What are the responsibilities and job description for the CDL Driver Lowboy Driver-Heavy Equipment Hauling position at Barnard Construction Company?
Overview:
Barnard Construction Company, Inc., based in Bozeman, Montana, is a heavy-civil construction company with projects underway across North America. Barnard is ranked by Engineering News-Record, a leading construction industry periodical, as one of the nation’s Top 400 civil contractors. We specialize in dam construction and rehabilitation, power transmission and distribution, tunneling, inland marine, oil, gas, utility, and sewer and water pipeline projects. We offer competitive wages, 401(k)s, a generous health plan, and challenging career opportunities with a financially solid company. Barnard’s people are the reason for the success of the company. Our reputation attracts the highest quality personnel, people who are committed to producing projects that set a standard for excellence. At Barnard, we build the riskiest, most difficult, complex jobs we can find.
Qualifications:
- Must possess competence in the following areas in order to perform this role in a safe, productive and effective manner:
- Must have a valid CDL and satisfactory driving record
- We are looking for an experienced CDL Class A Lowboy Driver to transport heavy construction
- The ideal candidate has hands-on experience hauling equipment such as excavators, bulldozers, loaders, skid steers, graders, rollers, and other heavy machinery and understands proper loading and securement procedures.
- Familiarity with DOT regulations.
- Inspect loads for safety.
- Maintain logs of working hours and vehicle service hours and follow applicable state and federal regulations.
- Operate equipment in an efficient manner and follow instruction of on site management.
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, or damage to the vehicle.
- Responsible for daily inspections of truck to ensure the truck is in proper and safe working order.
- Responsible for notifying supervisor if truck needs to be repaired.
- Understands safety and occupational hazards of work.
- Must be able to pass a background check and a pre-employment drug screen.
- Ability to exert heavy physical effort, handling average weight objects up to 25 pounds.
- Ability to kneel, stoop, crouch, balance, climb or crawl.
- Ability to correctly rig and hoist material.
- Ability to tolerate heights without fear.
- Ability to maintain balance.
- Able to enter the cab of a vehicle or piece of equipment that is 3 feet or more off the ground.
- Ability to stand or walk for long periods of time, reach for, handle, and manipulate items and to work in extreme weather conditions (cold and wet).
- Able to work long, irregular and varied hours, 50 to 70 hours per week.
- Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
- Ability to safely and effectively perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal , state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
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