Driver - Tractor Trailer

JOB SUMMARY:

• To operate over-the-road tractor trailer to deliver finished goods to customers.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Loads or assists in loading trailer with materials. Unloads or assists in unloading trailer by using forklift or hand truck.
• Operates semi-truck with one or two trailers, according to state laws. Transports load over required route to proper destination, observing all traffic laws and safety regulations.
• Chocks rear wheels of truck or trailer before any unloading takes place. Removes chocks before driving away from shipping dock.
• Obtain shipping bills of lading and necessary signatures and returns completed paper work to shipping office. Maintains any related records required.
• Removes empty skids from trailer truck and carries to designated piling area.
• Performs miscellaneous service duties such as checking, on a daily basis, oil, water, gasoline, and air in tires. Reports any maintenance malfunctions to Shipping Manager.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• May use hand truck to rearrange loads in shipping department area.
• May sweep out truck body on off-shifts
• May switch empty/full trailers in shipping yard on off-shifts for optimum loading patterns on the following day.
• Performs any other duties, responsibilities, and activities as assigned by the Shipping Supervisor

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid state CDL A License
• 1-3 years’ driving experience
• Tact and diplomacy required in dealing with customer personnel at delivery points.
• Requires high degree of attention and considerable dexterity in the control of tractor trailer and in preventing damage to materials and trailer equipment.
• Frequently sitting in trailer cab for long periods of time.
• Ability to lift and move 55 pound wooden skid or pallet.
• Must meet Department of Transportation physical and medical requirements and pass substance abuse screening; as a safety sensitive employee subject to random substance abuse screening under company policy.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Frequently sitting in trailer for long periods of time.
• Ability to life and move occasionally 55 pounds of finished products.