DOT Truck Driver

Dot Truck Driver

Job Category: Operations Dot Drivers

Job Duties Including, but not limited to:

• Load and unload trucks hauling scrap metal.
• Inspect and determine metal grade for inventory tracking.
• Perform Dot daily operation and safety inspection.
• Communicates with office and customers to determine commodities to load.
• Works independently when driving scrap metal.
• Works with customers to satisfy their needs and assist them when problems arise.
• Work with other employees in the scrap metal yard to ensure a safe working environment.
• Perform normal daily operation maintenance refueling, lubrication, cooling system cleaning, and housekeeping.
• Clean up work area at the end of shift.
• Keep work areas neat and orderly.
• Regular attendance and punctuality are essential job functions.
• Organizing materials to have more effective use of space.
• Dispose of various waste materials in the appropriate manner.
• Inspection to ensure cleanup is completed.
• Effective housekeeping in workplace area is an ongoing operation for safety and better hygienic conditions for all team members.

Qualifications

• Employees in this position prior to April 2014 are presumed to be qualified and are "grandfathered" into their positions.
• Must pass a medical physical and drug test.
• Must pass a background check.
• Preferred high school diploma or GED and/or foreign education acceptable.
• Bi-lingual (English & Spanish) language skills a plus.
• Ability to: communicate with others effectively; understand direction (written or oral) and use basic math skills as the job demands.
• Previous experience operating a Wheel Loader a plus.

* End dump experience required.

Job Expectations

Comply with all applicable federal, state, local, & Sa Recycling safety, health, & environmental rules, regulations, policies, & procedures.

Physical Requirements

Work Environment: Scrap metal Recycling and shredder yard

Equipment & Tools: Trucks up to 18 wheeler, hydraulic truck tilt and lift operations, Box Containers, mechanics tools

Physical Demand Level: Light to Moderate, keeps steady when machine in rocking in all directions, climbing fixed ladders

Work Capacity: Truck Driver Work Capacity

Sensory Demands: Hearing, vision, touch, smell and taste

Hand Movements: Repetitive motions, gripping

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