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Part-Time CDL Class A Driver

Dawn Food Products
  • Lithia Springs, GA
  • $36.35 Per Hour
11 days ago

Job Description

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

  • Competitive Pay $36.35 an hour
  • Ride-along and Professional training
  • Automatic Transmission
  • Trailers have liftgates, no ramps!
  • Trailer loaded by stop, not by zone
  • Yearly boot allowance, uniforms, and protective eye wear (if applicable)
  • Family-owned business over 100 years in service
  • An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Shift Schedule:

This is a part-time position scheduled to work approximately 16-24 hours er week.

  • Sunday- Friday: Dependent on route, average 2-3 days per week.

  • Start Times range from:

  • 5:00 pm- 8:00 pm (dependent on route) for Shuttles

  • 3:00 am- 6:00 am (dependent on route) for Delivery Routes

  • End times: Once the route has been completed. Anticipated 10-12 hour work days.

  • Routes will not exceed DOT hours.

  • Weekend work may be required based on business needs.

  • Maximum of 1 overnight layer route per work week.

Job Purpose and Overview

As a Part- Time Driver for Dawn Foods, you will support our customers by safely and efficiently transporting product from the distribution center by driving a tractor-trailer to various customers and properly delivering and unloading product according to customer invoices and Dawn team standards.

This opportunity is a full-time and benefits-eligible position.

What Does It Take to be a Part-Time CDL Class A Driver at Dawn Foods?

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

  • Class "A" CDL License in good standing
  • Minimum of 6 months Class A Commercial driving experience
  • Ability to work in the United States
  • Must be 21 years of age or older
  • Must be able to lift 50+ pounds consistently throughout work shift
  • Ability to operate MHE equipment
  • Experience delivering into food service accounts is preferred
  • Lift-gate, reefer, electric pallet jack and forklift experience helpful
  • Computer skills or experience with electronic logs helpful

What will you do as a Part-Time CDL Class A Driver at Dawn Foods?

  • Obey all federal, state, and local rules and regulations of the road including all DOT operating, recording and safe food handling procedures
  • Conduct daily face to face interaction with customers, representing Dawn Foods in a friendly, competent, and professional manner
  • In a DSD (direct store delivery) setting, break down product and complete shelf stacking at each stop
  • Driving and maintaining multi-temp trailers
  • Offloading with electric pallet jacks/two wheelers
  • Performing pre and post trip vehicle inspections as well as collecting invoice receipts that are generated from the deliveries

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Required to use motor coordination with arm, hand, finger, and leg dexterity.
  • Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 50 pounds frequently.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.
  • Ability to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Ability to withstand cool and/or cold temperatures.
  • Normal setting for this job is outdoors and/or driving a video/GPS-monitored vehicle.
  • Will be exposed to a physical environment, which involves dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes, or similar elements most of the workday.
  • Must be able to tolerate potential allergens: peanut products, egg, dairy, gluten, wheat, and soy.

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply."

#LI-Onsite #LI-LM1

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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 38215

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Date: Aug 14, 2026

If you need accommodation for any part of the employment process because of a disability, please send an email to careers@dawnfoods.com.

Numbers & Facts

LocationLithia Springs, GA
IndustryManufacturing - Other
Company Size2,000 to 2,499 employees
Year Founded1993
Websitehttp://www.dawnfoods.com/

About Company

At Dawn Foods, we know that our customers and families everywhere count on our family to make moments memorable. That’s why we combine unmatched international manufacturing and distribution capabilities with our expertise, commitment and innovation to create bakery solutions for people all around the world. We supply a complete line of quality, consistent mixes, bases, icings, glazes, fillings, frozen dough, par-baked and fully baked products and equipment to the food industry — worldwide. Business is moving faster and customers need to work more efficiently. But no matter what may change, our commitment to providing the highest quality bakery products and innovative solutions will never falter.

Skills

  • Bakeryunmatched
  • Billingunmatched
  • Business Growthunmatched
  • CDL Driver's Licenseunmatched
  • Class A Licenseunmatched
  • Computer Skillsunmatched
  • Credit and Collectionsunmatched
  • Customer Relationsunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Depth Perceptionunmatched
  • Distribution Servicesunmatched
  • Food Deliveryunmatched
  • Food Safetyunmatched
  • Food Servicesunmatched
  • Forkliftunmatched
  • GPS (Global Positioning System)unmatched
  • Lift/Move 50 Poundsunmatched
  • Manual Dexterityunmatched
  • Network Routingunmatched
  • Pallet Jackunmatched
  • Physical Demandsunmatched
  • Regulationsunmatched
  • Safety Processunmatched
  • Service Deliveryunmatched
  • Transportation Routingunmatched
  • Truck Driverunmatched

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