Description
At First Choice Coffee Services, we’re on a mission to fuel workplaces across the nation with unbeatable customer service and top-quality office coffee solutions. For nearly 50 years, we've proudly served businesses throughout the U.S., delivering premium coffee experiences right to their break rooms.
We're currently seeking a Route Driver to join our growing team! If you're energized by a fast-paced environment and have a passion for delivering great service, we’d love to hear from you.
Why Join Us?
- Be part of a trusted, established company
- Enjoy a supportive, team-oriented work culture
- Take pride in helping businesses stay fueled and focused
Bring your drive, reliability, and commitment to excellence—and let’s brew success together!
What you’ll be doing – The Role
As a Route Driver, your role acts as the face of the company each time you make a delivery.You safely and efficiently deliver pre-ordered products and equipment to customers along an assigned route and to sell additional products and services to customers when possible.
- Load orders at warehouse for delivery to customers.
- Drive company-owned vans and trucks 30 to 100 miles daily to transport products and equipment to customers.
- Accurately deliver orders to customer sites and place products and equipment in designated areas.
- Build rapport and maintain relationships with contacts and decision-makers at customer sites.
- Respond to inquiries from customers about available products and services.
- Reconcile products remaining on delivery vehicle at end of workday against products loaded onto vehicle for delivery at beginning of workday to identify any losses.
- Maintain a professional and courteous manner in all interactions with customers and members of the public.
Want to see what the job is really like? Click on the following link to learn more about A Day in the Life of a Route Driver
What’s in it for me? – The Benefits
- Starting hourly rate of $21.50
- Monthly bonus opportunity
- 401(k) and company matching
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation and sick time
- 9 paid holidays
Requirements
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Valid Class 5 driver’s license with a clean driver’s abstract
- Minimum one (1) to two (2) years of experience in warehouse logistics, or delivery operations preferred
- Experience operating forklifts and other warehouse equipment is an asset
- Strong organizational skills with attention to accuracy and detail
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS
- Usual and customary methods of performing job functions require significant lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing; significant stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling
- Must be able to safely operate company-owned vans and trucks
- Repeatedly lift and carry coffee and bottled water products weighing up to seventy-five (75) pounds
- Occasional lifting of equipment weighing up to one hundred and twenty-five (125) pounds, with assistance
- Ability to drive thirty (30) to 100 miles per day
- Climb in and out of delivery vehicle multiple times per day
- Load and unload a thirty (30) to thirty-five (35) pound hand cart from delivery vehicle at approximately 16-20 customer sites per day
- Use hand cart to move products and equipment from delivery vehicle into customer facility
- Approximately twenty (20%) percent sitting and/or driving, sixty (60%) percent walking, and twenty (20%) percent standing daily
- Able to work outdoors in various types of weather
TRAVEL
- Frequent local travel is required to delivery products to customers
