Job Description
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.