OTR Straight Truck Driver

Description

JOB TITLE: Straight Truck Driver

DEPARTMENT: Operations

REPORTS TO: Transportation Manager

STATUS: Non-Exempt

In your role as a Straight Truck Driver, you will be responsible for the following essential functions:

• Performing daily inspections on all safety sensitive equipment
• Operating all equipment in a safe and orderly fashion
• Reporting any accident, unsafe conditions, or injuries immediately
• Delivering orders to customers in a prompt, professional and polite fashion
• Navigating route changes to insure most economical use of time and equipment
• Manage time and drive time proactively
• Communicate with dispatch on customer stops and appointment times
• Utilizing and operating a pallet jack as necessary

Requirements

To be considered for this position you must have the following qualifications:

• Thorough knowledge of traffic laws and defensive driving
• Valid Driver’s License in accordance with insurance company requirements
• Class B or above required
• DOT Medical Certificate
• 2 years experience driving a straight truck

Other important information to consider:

• The ability to work a full shift, come to work on time, work overtime as needed and the ability to work according to the necessary schedule to meet job requirements with or without reasonable accommodation is an essential function of this position.
• This is a safety sensitive position, which means the employee’s job performance can affect the safety of the employee and others. Job performance under the influence of alcohol or drugs could lead to physical injury or death to the employee, other employees, or members of the public at large. Therefore, employee must be able to perform the job responsibilities without causing a threat to co-workers, to the workplace, or to the public at large.
• The job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job, not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible job responsibilities, tasks, and duties. The responsibilities, tasks, and duties of the jobholder might differ from those outlined in the job description and other duties as assigned, might be part of the job.
• This job description does not constitute an employment contract; the employment relationship is an at-will relationship.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals and vibration. Also, regularly required to walk, sit, talk, hear, use hands and fingers to operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch. The employee must be able to lift thirty (30) pounds regularly, thirty-five (35) to one hundred eighty (180) pounds frequently. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Frequently this job requires an employee to walk into the warehouse. The warehouse is not heated or cooled except for the cooler where the temperature is maintained between 32 and 40 degrees. The warehouse can also be very loud due to vehicles and forklifts running. The employee may be exposed to exhaust fumes while in the warehouse.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, disability, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.