Part-Time Transfer Driver CDL a Must

PART-TIME TRANSFER DRIVER

Reports To: Truck Sales Support Manager

Summary

The Transfer Driver will shuttle trucks from branch to branch or from branch to customer on an on-call as-needed basis. The transfer driver may also pick up units at the manufacturer or upfit locations. Adherence to DOT regulations and safety protocol is required.

This position will be a part-time position with limited hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducts maintenance checks utilizing the vehicle maintenance form to record the safety and functionality of the assigned vehicle.
• Maintain assigned vehicles cleanliness (interior & exterior) in accordance with company policy.
• Plan a route for efficient delivery while maintaining positive expectations.
• Ensure all trucks are delivered safely and accurately to locations.
• Collect secure and properly document all trucks delivered.
• Other duties as assigned.

Business Skills

The individual has demonstrated a strong set of business skills listed below

• Time and Priority Management - Prioritizing and completing tasks in order to deliver desired outcomes within allotted timeframes
• Teamwork - Cooperating with others to meet objectives
• Flexibility - Readily modifying responding and adapting to change with minimal resistance
• Self-Starting - Demonstrating initiative and willingness to begin working

Qualifications

• Candidate must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
• Position requires a Class A commercial drivers license and a valid drivers license. Position requires the ability to operate motor vehicles. All drivers must maintain a safe driving record.
• Navigation skills/GPS
• Working hours: Drivers may work varying hours including early mornings evenings or weekends depending on the nature of their job. They may also be required to work long hours or be on-call for deliveries or specific assignments.
• The working conditions for this position are primarily outdoors year-round with varying weather and road conditions.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Pre-employment physical drug screen and eye exam.
• Mobility: The individual should be able to move easily in and out of the truck and perform tasks that may require bending lifting and climbing in and out of the cargo area. Ability to sit for long periods of time.
• Vision: Good eyesight and visual acuity are important for the individual to safely operate the vehicle read signs and navigate the road.
• Hearing: The individual should have good hearing to be alert to sounds such as sirens horns or other warning signals on the road.
• Manual dexterity: The individual should have good manual dexterity to operate the vehicles controls including the steering wheel pedals and other dashboard controls.
• Lifting: While heavy lifting is not frequent the individual may occasionally need to load and unload items from the trucks cargo area involving lifting and carrying moderate-weight objects.

Palmer Trucks is a family-owned company with nearly 60 years of success treating everyone with respect and dignity. Our team is always ready to help you find the best benefits package for you and your family.

This position will be part-time and will offer limited employee benefits.

About Palmer Trucks

Palmer Trucks is a family-owned company with nearly 60 years of success treating everyone with respect and dignity. Our team is always ready to help you find the best benefits package for you and your family.

This position may also be part-time and offer limited employee benefits.

Work with a strong organization summarized below

Palmer Trucks is a full-service Kenworth dealership network serving Ohio Indiana Kentucky and Illinois with a comprehensive package of products and services. As a family-owned business with more than a century of history of growth and success Palmer Trucks has grown to a team of more than 700

individuals. With more than two million trucks on U.S. highways and interstates at any given time a paramount need exists to keep the industry moving forward 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

We remain committed to forming authentic valuable connections by fulfilling the industrys unique time-sensitive needs as a trusted partner. We accomplish this by providing products and services of the highest quality and value personalized for you.

Because of this philosophy we develop and nurture long-term valuable relationships with our partners. The Palmer Trucks team has the utmost privilege and gratitude for doing business and these core values are what keep customers returning year-after-year and have kept us On the Road Since 1965.

Job Posting Information

This position has an immediate opening start date and will allow for proper notice to the existing employer. Submit your resume with confidence knowing that all contact with us is completely confidential.

Palmer Trucks is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process please contact:

Palmer Trucks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All Applicants are considered for employment without a regard to race color national origin religion sex (including pregnancy) age (40 or older) disability veteran status or any other legally protected.

Revised: November 2025