Sysco shuttle driver.

Shuttles do either one of two things:

1. Run product brought to their distribution centers by drivers who pick up loads on the way home after delivering their route. For example, a guy might go do his route and come back the next day with a load of pickles that have to go up to Syracuse so they can put the pickles on their trucks for delivery. Sometimes you'll have a full size trailer, sometimes a pup, sometimes doubles depending on the load.

2. Run loaded trailers to small depots for local drivers to pick up and run routes with. For example, Sysco might have a little lot 200-300 miles from the main DC and there will be a few Sysco drivers who live nearby. Instead of going all the way to the DC to get their loads, a shuttle runs their loads out to the smaller depot where they pick them up and run their routes. You'll typically haul a set of doubles out and bring empties home.

It's Sysco, though. There's a good chance they'll want to train you as a delivery driver, which means a training period that involves delivering on normal Sysco routes. This is very hard work. They'll want you to know how to do it, though because they will probably want you to fill in on delivery routes from time to time.

It's a good gig if you don't mind busting your back from time to time. But talk to them first. If they say you won't touch a single box of tomatoes, maybe you won't have to do delivery routes, but I doubt that'll be the case.

 

You're looking at upwards of 35,000+ pounds with Sysco, one box at a time on a dolly, one dolly at a time down a ramp, up and down stairs or wherever the customer wants. It's tough in a way you can't really imagine or comprehend til you do it, but it's something you can get adjusted to if you stick with it. It's certainly isn't impossible to do.

You'd have to contact that center specifically to find out if they take people without experience. Having the endorsement would be a bare minimum before applying, though. Every DC does things a little different so they might train you or they might not. You'd have to ask them.

 

I worked for an owned subsidiary of Sysco and 35000-38000 was a typical load on the routes I did, though they do come lower for some routes. The pay for food service work is typically at the higher end of trucking pay. Most people probably get in to the mid 60s after a bit of experience. It's great money with great home time, but really tough work.

 

I work at sysco in the warehouse.. Shuttle driver will haul doubles the bring back the Empty trailers/returns off load the empty pallets etc on trailers at the warehouse then bring full doubles back to yard you work out of.. Are shuttle drivers do 2 trips each. Not sure on pay put prob 50-60k. Delivery drive 70-80k on avg

 

Shuttle runs at nights so the trailers are there for the guys who deliever when them come in. The drivers who work outta are warehouse coming between 2-5am not sure what time the drivers start from shuttle yards