Dump Truck Driver

Rogers • Columbia, TN

9h • Onsite

About The Position

Rogers Group, Inc., headquartered in Nashville, is a privately held aggregates and asphalt highway construction company operating in 12 states with over 3,500 employees. Established in 1908, RGI is recognized as the largest privately held aggregate producer in the United States. The company has 86 quarries and 56 asphalt plants across Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. Rogers Group is currently seeking a Full-Time Dump Truck Driver in Madison, TN, to support crews and projects in the Madison, TN area. The successful candidate for this position will have previous experience driving a Dump Truck and a strong commitment to safety excellence.

Requirements

• Must maintain a valid CDL License.
• Must adhere to company policy to receive a current Medical Examiner's Certificate.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to get along with others.
• Displays a positive attitude.
• Presents a professional image as an employee.
• Ability to maintain composure in stressful traffic or other situations.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of 2 years truck driving experience preferred.
• Experience with trucks equipped with third axle.
• Ability to work evenings and nights as needed, to support construction operations.

Responsibilities

• Drives truck equipped with dump body to transport and dump loose materials such as sand, gravel, crushed rock, or bituminous paving materials.
• Checks vehicle to ensure it is safe to operate.
• Checks tires, headlights, marker lights, stop lights and turn signals.
• Checks engine oil, power steering fluid, coolant level, fan belts and windshield wipers.
• Operates vehicle in a safe and professional manner regardless of location, speed limit, and traffic.
• Obeys State and Federal trucking laws.
• Exhibits "defensive" driving skills.
• Obeys weight limit when loading truck.
• Keeps floorboards, stepping areas, and hand holds free of trash, grease, rags or other obstructions that hinder operation.
• Operates control for tarping load and strapping tarp.
• Tarps all loads regardless of material being hauled.
• Operates bed controls for raising/lowering of dump bed.
• Operates control for raising and lowering of third axle.
• Hooks and adjusts tailgate spreader chains for tailgating material.
• Manually cleans (using a scraper and/or shovel) tailgate and apron after unloading.
• Keeps inside of bed clean of buildup of materials.
• When starting vehicle in motion, always uses lower gears.
• When changing gears, always double clutches.
• Monitors dash gauges (oil, temperature, air, tachometer, speedometer, amperage and pyrometer).
• Monitors conditions to the sides and rear of vehicle by means of the rear-view mirrors and spot mirrors.
• Constantly monitors company radio for change of assignment and dispatch.
• Submits daily logs that comply with Company, State and Federal Regulations.
• Completes and submits a daily truck report.
• Inspects vehicle for defects and notifies management of said defects on Driver Daily Report.
• Does not drive vehicle with known defect that could cause injury or property damage.
• The Dump Truck Driver position requires an extreme amount of body movement and some manual labor including, but not limited to leg movement, engaging/disengaging clutch, depressing brake pedal and accelerator, and climbing onto bed; wrist and arm movement, changing gears, steering of vehicle and operating of controls; neck movement, moves head back and forth to see out of side mirrors; manual labor, digging materials from bed, and if required, assisting crews with general labor work, i.e. shoveling, etc.
• Adheres to all company, client, and project policies, procedures, standards, including but not limited to the safety manual, the employee handbook, and the fleet safety manual.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance plus Health Savings Account with annual company contribution.
• Company provided Group Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment insurance.
• Retirement 401(k) with company contribution and match at one year of service.
• Company provided Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Paid Holiday’s including Christmas shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
• Paid vacation available after 180-day probationary period and accrued based on years of service.
• Annual performance-based merit increases.
• Career growth/advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees