Burkhart Enterprises, Inc. is currently seeking a Class A or B CDL Local Delivery Truck Driver in the Knoxville, TN, area.

Drivers with experience driving pneumatic trucks, tanks, flatbed trailers or dump truck is preferred.

As a Burkhart Enterprises truck driver, you will drive within a 500-mile radius of Knoxville. You will be home nights and weekends.

The benefits of working with us include :

• Excellent pay
• Safety bonus
• Longevity bonus
• High driver retention rate

Education Requirements :

A high school diploma or equivalent

Experience Requirements :

2 years of truck driving experience

Qualifications :

Class A or B Commercial Drivers License (CDL)

Responsibilities :

• Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
• Follow appropriate safety procedures for transporting dangerous goods.
• Inspect loads to make sure cargo is secure.
• Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations.
• Control operations of equipment or systems.
• Watch gauges, dials, or other indicators in order to confirm a machine is working properly.

Skills :

• Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring / Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

About us :

Burkhart Enterprises, Inc. is a third-generation company that has diligently continued to improve and expand its business over the past six decades.

Our operations include :

• A loading & unloading facility.
• A rail facility with 2000 Rail, bottom dump pit, 32 car capacity.
• Privately-owned river port where loaded barges are offloaded using two large excavators equipped with clamshell buckets.
• A 1250 Komatsu & 1000 Komatsu.
• A 100 ton Northwest crane is also available for more heavy lifting.
• Various other equipment such as loaders, tandem trucks & forklifts augment the barging operation.

Our equipment includes :

• Late model Mack tractors
• Aluminum flatbed trailers
• Aluminum dump trailers
• Pneumatic tankers

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Last updated : 2023-12-29