Grain Transportation Driver - Apprenticeship

Job Description

To drive a commercial truck to transport grain with inter-company transfers, ethanol plants and feed yards as directed. Monday through Friday normal schedule and limited Saturdays. Home nightly.

Requirements

Accountabilities/Essential Functions:

• Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order, including but not limited to pre-trip and post-trip inspections.
• Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions.
• Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes.
• Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations or damage to the vehicles.
• Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders or covers.
• Drive trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products or other materials.
• Operate equipment, such as truck cab computers, CB radios and telephones, to exchange necessary information with bases, supervisors or other drivers.
• Perform basic vehicle maintenance tasks, such as adding oil, fuel, or radiator fluid or performing minor repairs.
• Check condition of trailers after contents have been unloaded to ensure that there has been no damage.
• Couple or uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air or electrical lines, or manipulating fifth-wheel locks.
• Check all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
• Read and interpret maps to determine vehicle routes.
• Crank trailer landing gear up or down to safely secure vehicles.
• Remove debris from loaded trailers.
• Conform to safety and regulatory compliance requirements, as directed and per company policy.
• Become knowledgeable and familiar with Frontier Ag Inc products, policies and procedures.
• Work in cooperation with other divisions, locations, customers, supervisors and managers with a positive attitude and willingness to provide positive feedback to them.
• Perform other duties and tasks as assigned by the Branch Manager or Dispatcher.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Ability to communicate information or ideas effectively in oral or written form.
• Ability to listen to what other people are saying and ask questions as appropriate.
• Perform basic math operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide) to include, but not limited to, use of whole numbers, fractions,        decimals, percentages and discounts.
• Work and communicate with internal and external customers to meet their needs in a polite, courteous and cooperative manner. Committed to quality service.
• Ability to identify and analyze problems associated with work processes.
• Develop constructive and cooperative relationships with others.
• Ability to organize and work on multiple tasks concurrently.
• Demonstrate responsible behavior and attention to detail.
• Encourage and facilitate cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity. Foster commitment and team spirit.
• Knowledge and skill in judgment and decision making, negotiation, and management of material resources.
• Capacity to adjust to change, work pressures or difficult situations without undue stress.

Education, Training, Certifications Required:

• A valid driver’s license
• Having a valid CDL or the ability to obtain a CDL along with proper endorsements
• Pre-employment drug testing, plus random drug testing, per company policy