CDL Interstate Freight Transport Driver

Job Summary

Operate complex transportation equipment for inter-state pick-up and delivery of components, and parts. Pick up loaded trailers at Caterpillar distributions centers and deliver to Empire facilities. Picking up and delivering Empire stock to distributions centers. Overnight stays on a rotating schedule.

Essential Functions

• Operate transport trucks with or without trailers.
• Ensure all loads are properly prepared, loaded, and secured before the transport vehicle proceeds from each stop.
• Personally check and inspect the load.
• Perform a thorough check of the truck before and after each stop for pick-up or delivery.
• Report any problems immediately to the supervisor.
• The transport vehicle and potential trailer(s) are prepared before and stowed away after each trip.
• Check all material picked-up or delivered at each stop against the manifest.
• Prepare the manifest of all material picked-up during each trip.
• Comply with all Interstate Commerce Commission, Department of Transportation, State and local traffic and highway laws, rules, and regulations.
• Safely operate all equipment in compliance with all legal weight and load size limits.
• Maintain time schedules for departures and arrivals for both regular runs and special runs.
• Prepare, maintain, and submit all transport reports, logs, and forms required by Empire, including trip logs, driver reports, manifests, timecards or sheets and expense reports.
• Give full, courteous cooperation and service to clients and other Empire personnel.
• Maintain a professional image of Empire in all contacts with the public.
• Work safely at all times. Adhere to all applicable safety policies.
• Comply with all company policies, procedures, and standards.

Additional Responsibilities

• May assist in loading or unloading other Empire trucks.
• Maintain driver’s license with Class A CDL.
• Work within and promote corporate values.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have interpersonal skills to efficiently assist people in a professional manner.
• Must be able to operate truck and trailer safely and have a clean driving and safety record for the past 12 months.
• Must be able to read and correctly use permits, diagrams, and sketches describing off-highway locations, routes, and job sites.
• Must be able to prepare well documented service, job, and trip reports.
• Must have acceptable attendance to meet all company standards and requirements.

Education and Experience

• A high school diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
• Entry level driver, no experience required.
• Must be able to communicate (speak, read, comprehend, write) in English.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; talk and hear.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; bend; climb; balance; stoop and kneel.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; and outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, and extreme heat.
• Occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to noise level in the work environment is usually loud.