Commercial Truck Driver

Commercial Truck Driver

Provides interstate and intrastate deliveries of the Company's equipment to project teams.

Essential Duties

• Monitor and analyze all opportunities to improve efficiencies
• Responsibility of making sure truck and trailer is properly loaded for safe transport of cargo
• Ensure weight of cargo is of legal allowance
• Load and unload truck and trailer as needed
• Represent the Company in a respectful manner
• Responsible for maintaining an accurate and legal logbook
• Identifies, evaluates, and mitigates risk
• Provide clean, safe working conditions of the facility and equipment
• Ensure deliveries are made in a timely manner, while maintaining safe driving practices
• Assist in non-driving duties as needed
• Performs human resource functions for attracting and retaining employees
• Able to read and comprehend Bill of Lading and Packing Slips
• Recommend to the Shop Foreman of any maintenance needs of both truck and trailer

Reporting Relationships

• Position reports to the Director of Equipment and Fleet Management and Shop/Transportation Foreman

Competencies

• Strong problem-solving abilities with sound judgment and tolerance for a high pressure and dynamic environment
• Ability to think creatively when approaching problem resolution, but ultimately decisive and be able to execute solutions
• Results-oriented to ensure delivery of services in an accurate, complete, and timely fashion
• Ability to project a positive attitude and handle challenging interpersonal situations
• Able to multi-task and effectively prioritize work

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• 3 or more years of over the road driving, transporting heavy construction equipment
• Ability to work closely with diverse groups of individuals, including Company employees at all levels, customers, vendors and outside professionals with whom the Company deals with on a regular basis
• Exceptional customer service and organizational skills are required
• Proficient technology skills including smartphones, and tablet
• Earthmoving and Crane equipment knowledge
• Familiarity with scheduling and expediting the turnaround of a rental fleet
• Must be able to travel as needed
• Thorough knowledge of tractor and trailer maintenance, DOT rules and regulations, company policies and procedures
• Must be multi-tasked oriented
• Think and act strategically carrying out long-term plans to meet operational needs and departmental goals

Language Skills:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization. Ability to communicate and understand different complex requirements of various project types and to work with different personality types.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Certificates, Licenses and Registrations:

Must have valid CDL Class A driver's license with clean driving record. Compliance with all DOT requirements. Motor Vehicle report required.

Physical Demands:

Medium amount of physical exertion. Medium manual dexterity or physical manipulation. Medium level of physical stamina and endurance. May need to occasionally lift up to 50 lbs. Maintain regular and punctual attendance, work overtime as assigned, travel overnight as required, drive long distances, work in cold, hot, dusty, loud environments, and comply with all company policies and procedures including safety.

Work Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.