Agricultural Seasonal CDL Drivers 1

Position Summary

Perform daily pre & post trip inspection on vehicle and trailer. Document/report all safety items that need to be addressed in the Inspection book. Fuel truck, wash windows, mirrors, lights, and clean interior of truck as needed. Inspection form dropped off daily in the AG shop at the designated area at the end of shift. Other duties as assigned.

Essential Job Functions: Large Semi Trucks

• Drive large semi-trucks (26,001 pounds and higher)
• Haul raw product and take empty trailers to designed fields and wait to be loaded
• Receive load ticket, verify load is secure, transport load and load ticket back to Gillett
• Unhook trailer on loading pad and delivery load ticket to scale house

Essential Job Functions: Large Straight Trucks

• Haul wastewater
• Proceed to go to spray field and unload
• Ensure that documentation, log sheet is accurate. Delivering log sheet to the AG shop
• Ensure correct field and direction is being used

Qualifications

• Proven work experience as a truck driver
• Valid Class A CDL commercial driver license with tanker endorsement (or Canadian provincial or Mexican federal equivalent)
• Extensive knowledge of applicable truck driving rules and regulations
• Adaptability and foresight to handle unexpected situations (traffic, weather conditions etc.)
• No recent moving or driving violations

Physical Qualifications

• Driving environment: 70-80% of on-duty time will be in the truck
• Exposed to noise and vibration levels which may be higher than those experienced in passenger cars
• Drivers may also spend some time outdoors, exposed to potentially difficult environmental conditions
• Communicates orally with management, employees, co-workers, vendors, and the public by telephone or in person, in one-on-one or group settings
• Regularly uses a telephone
• Required to stand, walk, and sit for extended periods of time during work shift
• Routinely required to stoop, bend, kneel, lift, and reach, in the performance of job function
• Vision requirements include close and distance vision, color vision, peripheral and depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus as needed
• Requires the essential use of hands, speech, eyesight, and hearing
• Must be able to pass random and required drug and alcohol tests. Drug screening is post-offer, post-hire, can be random and is at no cost to the worker

Working Conditions

Outdoors, vehicle cabs, crop field environment.