CDL Truck Driver

American Phoenix Inc • Topeka, KS

7h

About The Position

American Phoenix’s Pre-Weighed Chemical Packaging division provides precisely weighed chemicals for rubber mixing from facilities in Topeka, Kansas; Lawton, Oklahoma; Fayetteville, North Carolina; and Danville, Virginia. The division operates proprietary chemical weighing and packaging equipment and serves manufacturing companies that require accurate chemical weights.

The CDL Truck Driver performs shipping, loading, delivery, and plant-support duties. This includes loading and documenting outgoing shipments, processing shipping paperwork, inspecting and driving trucks and trailers, operating a forklift, supplying chemicals to production lines, and helping maintain clean work areas. The role follows company policies and safety practices, including risk-management procedures.

This is a full-time position with 12-hour shifts on a rotating schedule, working 15 days per month (half the month) and returning home every night. The work environment includes regular exposure to airborne particles and occasional work near moving mechanical parts, chemicals, and elevated noise levels. Employees must follow safety procedures and use appropriate personal protective equipment. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Requirements

• CDL Class A.
• Valid health/medical card.
• Knowledge of DOT regulations.
• Ability to read and comprehend numbers, decimal points, simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and to perform simple computations.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions, with accuracy in following intricate instructions within time limits.
• Excellent leadership, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including standing, reaching, talking, hearing, walking, handling objects, tools, or controls, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and occasionally climbing or balancing.
• Ability to frequently lift or move up to 30 pounds and regularly lift or move up to 56 pounds.
• Required vision abilities include close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• At least six months of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Load outgoing trucks and scan barcodes using Excel software.
• Physically count and record every outgoing load.
• Ensure physical counts match the accompanying paperwork.
• Process shipping paperwork.
• Inspect and drive trucks.
• Inspect trailers.
• Inspect and operate forklifts.
• Get chemicals for production lines.
• Bale bags and cardboard.
• Keep the office area clean.
• Clean the back of the plant, inside and outside.
• Understand, promote, and utilize risk management.
• Comply with company policies.
• Assist where needed.
• Communicate with customers about load timing and problems as they occur.

Benefits

• Home every night.
• Work 15 days per month.
• 401(k) match.
• PTO.
• Nine paid holidays.
• Two personal days annually.
• Health insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Paid short-term disability.
• Paid long-term disability.
• Paid life insurance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed