Job Title: Truck Driver
Company: McEntire Produce
Reports to: Trucking Manager
Objective: Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). Driver may be required to unload truck utilizing manual and/or electric pallet jacks. Position requires a current commercial drivers' license.
Job Responsibilities:
- Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
- Must be physically able to climb in/out of the truck driver compartment.
- Must be physically able to connect/disconnect trailer to/from truck tractor by backing truck under trailer king-pin, and raising/lowering the trailer landing gear with the hand crank.
- Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
- Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes.
- Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations.
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles.
- Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers.
- Drive trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes to document weights and to comply with state regulations.
- Drive trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products.
- Obtain receipts or signatures for delivered goods when required.
- Inventory and inspect goods to be moved to determine quantities and conditions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
