Truck Driver

Stella-Jones•Cordele, GA

About The Position

The Truck Driver operates a commercial truck to transport materials to and from designated destinations. The role uses a loader or boom with a grapple to load and unload products and supplies, including offloading rail cars and other trucks, placing products in yard bunks, and transferring products to other truck and trailer combinations. Deliveries include customer yards and job sites, including drop staking. The driver maintains required records, documents, permits, and licenses; assists with maintenance of trucks, yard equipment, and support equipment; and drives to destinations in adverse weather and during emergency storm response. The position verifies quantities, sizes, and product types against shipping and receiving tickets, ensures tickets are signed, dated, and submitted on time, and communicates with a supervisor by telephone or radio for delivery instructions. The role includes daily pre- and post-trip DOT inspections of the truck, trailer, boom, and specialty equipment; checking oil, coolant, tires, connections, pins, and hydraulic hoses; performing emergency roadside repairs with supervisor guidance; securing cargo according to DOT regulations; and contributing to safety programs and DOT and yard OSHA awareness. Other related duties may be assigned. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Requirements

Class A Commercial Driver’s License required.
Two to four years of commercial trucking experience.
One-year certificate from a college or technical school, or three to six months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and multiply and divide with tens and hundreds.
Ability to perform these operations using American units of money, weight, volume, and distance.

Nice To Haves

Experience with self-loaders or heavy equipment operation preferred.
Experience with steering trailers preferred.

Responsibilities

Load and unload products and supplies using a loader or boom with a grapple, including offloading rail cars and trucks and moving products into yard bunks or onto other truck and trailer combinations.
Deliver products to customer yards and job sites, including drop staking.
Maintain records, documents, permits, and valid licenses for assigned trucks and equipment.
Assist with maintenance of trucks, yard equipment, and support equipment as required.
Drive to destinations in adverse weather conditions and respond to emergency storm needs.
Verify quantities, sizes, and types against shipping and receiving tickets to ensure accurate inventory; ensure load tickets are signed, dated, and submitted on time.
Maintain telephone or radio contact with the supervisor to receive delivery instructions.
Perform daily pre- and post-trip DOT inspections of the truck, trailer, boom, and specialty equipment, including daily checks of oil, coolant, tires, connections, pins, and hydraulic hoses.
Perform emergency roadside repairs, such as changing lights, addressing small mechanical problems, repairing hoses, and installing tire chains, with supervisor guidance.
Secure cargo in accordance with DOT regulations.
Maintain awareness of safety, DOT, and yard OSHA requirements and participate in the company safety program.
Perform other related duties as assigned.