Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• will load and unload a flatbed truck (10 speed) by operating the boom lever securing and ensuring no damage to product during transit from field to the packinghouse operations.
• Delivers items to the packinghouse facilities as assigned by following pre-established routes and maintaining a strict schedule
• Prepares truck for operation by inspecting general condition; checking fluid levels and tire pressure; obtaining or scheduling required repairs; validating adherence to road-ability standards
• Maintain safe operations and clean appearance by complying with the Company’s operational policies, procedures and standards as well as federal, state and local driving rules and regulations
• Produces and maintains paperwork related to deliveries and driver paperwork such as driver logs and time sheets
• Required to work early morning, evening hours as well as Saturdays
• Must be able to maintain a level of driving courtesy while on the road with all motorists in trucks and cars
• Commitment to the company’s values and ethics
• Other driving duties as assigned or required

• Basic Qualifications:
  • Eight+ years’ experience as a class A or class B truck and trailer driver; must currently have a non-expired class A or class B driver’s license.
  • Bilingual English and Spanish preferred
  • Working knowledge of current (or similar) transportation operations
  • Experience operating manual and electric pallet jacks
  • Must possess a clean DMV record
  • Must successfully pass a pre-employment physical including a drug and alcohol screening as required by federal law for all commercial drivers
  • Working knowledge of California State trucking regulations

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Is regularly required to sit, use hands to manipulate tools or controls, and to talk and hear
• In addition to driving, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and
• ability to adjust focus
• Will be exposed to weather conditions depending upon the season and destination of
• route
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to high depending upon traffic, road conditions and destination of route.

“Calavo Growers is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Calavo is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Calavo are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Calavo will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.”