CDL Truck Driver (Grand Forks, ND)

Key Responsibilities

• Prioritize safety: Maintain a strong safety mindset while driving and performing all job duties.
• Follow regulations: Comply with all FMCSA/DOT requirements and company policies at all times.
• Haul and handle products: Load, transport, and unload assigned agricultural products using efficient fuel, hauling, and loading practices.
• Inspect equipment: Conduct pre-trip, en-route, and post-trip inspections and document truck condition.
• Review daily schedules: Obtain daily load times and locations, then drive to destinations using sound commercial driving skills and regulatory knowledge.
• Maintain electronic logs: Keep accurate electronic driver logs in accordance with DOT regulations.
• Monitor truck system: Regularly check tires, lights, brakes, fuel, oil, water, and other essential equipment.
• Support maintenance needs: Make trucks and trailers available for scheduled maintenance and report issues promptly.

Key Skills & Abilities

• Maneuvering in tight spaces: Safely back up, position, and operate the truck in confined or crowded areas.
• Language & communication: Read and understand basic instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple, clear messages; and communicate effectively in one-on-one or small-group settings with customers, clients, and team members.

Typical Education

• A High School Diploma or General Education (GED)
• CDL Truck Driver school

Relevant Experience

• A minimum of two (2) years of experience operating commercial vehicles under a CDL-A license is required.

Requirements

• Must have a valid Class A CDL with proper endorsements
• Must have a current/valid DOT Medical Certification
• Must be at least 21 years of age due to travel requirements, or 18 years of age to operate solely in intrastate capacity only.
• Must meet DOT qualifications
• Must accurately and timely complete Company and DOT required forms

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently sits in driver’s seat of truck, while driving as well as while waiting.
• The employee frequently uses hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reaches with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, bend over or stoop.
• Must be able to hook up and unhook tractor and related lines to and from trailer.
• The employee is required to climb and balance while getting in and out of the truck and while hooking and unhooking lines to and from the trailer.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions during all weather seasons of the year.
• The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.