Truck Driver

Oshkosh Corporation•McConnellsburg, PA

About The Position

The Truck Driver operates company-owned or leased vehicles to transport a variety of incoming and outbound materials and vehicles. The role involves observing loading and unloading, securing loads, delivering products, and completing electronic drive logs and load documentation. Drivers must meet DOT and company standards, obtain a TWIC credential, and become certified to operate JLG aerial work platforms and telehandlers. The position requires driving shifts of up to 11 hours and working up to 70 hours per week, along with performing job duties in extreme temperatures and adverse outdoor conditions.

Requirements

Pass a drug screen, DOT physical, and background test.
Pass a Post Offer/Pre-Placement Test based on customer requirements.
Lift, push, pull, and carry containers, tarps, and cargo weighing up to 75 pounds without assistance, including overhead, repeatedly, for extended periods, and across distances of 75 feet or more.
Perform regular physical activities including standing, sitting, bending, reaching, stooping, kneeling, seeing, handling, pushing, pulling, and lifting.
Repeatedly bend at the waist, neck, wrist, and shoulder; twist and rotate hands, elbows, and forearms.
Perform duties outdoors in adverse weather and climate conditions, with possible exposure to temperature extremes, dust, dirt, fumes, moderate noise, and vehicle vibration.
Drive semi-tractors and trailers and Class A vehicles, understand brake operations, and perform required in-cab duties to safely operate a commercial motor vehicle.
Perform all functions necessary for a complete DOT safety inspection, including getting under the tractor and trailer.
Climb in and out of commercial vehicles and trailers approximately four feet above ground numerous times per day; repeatedly grasp and grip and operate foot pedals.
Climb to heights of 4 to 10 feet while balancing and performing physical activity in awkward positions.
Mount snow chains on tires.
Operate equipment such as manual or electrical floor jacks, hand dollies, rollers, aerial work platforms, and telehandlers as necessary to load or unload cargo.

Responsibilities

Observe loading and unloading of materials, transport and deliver products.
Secure loads using straps, chains, binders, load locks, and other necessary securement means.
Complete electronic drive logs and load documentation accurately.
Meet DOT standards for physical examinations, drug tests, and commercial driver’s licenses, as well as company standards.
Drive shifts of up to 11 hours and work up to 70 hours per week.
Become certified to operate JLG Aerial Work Platforms and Telehandlers, and become proficient in loading and unloading units from truck trailers.
Qualify for and obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).
Perform duties in extreme temperatures and adverse weather and climate conditions.
Conduct required DOT safety inspections, including inspections under the tractor and trailer.
Load and unload cargo using equipment such as floor jacks, hand dollies, rollers, aerial work platforms, or telehandlers as necessary.