Box Truck Driver - 1st Shift

Essential Functions

• Complies with Driver responsibilities as outlined in company DAART program and as required by DOT...
• Maintain vehicle in accordance to Elkhart Transportation management policy
• Operate vehicle in a safe and efficient manner complying with company policy and procedures, and applicable state and federal laws.
• Support on time delivery by transporting loads by established route to proper destination as efficient as possible while observing all traffic laws and safety regulations.
• Inspect trailer loads to ensure proper loading processes and it is the correct load before leaving facility.
• Verify product count while truck is being loaded.
• Comply with obtaining correct acknowledgement or signature and date for bill of lading and necessary signatures and date; return properly completed documentation to Transportation Manager.
• Comply with performance measures

Requirements/Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required
• CDL B License
• Prior experience driving in large vehicles, such as box truck or similar
• Demonstrated experience practicing safe driving practices
• Previous experience delivering and handling freight preferred

Specific Knowledge, Skills Or Abilities

• Strong written and oral communication.
• Organization and attention to detail.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Time management.
• Systems analysis.
• Mental and deductive reasoning.
• Critical thinking.
• Active learning.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Regularly required to stand, walk and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perceptions and the ability to adjust focus
• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and or humid conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places, fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• On the road, the employee may encounter traffic or other hazardous driving conditions.