Primary Responsibilities:
Complies with all Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations and Company policies, procedures, and practices, including Safety Rules and Regulations
Ensures truck is loaded properly with correct fuels for each drop location
Delivers products in correct quantities as instructed by Logistics Coordinator
Loads fuel as instructed at designed truck rack
Completes documentation consisting of Bills of Lading (BOL), Inventory, DVCR's (Pre and Post Trips), Orders, and Fuel Ticket copies. Ensures fuel tickets match orders
Performs general maintenance on truck during shift, including but not limited to: checking oil and fuel levels.
Completes Pre-Trip procedure and ensures spill kit, fire extinguisher, and truck permit paperwork are on/in the truck
Provides friendly, courteous, and professional service to customers including obtaining and providing information amounts of fuel delivered
Keeps Logistics Coordinator/Logistics Team Leaders informed of any potential customer issues, complaints, spills, leaks, incidents, accidents or injuries or vehicle problems
Completes work as assigned by Logistics Coordinators. Completes route as assigned in an efficient and safe manner
Informs Maintenance of any vehicle issues
Ensures truck is kept clean and cab is cleaned daily
Informs Logistics Coordinator and Logistics Team Leader immediately of any DOT fines, citations, or other relevant issues
Complies with Performance Measures, including:
- Avoids overfills, spillages or transmixes during deliveries or while loading and unloading
- Deliveries are made in an efficient and safe manner
- Minimizes delays on routes
- No tickets or moving violations
- Logistics Coordinator/Team Leader are satisfied with work performance
- Customer is satisfied with work performance (evidenced by lack of complaints)
- Notifies, in advance, Logistics Coordinator/Team Leader of any absence, late arrivals or early departures consistent with policies, procedures and practices
- Truck is neat, clean and in proper operating condition at the end of each shift
- Paper work and reports are up-to-date and accurate
- Tardiness and absenteeism is within the acceptable range
- Logistics Coordinator/Team Leader is continually kept in formed of any potential problems with customers, jobs, delivery deadlines, accidents, tickets, injuries or other relevant matter
Supplemental Job Functions to Include:
- Attends monthly Transport Driver Meetings
- Identifies potential sales leads via route/customer communications
- Other related duties as required
Required Experience:
Possess a CDL A license, with proper endorsements and medical card
Minimum of one (1) year experience driving large truck
Physically capable of using equipment to load and unload transport trucks, including pulling hoses and climbing onto the top of the tanker
Physically capable to participate in Heavy lifting, bending, squatting, climbing, carrying hoses/nuzzles weighing 50 lbs
Experience driving in snow, ice, tight corners, and other weather conditions
Acceptable driving record with no major convictions within the last three (3) years. No more than three (3) minor convictions in the last three (3) years and no more than six (6) points on driving record
Provide at least three (3) current job references
Able to withstand exposure to dust, fumes, and high noise levels
Able to communicate effectively in order to take instructions from Logistics Coordinator/s, Logistics Team Leaders, co-workers, and customers.
Must be competent at math to verify quantities and volumes.
Must be able to read and understand road signs, instructions, routes and other paperwork
Demonstrate patience during load/wait times/traffic
Pass a pre-employment physical and drug screen test
2+ years experience as transport driver is preferred
Class A and B License is preferred