CDL Driver

About the role

As a Driver with BWI, you make the difference. You will transport and deliver products, frequently interact with customers, follow safety and placarding procedures, perform trip, vehicle, and equipment inspections, maintain logs of working hours and vehicle service and repair, obtain delivery receipts/signatures and collect payment when required, check load documentation for completeness and accuracy, properly secure cargo for transport, report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, and damage to vehicles or property, read and interpret maps, couple and uncouple trailers, verify delivery instructions, operate onboard computers, CB radios, and telephones, load and unload trucks and help others with loading and unloading, and collaborate with other BWI employees to ensure customer satisfaction and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Drive tractor-trailer combinations and straight trucks to transport and deliver products.
• Frequently interact with customers.
• Follow safety and placarding procedures.
• Perform trip, vehicle, and equipment inspections.
• Maintain logs of working hours and vehicle service and repair.
• Obtain delivery receipts/signatures and collect payment when required.
• Check load documentation for completeness and accuracy.
• Correctly maneuver trucks into loading/unloading positions.
• Properly secure cargo for transport.
• Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, and damage to vehicles or property.
• Read and interpret maps.
• Couple and uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air and electrical lines, and manipulating fifth-wheel locks.
• Collect delivery instructions, verifying instructions and routes.
• Operate onboard computers, CB radios, and telephones.
• Load and unload trucks and help others with loading and unloading.
• Operate loading-related equipment (some manual unloading may be required).
• Collaborate with other BWI employees (e.g., employee training and sharing information) to ensure customer satisfaction and teamwork.
• Call office twice daily, preferably at or about 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and at the conclusion of route.
• Turn in travel expenses with receipts at the conclusion of each trip.
• Complete trip rand returns reports.
• Maintain tractor/truck cleanliness.

Requirements

• At least 21 years old.
• A High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) 'A' & 'B', with Haz-Mat and Tanker Endorsement.
• At least one-year CDL driving experience.
• A clean MVR with less than 3 moving violations over three-year period.
• Able to pass DOT physical & DOT drug screen.
• No DWI / DUI convictions within the past 5 years.

Qualifications

• Pass DOT drug screen.

Skills

• Commercial Driving Skills.
• Customer Service Skills.
• Attention to Detail.
• Time Management.
• Teamwork.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan with generous company match.
• Excellent health, dental & vision care plan options.
• Flexible spending account and health savings account options.
• Life & disability insurance.
• Paid vacation and 8 paid company holidays.
• Meal per diem.
• Reimbursement for hotel stays.
• Annual tenure and safety bonus.

Pay

Wages are activity-based and highly competitive!

Schedule

You will be home most nights, but may have 2 overnight trips weekly.