Driver Home Delivery-FT

Requisition ID: 195714 
Career Group: Store Careers 
Job Category: Retail - Administration 
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Pay Rate: $18.25 - $21.75 

 
Country: Canada (CA) 
Province: British Columbia
City: Nanaimo
Location: 9464 Longwood Station Thrifty
Postal Code: V9T 6L8

 
Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.

 
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.

 

Ready to Make an impact?

Reporting to the Team Lead - Home Delivery, the Delivery Driver will ensure the timely and accurate distribution of goods from various Thrifty Foods locations to homes and businesses of our customers.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

The Drivers will always be cognizant of the integrity and safety of the materials they transport. The Drivers will be responsible for accepting varying forms of payment and will be required to balance accounts at the end of each working day. The Delivery Drivers will do their utmost to keep customers satisfied by being friendly, courteous, thorough, and on time. The Delivery Driver models outstanding leadership, interpersonal skills, teamwork, superior judgment, decision making and commitment to the success of the Thrifty Foods team.

What you have to offer:

• Separate dirty totes from clean totes and advise COMP which totes are dirty
• Complete cleaning logs as required
• Accept clean plastic bags from customers and return them to the store recycling bag for clean plastic bags
• Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of Thrifty Foods policies and procedures
• Perform daily vehicle maintenance check and accurately updates travel log of vehicle mileage and maintenance
• Accurately follow all cash handling procedures
• Keep delivery vehicle clean, safe, and presentable at all times. Report any safety or operational equipment problems promptly
• Perform pre and post vehicle inspection to ensure vehicle operates in a safe manner and in compliance with all Thrifty Foods and regulatory requirements
• Maintain a clean driver’s abstract
• Complete stock transfer forms on all stock transfer movements
• Attend quarterly driver meetings
• Plan and coordinate deliveries in an efficient and timely manner to ensure orders are delivered according to scheduled times
• Load orders, verify them for accuracy, ensure orders are secure and stable
• Check in regularly with dispatch
• Retrieve buggies as directed by dispatch and completing the required forms

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally. 

Our Total Rewards programs goes well beyond your paycheque:

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, as well as life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance*.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform* and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings*.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable*.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Paid Vacation 

* Eligible only after working a set number of hours/days worked.

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to support efficiencies in the candidate screening, assessment, and recruitment processes. These AI tools do not make hiring decisions on behalf of the Company, these decisions are made by our Hiring Teams.

Please note: successful candidates will be required to provide documentation to prove their legal ability to work in the position during the onboarding process. Documentation will be assessed by the employer prior to commencement of work.