CDL Driver

Job Description

Job Summary: As an Activity Based Driver, you'll drive, perform preventive maintenance, and be responsible for the content, condition, and security of cargo.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

Transportation Operations:

• Records all hours of service performed, as required by DOT
• Maintains mule / tractor / trailer equipment in accordance with prescribed preventive maintenance schedule
• Completes all required documents for load transporting, including vendors, store deliveries, bills of lading, etc.
• Monitors, documents, and controls refrigerated commodities requiring specific temperature settings / readings
• Maintains responsibility for content and condition of cargo / commodity / product within trailer; ensures all cargo is secured
• Unloads trailer at Store deliveries
• Adheres to accountability methods of receiving all products as purchased / loaded onto the trailer at pick-up time from vendor
• Maintains status as a qualified driver in compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR)
• Performs Delivery Driver duties

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications & Key Requirements:

Age Requirement:

• 21+

Work Experience:

• Home daily
• 2 years and 100,000 miles of driving experience (external)

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• No DWI/DUI or felony convictions ever in lifetime
• Never had a suspended or revoked driver license, permits, or privileges in any state / county
• Documented proof of a good driving record; applicants chosen to be interviewed must obtain a Life History MVR from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) - see below for instructions. * NOTE: Police reports will be requested on an applicant whose MVR record reflects an accident
• 3-year clear MVR; record will be reviewed for preventability, based on H-E-B standards
• No more than 1 moving violation within the last 3 years (none in past 12 months)
• Knowledge of the English language (mandatory, Regulation 398.3 (c)(4), "Every driver shall be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to understand highway traffic signs and signals and directions given in English and to respond to officials - inquiries.")
• Proficiency in DOT, local, state, and federal laws and regulations, and company safety policies
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus between tasks in a fast-paced, unsupervised environment; attention to detail
• Ability to work weekends, nights, and holidays

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Licenses/Certifications:

• Maintain status as an FMCSA-qualified driver
• Successful passing of Dept of Transportation (DOT) physical, DOT drug screen, background check, and verification of work history
• Ability to pass a Department of Transportation physical and drug screen, and meet all DOT driver qualifications

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• Work up to 70 hours per week in accordance with the DOT regulations
• Regularly lift, sit, stand, walk, climb, stoop, and bend
• Occasionally lift 25 - 75 lbs
• Pass a Department of Transportation physical and drug screen, verification of work history, and meet all DOT driver qualifications

* To get a copy of your Life History MVR from the Texas DPS, log on to: www.txdps.state.tx.us:

• Select Driver License and Online Services / More online services

• Click on Request a driver record

• Enter requested information found on your driver's license

• Click on Type AR (Abstract Driving History)

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Last revised: 6/1/2022