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CDL-A Night Delivery Driver — Home Daily, $82,000–$97,000/yr

Lakeland, FL Posted Oct 5, 2026

  • Dry Van
  • Local

Pay

$82k - $97k/yr

Location
Lakeland, FL
Equipment
Dry Van
Route
Local · USA only
License
CDL A
Position
Company driver
Experience
1+ year

About this job

Our company is looking for a CDL-A driver to run overnight restaurant deliveries out of its Winter Haven, FL distribution center. You'll run routes to multiple Chick-fil-A restaurants and be back home every day.

Schedule

  • Works Sunday through Friday, with start times between 6pm and 12pm (or until the route is finished)
  • Saturdays off for everyone
  • Typically 40 to 45+ hours a week depending on routes and restaurants served
  • Some flexibility needed around weekends, holidays and shift rotations as business needs require
  • About 5% travel for Operator/market visits, supplier visits and related conferences

Pay

  • Guaranteed minimum pay for 40 hours, with annual earnings between $82,000 and $97,000 depending on experience
  • Time and a half for anything worked past 40 hours in a week

What you'll haul

  • Deliveries to 4-6 restaurants per shift, unloading and staging product within each location's delivery window
  • Pickups and returns of pallets, carts and similar equipment, with paperwork completed for each stop
  • Help unloading the truck and putting equipment away once you're back at the distribution center

Equipment

  • New automatic Kenworth T680 tractors with leather air-ride seats, built-in GPS, and front and side cameras for reversing
  • 48' Great Dane trailers with electric side lift gates, gutter guards and tandem lights over the rear tires
  • Battery-powered pallet jacks for moving product into restaurants
  • Samsara in-cab devices and a mobile app that show where to park and unload at each stop, plus ELD charging
  • An in-house maintenance team to keep trucks and trailers in good shape

Requirements

  • Class A CDL issued by your state of residence
  • At least 1 year of tractor-trailer driving experience
  • High school diploma or GED
  • Minimum age 21
  • Must live within 60 miles of the Winter Haven distribution center
  • Clean DOT application, MVR, medical card, drug screen and background check
  • No preventable DOT-recordable accidents in the last 3 years
  • No more than 2 violations of the same type in the last 3 years, no more than 3 total moving violations in 3 years, and no DUI/DWI in the past 10 years
  • Comfortable working in temperatures from -10F to 100F, mostly at night and in all weather
  • Able to lift, bend and reach while handling cases up to 65 pounds through most of a shift, and occasionally use equipment to move loads up to 2,000 pounds
  • Strong English skills for following instructions, completing paperwork, and reading labels, pick lists, scanner prompts and signage
  • Prior food-service or key-drop delivery experience is a plus, along with being a team player open to sharing ideas for improving the job

Benefits

  • Free meals, snacks and drinks during your workday
  • Up to 3 weeks of PTO in your first year, with 40 hours available right away, plus 16 hours of wellness time, 7 holidays and 1 floating holiday
  • 4 weeks of new-parent bonding leave, plus short-term disability if eligible
  • Multiple medical, dental and vision plan options, including a no-premium option for individuals and families
  • 401(k) with a 5% company match for eligible team members
  • Up to $45,000 lifetime education reimbursement for eligible team members
  • Additional wellness-focused benefits covering emotional, social, physical, financial and spiritual support
  • our company estimates these benefits add more than $22,000 in value per year on top of your pay

Our company is part of Chick-fil-A, Inc. and delivers food and products to Chick-fil-A restaurants.

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