CDL A Driver

Performance Foodservice is a leading broadline distributor known for its exceptional service and strong relationships with local customers across various sectors, including independent restaurants, hotels, healthcare facilities, schools, and quick-service eateries. With a dedicated team made up of sales representatives, chefs, consultants, and operational experts, the company excels at delivering not only high-quality food products but also valuable advice on operational improvement, menu development, product selection, and strategic planning. This comprehensive support helps independent restaurant owners and other clients enhance their business success and achieve their goals.

The company prides itself on fostering an inclusive, respectful, and rewarding work environment, ensuring a culture of recognition and safety. Performance Foodservice offers competitive compensation packages, including pay that ranges between $85,000 and $100,000 annually, and provides a range of benefits such as day one health and wellness coverage, employee stock purchase plans, 401K employer matching, educational assistance, paid time off, and more. Additionally, the company is currently offering a sign-on bonus of up to $7,500 depending on experience. The typical work schedule for this role involves dispatch times from Monday to Friday, between 2 am and 6 am, reflecting the nature of the delivery operation.

The CDL-A Driver plays an essential role in maintaining the integrity and efficiency of the country's food supply chain. This position requires operating tractor trailers or straight trucks to deliver food and related products safely and promptly to customers. Responsibility spans intrastate and interstate travel, local deliveries, overnight and drive-and-drop routes. The drivers serve as the face of the company and must build lasting relationships with customers through professional interactions and reliable service.

Key aspects of the role include performing pre-trip and post-trip safety inspections of the vehicle and trailer to comply with Department of Transportation regulations and company standards. Drivers must report any safety concerns or necessary repairs immediately and maintain strict adherence to all DOT regulations and safe driving policies. The position also requires drivers to manage freight appropriately, ensuring items are properly loaded, secured, and accounted for by performing count checks and verifying customer invoices before delivery.

During deliveries, drivers are responsible for unloading products, transporting them into storage areas, scanning items to confirm delivery, and managing any damaged goods or customer returns according to company policies. The role requires collecting payments when applicable and ensuring all necessary delivery paperwork is completed accurately. Drivers must maintain the cleanliness and security of their vehicle and equipment, as well as logging hours of service in compliance with federal, state, and company rules.

Performance Foodservice emphasizes teamwork, professional communication, and a commitment to safety in all activities. This position requires physical activity such as lifting product cases that can range generally between 10 to 35 pounds and occasionally up to 60 to 90 pounds, using equipment like two-wheelers, lift gates, and other devices to move freight. The company is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity and adhering to all applicable laws and policies. This role offers an excellent career opportunity for drivers who want to contribute to a critical industry and grow within a supportive and dynamic organization.