Marianne’s Ice Cream has been a Santa Cruz institution for over 75 years. We make and deliver super-premium ice cream to our scoop shops and partners across the region.
Our delivery and warehouse team plays a critical role in protecting the quality, accuracy, and reputation we’ve built over generations.
The Role
Marianne’s Ice Cream is hiring a Route Delivery Driver / Warehouse Order Picker to support our wholesale distribution operation.
This is a structured, route-based delivery and warehouse role. You will operate a Sprinter van or box truck on local routes, completing deliveries of ice cream to restaurants, scoop shops, and wholesale partners across Santa Cruz and the greater Bay Area.
We are looking for someone with professional delivery experience, consistency, attention to detail, and the ability to work accurately in both delivery and warehouse/freezer tasks. This role requires someone who can manage a route, pick orders accurately, load their vehicle properly, and represent a well-loved local brand professionally with customers.
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM–2:00 PM, with overtime as needed
Role Breakdown
- 70% driving local delivery routes
- 20% order picking and loading in a freezer environment
- 10% customer interaction
You will be responsible for both preparing your route and delivering it, including picking orders accurately, loading your truck, completing deliveries, and handling delivery paperwork.
Responsibilities
- Execute consistent local delivery routes
- Load and deliver orders accurately and on time
- Pick and assemble orders from freezer storage
- Verify orders and complete delivery paperwork accurately
- Follow routing plans, schedules, and delivery procedures
- Perform basic vehicle inspections
- Maintain vehicle cleanliness
- Communicate professionally with customers and team members
- Work safely in a freezer environment using provided freezer gear
- Help with warehouse, freezer, and other distribution tasks as needed
Qualifications
- At least 1 year of route-based commercial delivery driving experience
- App-based delivery experience, such as Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, etc., does not count toward the delivery experience requirement
- Valid driver’s license and clean Motor Vehicle Report
- Able to walk, stand, and sustain physical activity for extended periods of time
- Able to lift, push, or pull up to 70 lbs as needed
- Able to regularly grasp, carry, and lift items up to 15 lbs
- Able to bend, squat, and lift 25 lbs from the ground
- Occasionally able to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Comfortable working in a freezer environment
- Reliable, punctual, and able to work independently
- Able to communicate clearly in English with customers and team members
- Previous food, beverage, wholesale, or route delivery experience is a plus
- Previous Warehouse experience is a plus
Applicants without relevant route-based delivery experience will not be considered.
Benefits & Perks
- Paid 30-minute lunch break, on the clock
- Free ice cream
- Consistent early-start schedule with predictable routes
- Opportunity for full-time, long-term position based on performance
For Permanent Employees
- Health care plan options
- Paid time off
- 401(k) with 3% company contribution after 1 year
- Stable full-time schedule
Next Steps & The Predictive Index Surveys
After you apply here through Indeed, please help us get to know more about you and your potential fit and take two quick surveys. The first is a 3-4 minute survey called the Behavioral Assessment. This is not a test. There are no right or wrong answers. Just be easy about it and don’t overthink. You’ll get your results from this survey instantly via email with a PDF attachment. After you take the first assessment, the second will be immediately emailed to you, and is a timed 12-minute Cognitive Assessment. This is not an IQ or intelligence survey – it simply tells us how quickly you will learn, adapt and synthesize in this specific role. We do not make our hiring decisions solely based on this data alone, naturally your prior experience and many other factors are considered. Thank you for your interest in Marianne's. Please follow the link below:
https://assessment.predictiveindex.com/bo/88Q/AY-RouteDriverWHSEPicker_Jul2026_221403
Pay: $23.00 - $26.00 per hour
Benefits:
Application Question(s):
- How many years of experience do you have delivering food or beverage products to wholesale customers (if any)? This is not required.
- Do you have a valid driver’s license and a clean driving record?
- Are you comfortable driving a Sprinter van or box truck on local multi-stop delivery routes?
- This role requires physical delivery and warehouse work, including standing and walking for long periods, working in a freezer environment, lifting, pushing, or pulling up to 70 lbs, and bending, squatting, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling as needed. Are you able to perform these duties?
- Are you comfortable working independently on delivery routes while also communicating clearly with customers and working closely with our warehouse/freezer team?
- Are you comfortable working in a role that is roughly 70% driving, 20% order picking/loading in a freezer environment, and 10% customer interaction?
- This position is Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM–2:00 PM, with overtime as needed. Are you able to work this schedule consistently?
Experience:
- route-based commercial delivery driving: 1 year (Required)
Work Location: In person
