Demo

Delivery Driver Trainee

United Carolina Beverages & Caffey Distributing Company
Hickory, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 9/9/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/7/2027
The primary responsibility of this role is to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to
become a safe, professional, and effective CDL-A delivery driver. This position is designed for
individuals completing CDL training and gaining hands-on experience with delivery operations,
customer service, route execution, and merchandising standards. The individual will be
expected to learn and perform all aspects of the delivery process, operate company equipment
safely, and represent the company in a professional and customer-focused manner.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become a safe, professional, and
effective CDL-A delivery driver Is familiar with and certified to use all types of delivery
equipment, including pallet jacks, docks and dock-levelers, trucks and trailers per
company and OSHA standards.
  • Learn how to professionally deliver stops in all areas and departments to ensure
flexibility.
  • Learn how to prepare invoices, collect payments from customers and record
transactions on customer receipt.
  • Listen to and resolve service complaints.
  • Represent the company in a professional manner and provide excellent customer
service.
  • Maintain a friendly, working relationship with the Manager on each account on all
routes in assigned area
  • Confer with Delivery Supervisors to resolve customer problems, opportunities,
competitive activity in your market, and potential overage situations
  • Check in product with Store Manager, following store policy.
  • Restock cold boxes, displays, shelves and other areas where products are available for
sale.
  • Responsible for keeping back stock, cold box and displays rotated and in a clean and
organized manner
  • Adhere to company account and merchandising standards in all accounts.
  • Responsible for adhering to Overage Beer Policy
  • Maintain safe driving record and comply with company driving policy.
  • Attending all scheduled meetings and company functions as required.
  • Adhere to dress code, including safety non-negotiables,” and be properly groomed.
  • Obey all federal, state, and local laws.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty
satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or
ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION
Duties require the ability to read, write and understand simple instructions. Requires an
understanding of basic math, accuracy in checking, sorting, counting, and other routine
procedures. A high school education is not required but would provide the basic skills necessary
to learn the job

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands
and arms and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; climb or
balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The job entails considerable physical effort
consisting of:
  • Continuously lifting or moving average-weight material, or
  • Continuously lifting or moving light-weighted material in difficult work positions, or
  • Frequently moving or lifting heavy-weight material, or
  • Frequently lifting or moving average-weight material in difficult work positions, or
  • Occasionally lifting or moving heavy-weight material in difficult work positions, or
  • In each case expending equivalent effort pulling, pushing, or carrying

Salary.com Estimation for Delivery Driver Trainee in Hickory, NC
$38,955 to $50,293
If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Delivery Driver Trainee?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Delivery Driver Trainee career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$38,996 - $50,717
Income Estimation: 
$45,470 - $60,562
Income Estimation: 
$55,050 - $75,698
Income Estimation: 
$50,404 - $64,793
Income Estimation: 
$39,991 - $52,139
Income Estimation: 
$38,996 - $50,717
Income Estimation: 
$45,470 - $60,562
Income Estimation: 
$55,050 - $75,698
Income Estimation: 
$50,404 - $64,793
Income Estimation: 
$39,991 - $52,139
Employees: Get a Salary Increase
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Delivery Driver Trainee jobs in the Hickory, NC area that may be a better fit.

  • MYCO Driver Morganton, NC
  • $2,000 Weekly Hotels Every Night No Freight Hauling Fly Between Trips We are hiring experienced CDL A company drivers to deliver brand-new Freightliner tru... more
  • 8 Days Ago

  • H Delivery, Inc Newton, NC
  • Company: H Delivery (A Contracted Service Provider for FedEx Ground) Location: Dispatches out of the Newton, NC terminal (Routes are in Hickory, Claremont ... more
  • 15 Days Ago

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!