What are the responsibilities and job description for the Transport Driver - Local Routes position at Stearns Companies?
Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers’ license.
Essential Job Functions:
- Must work safely
- Must provide great customer service
- Must have good attendance
- Must work as a team
- 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 ensure that cargo is secure
- Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations
- Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers
- Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles.
- Obtain receipts or signatures for delivered goods and collect payment for service when required
- Drive trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products, livestock, or other materials
- Check all load-related documentation for completeness and accuracy
- Read bills of lading to determine assignment details
- Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routs
- Drive trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes in compliance with state regulations
- Couple or uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air or electrical lines, or manipulating fifth-wheel locks.
- Check conditions of trailers after contents have been unloaded to ensure that there has been no damage
- Perform other duties as assigned by management
Skilled/Abilities Required:
- Controlling operations of equipment or systems
- Watching Gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly
- Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
- Managing one’s own time and time of others
- Actively looking for ways to help people
- Teaching others how to do something
- Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences
- Using logic and reasoning
Using a computer