Route Driver (Class A)

Clover Sonoma
Clover Cader Distribution, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to experienced delivery drivers with a strong safety record working in the dairy distribution domain.

Best fit for

  • Experienced delivery drivers with a clean driving record and comfort working in cold environments
    — “Experience working in cold refrigerated vehicles and grocery coolers, preferred”
  • Candidates who can manage a structured daily schedule and prioritize customer service
    — “Specific routes and time schedule”
  • Individuals with a background in operating forklifts and tractors in diverse conditions
    — “Ability to operate forklifts and tractors in a variety of weather and traffic conditions”

Things to consider

  • Commitment to passing a drug test is mandatory before starting the job
    — “applicants to this position are required to take and pass a drug test”
  • Candidates must be prepared for non-overnight shifts with four 10-hour days
    — “Shifts are typically four (4), ten (10) hour days”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience with food safety protocols and customer service in delivery roles
    — “Execute all job duties in accordance with Clover's rigorous Food Safety and Quality programs and policies”
  • Emphasize ability to handle physical demands like lifting 50lbs and working in cold environments
    — “Ability to lift and/or carry at least 50lbs; bend, twisting”
  • Showcase a track record of compliance with DOT regulations and safety standards
    — “Follow DOT regulations and safety standards”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · LowAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Individual

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What success looks like

  • Deliver dairy products to various locations
  • Inspect and operate a commercial delivery vehicle
Typical background
Commercial Class A Driver's licenseExperience as delivery driver

Skills & requirements

Required

Commercial Delivery Vehicle OperationCold Dairy Product HandlingDOT RegulationsFood Safety

Preferred

Forklift OperationTractor OperationCold Refrigerated Vehicle Experience

Stack & domain

Commercial Class A Driver's LicenseDelivery DrivingCommercial Vehicle OperationCold Dairy Product HandlingForklift OperationTractor OperationDOT RegulationsSafety StandardsHandheld Computer Device UsageFood Safety And QualityLog And Report CompletionCold Refrigerated Vehicle OperationGrocery Cooler OperationLifting And CarryingBending And TwistingOrganizational SkillsTime ManagementTeamworkProblem SolvingCustomer ServiceDeliveryDrivingFood SafetyLogisticsCold Chain

About the role

Original posting from Clover Sonoma via Ashby

As a purpose-driven, certified B corporation, Clover is leading the way for conscious businesses by demonstrating care for all stakeholders and moving the world forward. We are committed to lowering our environmental impact and meeting our sustainability targets, by providing kids and adults with healthy, nutritious, and delicious products that are made with care for animals, people, and the planet.

About the Role

Our drivers are one of the safest and most customer service oriented teams in our industry. Our drivers have no overnight stays and we offer excellent pay and benefits.

A Day in the Life

  • Deliver a wide variety of dairy products to various locations in Northern CA
  • Specific routes and time schedule
  • Inspect and operate a commercial delivery vehicle
  • Unload, load cold dairy products to the customer
  • Complete logs and reports
  • Follow DOT regulations and safety standards
  • Use of handheld computer device
  • Execute all job duties in accordance with Clover's rigorous Food Safety and Quality programs and policies
  • Fully understand your role and associated responsibilities for maintaining food safety and quality at Clover

What You Bring to the Team

  • Current Commercial Class "A" Driver's license
  • Experience as delivery driver
  • Solid driving record with no traffic violations
  • Ability to operate forklifts and tractors in a variety of weather and traffic conditions
  • Organizational and time management skills
  • Experience working in cold refrigerated vehicles and grocery coolers, preferred
  • Ability to lift and/or carry at least 50lbs; bend, twisting
  • Minimum High School diploma or GED

Clover Sonoma is a 24 hour/7 days a week processing and distribution plant. Work schedules vary, flexibility is critical. Shifts are typically four (4), ten (10) hour days.

Pursuant to Clover Sonoma’s Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy, applicants to this position are required to take and pass a drug test with results satisfactory to the Company following a conditional offer of employment and before commencing work.

Based in Petaluma, California, in the heart of beautiful Sonoma County, Clover Sonoma offers high quality dairy sourced from its network of local family farms. A pioneer in sustainable dairy farming Clover has the largest organic acreage of regeneratively farmed land in the state and is committed to reducing its carbon footprint by lowering on-farm methane emissions, regenerative farming practices focused on soil health and packaging innovation. The first dairy in the US to become American Humane certified across all of its farms, Clover has delivered on its promise of producing the highest-quality dairy products — including milk, cheese, butter, and more — for more than a century.

As a Certified B Corporation® Clover gives back 5% of net profits to help make nutritious food more accessible and uses its business as a power for good across its support for people, farms, animals, community and planet.

For more information, please visit www.cloversonoma.com http://www.cloversonoma.com and join the conversation on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CloverSonoma, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/clover.sonoma/, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/clover-stornetta-farms-inc., TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/discover/clover-sonoma, and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/cloversonoma.

Source: Clover Sonoma careers (Ashby)

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