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Position Title: Transport Driver (CDL Class A Required)
Location: Amsterdam, NY
Job Category: NY Gorman
Pay Range: $25.00 - $35.00
Salary Interval: Hourly
Application Instructions
Please complete all required fields.
Position Description
Primary Duties:
- Adhere to all company safety policies and procedures and work safely at all times.
- Safely operate a tanker tractor-trailer weighing in excess of 100,000 pounds when fully loaded, requiring sound judgment, situational awareness, and the ability to maneuver in congested or confined areas.
- Operate vehicles equipped with manual transmissions and oversized steering mechanisms.
- Inspect the tractor and trailer before, during, and after each delivery to ensure safe operating condition.
- Load and unload asphalt materials, including lifting, manipulating, and connecting/disconnecting 3" x 10'15' hoses weighing over 40 pounds when empty. Each load requires hoses to be hooked and unhooked during both loading and unloading.
- Report immediately to dispatch any damage to the equipment or safety hazards or accidents.
- Flexibility with regard to schedule working extended hours, nights, weekends, and holidays when business needs dictate. Regional travel with crew requiring dependable transportation, occasional overnight travel.
This description of duties and responsibilities is intended to indicate the kind of tasks required of the position. It does not limit or exclude other duties not mentioned here but required for the successful completion of the job.
Position Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Valid commercial driver's license (CDL Class A or B) required
- 21 years or older
- Clean driving record with no moving violations
- Alert, focused, and detail-oriented
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. without assistance
- Proficient using GPS and other routing systems
- Disciplined, dependable, and resourceful
- High level of composure and good stress management
- Ability to pass pre-employment drug screening, physical examination, and drug testing as required by DOT.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
•While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, handle, feel, talk, see and listen. The employee must be able to push levers forward and backwards. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb stairs, stoop, bend, twist, kneel and crouch. Employee may sit for an hour or more at a time.
• Ability to climb in and out of truck without assistance.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures both hot and cold.
• Exposure to sound or noise levels that may be distracting or uncomfortable.
• Exposure to contaminants such as diesel fuel or exhaust.
• Operate equipment, such as CB radios, and telephones, to exchange necessary information with dispatcher, branch manager, or other drivers.
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary duties of the job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Company maintains a policy of non-discrimination and is fully committed to the principles of equality in employment and opportunity for all employees. It is the continuing policy to recruit and employ the best qualified individuals without discrimination because of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or partnership status, status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence or stalking, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, protected military or veteran status, and/or any other protected characteristic as established by law.
This policy of Equal Employment Opportunity applies to all policies and procedures relating to personnel actions such as, but not limited to, recruitment and hiring, working conditions, benefits and compensation, training, apprenticeship, performance appraisals, promotion, transfer, discipline, termination and any and all other terms and conditions of employment. Decisions with regard to the above will be based on job related criteria, individual merit and qualifications.
It is the policy of the Company not to discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race, color, religious creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or partnership status, status as a victim of domestic or sexual violence or stalking, physical or mental disability, and/or protected military or veteran status or other protected bases with regard to any employment practices, including recruitment, advertising, job application procedures, hiring, upgrading, training, promotion, transfer, compensation, job assignments, benefits and/or other terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, provided the individual is qualified, with or without reasonable accommodations, to perform the essential functions of the job. This policy applies to all jobs at the Company. The Company will continue to take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based upon their gender, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran statuses, in all employment practices.
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Requirements
Qualifications and Experience:
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Valid commercial driver's license (CDL Class A or B) required
- 21 years or older
- Clean driving record with no moving violations
- Alert, focused, and detail-oriented
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. without assistance
- Proficient using GPS and other routing systems
- Disciplined, dependable, and resourceful
- High level of composure and good stress management
- Ability to pass pre-employment drug screening, physical examination, and drug testing as required by DOT.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:
•While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, handle, feel, talk, see and listen. The employee must be able to push levers forward and backwards. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb stairs, stoop, bend, twist, kneel and crouch. Employee may sit for an hour or more at a time.
• Ability to climb in and out of truck without assistance.
• Exposure to extreme temperatures both hot and cold.
• Exposure to sound or noise levels that may be distracting or uncomfortable.
• Exposure to contaminants such as diesel fuel or exhaust.
• Operate equipment, such as CB radios, and telephones, to exchange necessary information with dispatcher, branch manager, or other drivers.
The physical demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the primary duties of the job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.