Pay: 6 paid holidays at $280 per day
- New Hire Training: $200 per day
- Schedule: Sunday to Thursday, 9 AM to 1 PM start times, plus 2 paid 6th days per month, mostly around the 6 major holidays
- Holidays Off: Thanksgiving and Christmas
The Work
- Freight: fresh and frozen groceries in 48 to 53 foot reefer trailers to supermarkets and distribution centers
- Area: Hudson Valley, New Jersey and Connecticut, with Long Island and NYC after training, plus backhauls that can reach into Pennsylvania
- Daily Routine: 2 loads a day or one long load, about 15 or more stops per week
- Backhauls: pick up return product at the last stop or a backhaul to the distribution center
- Other Accounts: 2 to 3 days per week helping nearby accounts, where you may unload with a pallet jack (training provided)
- Equipment: automatic and manual day cabs, shared with a driver on the opposite shift and kept at the account
Benefits
- Paid time off that starts accruing on day one
- Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
- 401(k) with company match
- Life insurance, disability coverage and mental health support
- 2 weeks of paid parental leave
Requirements
- At least 21 years old with a valid Class A CDL
- 3 months verifiable tractor-trailer experience in the last 6 months with one carrier, 6 months in the last 12 months, or 12 months in the last 5 years
- Reliable personal transportation to the account every day
- Good customer service skills, since you deliver straight to store teams
- No more than 2 moving violations and no careless or reckless driving in the last 3 years
- No DUI/DWI in the last 5 years and no major preventable accidents in the last 3 years
- Must pass hair and urine drug testing
Nervous about city driving? You should not have to learn it alone, and here you will not. Apply today and our recruiting team will walk you through the routes, the schedule and the pay line by line.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.