What are the responsibilities and job description for the Driver position at BWI Companies, Inc.?
If you want to be home daily with an occasional overnight stay in a hotel, drive newer equipment, and earn competitive wages, we may have the career opportunity you are looking for!
As a Flex Driver with BWI, you make the difference. You will deliver a quality product and provide our customers with top notch customer service. Being a Flex Driver for BWI is much more than driving a truck and comes with some great benefits.
In this role, you will:
- Primarily operate a semi unit with a 53’ drop deck trailer, Dodge 550 spreader truck, and bulk bags of fertilizer.
- Be responsible for the loading and unloading of the spreader from the trailer.
- Be responsible for spreading fertilizer at job sight according to work order specifications.
- Drive tractor-trailer combinations and straight trucks to transport and deliver products.
- Frequently interact with customers.
- Follow safety and placarding procedures.
- Perform trip, vehicle, and equipment inspections.
- Maintain logs of working hours and vehicle service and repair.
- Obtain delivery receipts/signatures.
- Correctly maneuver trucks into loading/unloading positions.
- Properly secure cargo for transport.
- Read invoices to determine assignment details.
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, and damage to vehicles or property.
- Collect delivery instructions, verifying instructions and routes.
- Operate Elog device (people net).
- Understanding of weights and measurements
- Operating loading-related equipment. (Some manual unloading may be required.)
- Collaborate with other BWI employees (e.g., employee training and sharing information) to ensure customer satisfaction and teamwork.
To apply, you must:
- Be at least 23 years old.
- Have a High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
- Have a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) ‘A’ with Haz-Mat and Tanker Endorsement.
- Have at least one-year CDL driving experience.
- Have a clean MVR with less than 3 moving violations over three-year period.
- Be able to pass DOT physical & DOT drug screen.
- Have no DWI / DUI convictions within the past 5 years.
Key benefits for all full-time employees include 401(k) retirement plan with generous company match, excellent health, dental & vision care plan options, flexible spending account and health savings account options, life & disability insurance, paid vacation and 8 paid company holidays. In addition, our drivers also can earn annual tenure and safety bonus and receive meal per diem and reimbursement for hotel stays.
Wages are activity-based and are highly competitive! While you will be home most nights, you may have 2 overnight trips weekly.