CDL Driver - 1st shift - Home Daily

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.
• Operates 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 A 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

• Regularly required to stand, walk and talk or hear.
• Frequently uses hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Sometimes sits.
• Regularly lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds and occasionally lifts or moves up to 100 pounds.

Specific Vision Abilities

• Close vision.
• Distance vision.
• Color vision.
• Peripheral vision.
• Depth perceptions.
• The ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• Frequent exposure to ambient temperatures.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
• On the road, may encounter traffic or other hazardous driving conditions.