CDL Driver

Clayton Homes • Hillsboro, TX

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About The Position

This CDL-qualified position transports materials within Clayton Homes’ Supply Group. The driver is responsible for operating equipment safely, maintaining accurate paperwork and logs, ensuring vehicles have a professional appearance, and transporting company products in compliance with applicable regulations. The role includes customer interactions, coordination with fleet and field personnel, equipment inspections, basic repairs, and preventative maintenance.

Requirements

• Three or more years of professional driving experience, including mountain driving.
• Class A CDL.
• Excellent driving record, with no DUI convictions, suspensions, or DOT violations in the past three years.
• Prior customer service experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Basic mechanical experience.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to lift items weighing up to 50 pounds.
• High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Complete and maintain accurate daily truck logs.
• Report expenses and receipts associated with company credit and fuel cards.
• Complete required IFTA reports manually or electronically.
• Report unsafe conditions involving company equipment.
• Inspect and secure finished goods and loads in compliance with USDOT requirements.
• Obtain customer signatures on shipping documents, including rental and sale contracts, load sheets, and other required paperwork.
• Ensure the correct items are unloaded according to customer orders.
• Enter daily time in the ELC system or complete manual timecards, and report work times daily.
• Use the in-cab truck computer for dispatching and enter load and fuel information.
• Operate equipment in accordance with regulations established by authorities such as FMCSA and USDOT.
• Report to work as required to complete assignments; early or late hours and weekends may be required.
• Coordinate load movements with the Fleet Manager and Zone or Area Managers as needed.
• Coordinate machine movements with local, state, and federal authorities when required.
• Seek effective and efficient ways to manage daily work and work with the manager to implement agreed-upon changes.
• Maintain permits, receipts, and other necessary paperwork.
• Serve customers professionally and courteously, and act as a company ambassador to support customer satisfaction.
• Communicate relevant equipment information and work closely with the Fleet Manager and field personnel.
• Conduct daily driver vehicle inspections required by FMCSA and USDOT.
• Perform minor repairs and preventative maintenance to keep transport equipment safe and ready for use, including fueling and pre-loading when possible.
• Learn and understand transport equipment to ensure safe operation.
• Inspect machinery and equipment for damage at pickup, document findings, and submit damage information to the Fleet Manager as needed.
• Apply knowledge of USDOT, FMCA, and state, local, and municipal transport regulations.
• Load and unload company products safely and in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Benefits

• Flexible health, dental, and vision benefits package for full-time team members.
• Competitive 401(k) programs with investment options and company matching for full- and part-time team members after one year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Paid time for team members to volunteer through the Clayton Impact program.
• Physical, nutritional, social, financial, spiritual, and occupational wellness programs, available online or in person.
• Opportunities for growth.
• Encouraging culture that supports work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED