Thistle Truck Driver • Passion Placement

Vacaville, CA

Thistle is a fast-growing, food-tech startup delivering fully-prepared, fresh, healthy food to thousands of customers across the West Coast. Our goal is to make eating nutritious, plant-forward meals easy and accessible for everyone in order to improve health and the health of our planet.

We are looking for professional, talented, and driven people to join our Fleet Team, to ensure the safe and on-time delivery of our routes to our Delivery Drivers.

START WITHIN 7 DAYS

Flexible schedules available

Safe, inclusive, supportive work environment aiming to build long-term, meaningful careers

Why You’ll Love Working At Thistle:

Start at $22/hour

Holiday Pay Premium

Generous Paid Leave Policy

Up to 13 Paid Vacation and 9 Paid Sick Days per year

Paid Parental Leave, Bereavement, Jury Duty, Voting

2 Weeks Paid Emergency Leave for Covid-19 related reasons

Delicious, healthy Thistle meals and cold-pressed juices at the facility, plus a 40% Employee Subscription Discountfor home delivery

What You’ll Do:

Load/Unload trucks and ensure product is safely stored using a forklift or pallet jack

Operate our trucks (up to 26ft)

Deliver and distribute packages to Delivery Drivers around the Bay Area

Use our smartphone app to route your deliveries

Stack, shrink wrap, and secure pallets as well as loose items for transport

Push/pull 100lbs & lift 35+lbs regularly

Practice FIFO principals

What You’ll Bring:

Must be 18+

Must have a working smartphone with data to be able to use our routing app

Ability to drive a 26ft box truck

DOT Physical and Class B license a +

Must be self-starter and problem solver, able to work efficiently without direct supervision

Knowledge of (or willingness to learn) basic routine maintenance for box trucks, reefer units, and forklifts

A focused, efficient executor with excellent time management skills

Truck drivers are expected to maintain a clean, neat appearance

Friendly and personable

Excellent Leadership skills are essential

Punctual and thrive in a structured environment- no flakes!

Able to commit to a regular schedule of 2+ days a week

Comfortable driving at night

Must be able to pass an initial drug screen, and consent to random drug screening

Job Details:

Pay = $22/hour

Location: Vacaville, CA

Available Schedules: all start and end in Vacaville

Sunday & Wednesday

3pm-11pm

Monday & Thursday

3am-11am

If selected for an interview, you will be required to provide to present your Drivers License, Proof of Insurance, and DMV History.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential values at Thistle. We know we’ll do our best and most impactful work when we feel we’re represented and we belong. We’re proud to actively recruit and hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. You can get some deeper insight into how we approach DEI, along with some statistics on the internal demographics of the company and leadership team, here: https://www.thistle.co/learn/thistle-thoughts/thistle-on-diversity-equity-and-inclusion.

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City Vacaville