Delivery Driver Resume Example
A mid-level delivery driver in Tucson, about eight years in, who started on an auto parts store's delivery route and now runs a last-mile parcel route as a lead driver and driver trainer.
A fictional resume written by our team. The person, employers and numbers are invented; the tools, licenses and schools are real.
Why it works
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“Delivery driver with 8 years on local routes, the last 5 on last-mile parcel routes in step vans and cargo vans, about 170 stops a day. Lead driver and trainer since 2024. Zero preventable accidents, clean MVR, DOT medical card.”
Years, route type, vehicles, volume, the lead role and the record. A station manager can tell what route this driver can take on before reading a bullet.
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“Run a last-mile parcel route in a step van, about 170 stops and 250 packages a day across apartments and new subdivisions”
Vehicle, volume and the kind of area in one line. 'Delivered packages' says none of it.
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“Held a 99.5% delivery completion rate in 2025 with 3 delivered-not-received claims all year, per the station's weekly scorecard”
Two numbers the company already tracks, so a manager can check them. They show care at the door, not just speed.
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“Trained 14 new drivers on 3-day ride-alongs since 2024, and 11 were still running routes after their first peak season”
Training with an outcome. Keeping new drivers through peak season is what a delivery company needs from a trainer.
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“Take rescues on 2 to 3 routes a week, picking up unfinished stops so the station closes the day with nothing left on the vans”
Rescues are lead work. They show this driver finishes their own route with time to spare for someone else's.
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“Checked part numbers against the order before leaving the store, cutting wrong-part returns from shops by about half in 2020”
A result from a small route. Checking before leaving saved a second trip and kept the shops ordering from the store.
How it scored
We ran this example through the same free roast you can use, three times, and kept the middle result. The roast ranks a resume against a typical applicant pile and grades hard: even a resume with a number in nearly every bullet usually lands in the B range.
Copy the text
Use it as a skeleton, then replace every line with your own work. A copied bullet with someone else's numbers is the fastest way to fail an interview question.
Tomasz Szymanski Delivery Driver, Lead Driver and Trainer, Last-Mile Parcel Tucson, AZ | tomasz.szymanski@example.com SUMMARY Delivery driver with 8 years on local routes, the last 5 on last-mile parcel routes in step vans and cargo vans, about 170 stops a day. Lead driver and trainer since 2024. Zero preventable accidents, clean MVR, DOT medical card. EXPERIENCE Delivery Driver, then Lead Driver and Trainer, Sentinel Peak Delivery | Mar 2021 - Present - Run a last-mile parcel route in a step van, about 170 stops and 250 packages a day across apartments and new subdivisions - Held a 99.5% delivery completion rate in 2025 with 3 delivered-not-received claims all year, per the station's weekly scorecard - Zero preventable accidents in 5 years and about 80,000 route miles, with a top-tier in-cab camera score most weeks - Trained 14 new drivers on 3-day ride-alongs since 2024, and 11 were still running routes after their first peak season - Take rescues on 2 to 3 routes a week, picking up unfinished stops so the station closes the day with nothing left on the vans - Load and stage the van by stop order and complete the pre-trip inspection and DVIR each morning Delivery Driver, Rillito Auto Parts | Jun 2018 - Feb 2021 - Delivered parts to about 35 repair shops a day in a company pickup, with a 30-minute target on hot-shot orders - Checked part numbers against the order before leaving the store, cutting wrong-part returns from shops by about half in 2020 EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS DOT medical examiner's certificate, valid through 2027 Smith System 5Keys defensive driving training, 2023 High school diploma, Sunnyside High School, 2017 SKILLS Step vans and cargo vans, Stop-order loading, Handheld scanner and route app, Pre-trip inspections and DVIR, Photo and signature proof of delivery, Hand truck and liftgate, New driver ride-alongs, Conversational Spanish
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