CDL-A Local Grocery Driver - Good Pay | Day Shift Job at Salt City Trucking, Elizabeth, NJ

  • Salt City Trucking
  • Elizabeth, NJ

Job Description

CDL-A Local Grocery Driver – Good Pay | Home Daily

Earn $85,000–$100,000 annually delivering fresh and frozen groceries throughout the New York region. This dedicated position offers daily home time, consistent work, and mostly no-touch freight.

Pay Details

  • Average Annual Pay: $85,000–$100,000
  • Average Weekly Pay: Approximately $1,650–$1,950
  • Seniority-based yearly average: $83,600–$87,600
  • Approximately 1,409 miles per week
  • Double dock pay available

Job Details

  • Deliver fresh and frozen groceries using 53-, 51-, and 48-foot refrigerated trailers.
  • Deliver to supermarkets and distribution centers within 250 miles of Chester, NY.
  • Service the Hudson Valley, New York City boroughs, Long Island, New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania backhaul areas.
  • Approximately 20–25% of freight delivers in New York City.
  • Handle multistop loads, typically 15 or more stops per week.
  • Complete two loads per day or one longer load.
  • Pick up returns or backhaul freight after deliveries.
  • Mostly no-touch freight; occasional pallet-jack unloading may be required when supporting other accounts.
  • Support other local distribution-center accounts approximately 2–3 days per week.

Shift Details

  • Schedule: Sunday–Thursday
  • Start times: 1:00 AM–5:00 AM
  • Workweek: Five days, with two mandatory sixth days each month
  • Sixth days are also mandatory around major holidays.
  • New drivers will not run New York City routes until they have been on the account for at least six months.
  • Before solo NYC routes, drivers train with NYC-certified trainers.
  • Thanksgiving and Christmas are off; New Year's Day is not guaranteed off.

Job Requirements

  • Valid Class A CDL
  • Minimum 3 months of truck driving experience
  • Reliable personal transportation to and from work every day
  • Strong customer-service skills
  • Ability to assist with pallet-jack unloading when needed
  • Willingness to support other local accounts
  • No SAP drivers

Equipment & Benefits

  • Automatic and manual day-cab tractors
  • Refrigerated trailers
  • Slip-seat operation; drivers may share trucks with opposite-shift drivers
  • Tractors cannot be taken home
  • Uniforms provided and maintained by the account
  • Newer equipment, averaging approximately three years old

Job Tags

Weekly pay, Full time, Shift work, Day shift, 2 days per week, 3 days per week

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