Delivery Driver Job Description

Summary

A delivery driver takes products or orders to customers safely and on time. Deliveries can be meals, packages, parts, supplies or furniture, by car, van or truck.

Say what you deliver and what vehicle the driver uses. Candidates need to know whether they use their own car and how mileage and tips are handled.

Duties and responsibilities

• Load and secure items, and check them against the order or manifest.
• Plan the route, and deliver to each address within the promised window.
• Drive safely and follow traffic laws and company rules.
• Hand over items politely, and collect payment or a signature when needed.
• Report damage, delays and problems to dispatch right away.
• Keep the vehicle clean, fueled and ready, and report maintenance needs.
• Keep accurate records of stops, times and any issues.

Skills and qualities

• A safe, careful and patient driver.
• Good sense of direction and comfortable with navigation tools.
• Friendly and professional with customers.
• Organized and dependable with deadlines.
• Able to lift and carry items as your deliveries require.
• Honest with cash, signatures and records.

Typical requirements

• A valid driver’s license and a driving record that meets your insurance requirements. A commercial license only if the vehicle needs one.
• Insurance, vehicle and inspection requirements that apply if the driver uses a personal vehicle. State them clearly.
• Ability to lift the weight you name and get in and out of a vehicle many times a day.
• Willingness to complete a driving record check or background check, if you run them.
• Minimum age that meets your insurance and your state’s rules.

Requirements differ by state, city and employer. Check the licensing, age, safety and pay rules that apply to your business before you post. This page is a starting point, not legal advice.

Schedule and conditions

Delivery schedules follow customer demand. Give the usual days, start time and how many hours the shift runs, and whether evenings, weekends and holidays are included.

Explain how mileage, fuel, tips and waiting time are handled.

Nice to have

• Experience with the type of delivery you do.
• Experience with delivery apps or route software.
• A clean driving record.
• Customer service experience.

Tips for posting this job

• Say what you deliver and the area you cover.
• State whether the driver uses a company vehicle or their own.
• Explain pay, mileage, fuel and tips in plain words.
• List the license, insurance and record check requirements.
• Give the shift times and how schedules are set.

Put your real pay, schedule and location in the posting. Candidates skip posts that leave them out.