Job Description
We're looking for experienced Owner-Operators with MC# and DOT# over 1 year in Good Standing.
Owner Operators will be assigned their own personal dispatcher.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assisting warehouse workers with loading and unloading their vehicles
- Determining the quickest routes to destinations
- Obeying highway safety laws while operating their vehicles
- Keeping track of miles driven, hours worked, and delivery times and locations
- Obtaining and retaining signatures from authorized personnel to gain proof of delivery
- Meeting strict delivery deadlines
- Reporting and providing reasons for delays due to weather, construction or traffic accidents
- Maintaining and cleaning their vehicles
Skills and Qualifications:
- Valid state-issued Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) to lawfully operate a commercial vehicle
- Proof of full ownership of a vehicle and service records showing the vehicle is reliable
- Evidence of valid automobile and liability insurance policies
- Clean driving record to show they adhere to traffic laws
- Ability to remain upright in the cab of a vehicle and to operate its controls for long periods
- Adequate physical strength to lift 50 to 75 pounds, depending on what they are transporting
- Organizational skills to plan routes and keep easy-to-read records
- Navigational skills to develop routes and revise them as needed to avoid delays