Driver (Transportation)
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Familiarity with over-the-road trucking related to loading and hauling engine and compressor components.
- Maintain safety, neat appearance, and display excellent customer service skills.
- Stay current with all DOT requirements.
- Load and secure irregularly shaped loads on flatbed trucks or trailers.
- Embrace the company's core values of Safety, Service, and Integrity.
- Maintain a good driving record and be willing to travel with overnight stays.
- Perform pick-up and delivery of all engine and compressor components.
- Drive trucks to various locations within the continental United States for pick-up and delivery.
- Coordinate return dates, handle special requests, and manage paperwork with customers on location.
- Report any customer remarks or feedback to management promptly.
- Fill out daily logbook accurately.
- Maintain trucks and trailers according to DOT operating standards.
- Complete quarterly IFTA reports.
- Schedule annual inspections by DOT-approved personnel.
- Keep records of scheduled biannual personal physicals.
- Maintain cleanliness and orderliness of trucks and trailers.
- Assist in completing special projects throughout the shop as time and workload allow.
- Perform ground keeping duties.
- Assist in preparing items for shipment, such as wood covers, wrapping, and building stands.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Valid Class A CDL.
- DOT health card.
- Good driving record.
- Experience in loading and securing irregular shape loads on flatbed trucks or trailers.
Competencies:
- Safety-consciousness
- Customer service orientation
- Compliance with regulations
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Adaptability
- Mechanical aptitude
- Team player
- Communication skills
Cooper Machinery Services is an equal opportunity employer and gives all qualified applicants consideration of employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, any other characteristic protected by law.
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