CDL A Night Reefer Driver - Get Fresh Produce

Get Fresh Produce, A FreshEdge LLC company, is hiring CDL A Local Night Reefer Drivers in Houston, TX.

Get Fresh Produce, operates a modern distribution fleet of 125 fully refrigerated trucks and tractors, all maintained and fueled on-site. Our drivers are equipped with individual tablets to process deliveries electronically, track their routes and hours of service, and communicate with the team.

We base everything we do on 'Fresh Thinking'. This means constantly seeking to work more efficiently, creatively and meticulously to meet our customers' needs. We work everyday to drive consistency in the areas most important to our customers: Customer Service, Quality, Food Safety, Reporting, Technology.

Compensation:

• Average Annual Earnings: $80,000+
  • Hourly Base Rate determined based on license type with an average of 40-55  hours per week:
    • CDL A Night Shift: $28.00/hour
  • Overtime paid after 40 hours worked
  • Opportunity for advancement
• Paid via direct deposit weekly

Benefits & Perks:

• Great company benefits starting after 60 days of employment on the 1st of the month:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
• Paid Personal and Vacation Days: available to start earning after 120 days
• Paid Holidays: available after 120 days
• 401K with a company match - After 1-year

Home Time, Route & Schedule:

• Home Time: Home Daily
• Schedule: 5 Day work week
  • Night Shift: Sunday - Friday 
    • Off Saturday and one other day during the week
• Shift: Start times may vary but are typically
  • Night Shift: 8:00pm - 11:00pm start times
• Route: Drivers will drive throughout the Houston, TX area and surrounding up to 250 miles, some routes may be longer in distance
  • Must be flexible with route changes
  • Routes can have 4-7 stops per night
• Level of Touch: Touch Freight/hand unload
  • Hand delivery to restaurants using hand-cart/2-wheel dolly, ramps, 
  • Must be able to lift, push, and pull up to 75lbs with no assistance
  • Must be able to use lift Gate and Electric Pallet Jacks 

Equipment:

• Conventional Truck/Tractor/Reefer Box Trucks
• Transmission: Automatic & Manual available

Qualifications:

• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must have CDL A license
• It is preferred drivers have 6-months of verifiable tractor-trailer driving experience, though not required
  • New grads are encouraged to apply
• Air-brakes endorsements required 
• Must meet Department of Transportation (DOT) testing and physical requirements and be knowledgeable of DOT regulations 
• Must be able to pass a required pre-employment drug screen 
• Must be able to lift and/or move up to 75lbs
• Hiring Radius: Drivers must live within 40 miles of Houston, TX or be willing to relocate for this position

Physical abilities commonly associated with the performance of the 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 talk, hear, and use hands to grasp, manipulate or feel objects.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 75 pounds

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.