Driver, Drayage

About the role

Estes Forwarding Worldwide (EFW) is a leading freight forwarder offering customized logistics and warehousing solutions. As a subsidiary of Estes Express Lines, we leverage their extensive line haul network to provide a hybrid transportation network. We've received industry accolades and are recognized as a leading 3PL by Global Trade Americas.

Responsibilities

• Transporting freight between railroads, ports, and warehouses
• Performing all safety functions, including operating manual transmission, chaining tires, and ensuring safe working conditions
• Conducting pre-trip and post-trip inspections
• Using in-cab technology and conducting dock work, including loading/unloading freight and road runs
• Ensuring security of equipment and cargo, complying with C-TPAT and TSA security procedures
• Providing professional and courteous service to customers and the general public
• Adhering to FMCSA requirements and maintaining records required with compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
• Driving different schedules and working the dock based on business needs
• Running over the road on occasion, as dictated by business needs

Requirements

• Registered with the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse
• Valid Class A Commercial Driver’s License; HazMat, Tanker, and Doubles endorsements preferred
• Frequent travel up to 90%
• Physical demands: lifting and moving up to 70 lbs., frequent standing, walking, reaching, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, twisting, turning, climbing, sitting, and talking/hearing
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Work environment: exposure to work near moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, high/precarious places, hazardous materials, various terrains, and various weather conditions

Qualifications

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent
• Ability to operate a forklift (minimum 7,500 lb. vehicle)
• Ability to drop/hook and couple trailers, which involves cranking landing gear, pulling the 5th wheel pin, and maneuvering a trailer dolly
• Ability to drive all routes and in all types of terrain, including mountains, steeply inclined roads, curvy highways, desert areas, bridges, tunnels, etc.
• Ability to operate all safety and operational functions of equipment, including chaining tires, driving manual transmission vehicles, etc.
• Acceptable MVR
• Age 25 and at least two years of consecutive driving experience
• Familiarity with state motor vehicle laws and FMCSA rules and regulations
• Pass a pre-employment FMCSA medical exam and drug screen, random drug and/or alcohol tests
• Eligible to work in the United States

Skills

• Ability to read and interpret general business documents
• Ability to write routine reports and general business correspondence
• Ability to work with peers and communicate basic concepts
• Ability to solve practical problems through standardized solutions that require limited judgment
• Ability to follow prescribed and detailed procedures to solve routine problems

Benefits

• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Job referral bonus program

Pay

$26.00-$28.00 per hour

Schedule

Periodic travel up to 90% required.