What are the responsibilities and job description for the CDL-A DRIVER - Local Route position at Second Harvest of South Georga?
CDL-A COMMERCIAL DRIVER - MANUAL TRANSISSION
Second Harvest of South Georgia, Inc. is the region’s largest hunger fighting, non-profit agency, annually working with over four hundred partner agencies throughout a 26-county region. This covers a nearly 12,000 square mile region. We are looking for dedicated and compassionate individuals to fill the CDL Class A Driver’s position to work from our Valdosta facility.
Job Responsibilities:
- Operate 10-speed, manual transmission tractor and mobile pantry unit
- CDL-A license must not have any transmission restriction
- Conducts daily pre-trip and post-trip inspections as required by government agencies
- Conducts weekly inspection in accordance with prescribed vehicle maintenance schedule,
- Ensures proper pick-up and receipt or delivery of product,
- Loads truck with orders, pallets and other materials as needed for the assigned route,
- Adheres to special pick-up requirements established by specific donors.
- Adheres to requirements established for partner agency deliveries.
- Ensures accurate product inventory by counting cases, pallets, etc. and verifying the count with donor at time of pick-up or with recipient agency at time of delivery,
- Prepares initial donor receipt at time of pick-up or have delivery receipt properly signed at time of delivery,
- Ensures return of pallets, racks, containers, etc. in a timely manner,
- Unloads donated product at food bank, including recounting items and the weighing-in process, then places in proper storage area of the warehouse,
- Develops and maintains good relations with donors and partner agency personnel,
- Ensures product is maintained at proper temperatures during transport,
- Maintains food bank vehicles in good running condition,
- Conducts daily inspection of vehicles for proper fuel and fluid levels and makes routine safety checks,
- Operates vehicles in a safe and responsible manner.
- Phone use must meet the SHSG protocol and Georgia handsfree law.
- Reports promptly any problems with vehicles, equipment, donors and vendors, products, and supervised personnel to:
- Branch Manager
- Director of Inventory
- Safety Department
- Assists with special projects as directed by the COO, DIS and Branch Ops Manager,
- Maintains appropriate conduct in a manner that is safe and courteous and upholds the professional operating standards of the food bank,
- Other duties as assigned.
The position reports directly to the Branch Operations Manager.
Desirable Skills: Initiative; handles pressure well; ServSafe certification; Food industry experience is a major plus.
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Preferred)
Experience:
- Driving: 3 years as a CDL-A Driver
License/Certification:
- Driver's License
- CDL-A
- Cleared to operate manual transmission
Work Location:
In person
Job Type:
Full-time
Pay:
Based on relevant experience but starting salary is offered at $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Fourteen paid holidays for Calendar Year 2026
- Eligibility begins upon successful completion of sixty days past date of hire)
- Sixteen hours awarded in PTO at the sixty-day mark
- Forty hours awarded in PTO at the one-year mark
- In-house Direct Primary Care twice a month for enrolled employees
- Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life and Cancer policies available
- 401k eligibility following the first year of employment (open enrollment available twice per year)
Salary : $20