Dump Truck Driver

About the role

Rogers Group, Inc., headquartered in Nashville, is a privately held aggregates and asphalt highway construction company operating in 13 states with over 3,500 employees. Established in 1908, it is the largest privately held aggregate producer in the United States. The CDL Dump Truck Driver position is based out of the Columbia Quarry in Columbia, TN and reports to the trucking superintendent. This is a full-time role.

Responsibilities

• Drives truck equipped with dump body to transport and dump loose materials such as sand, gravel, crushed rock, or bituminous paving materials.
• Checks vehicle to ensure it is safe to operate.
• Checks tires, headlights, marker lights, stop lights and turn signals.
• Checks engine oil, power steering fluid, coolant level, fan belts and windshield wipers.
• Operates vehicle in a safe and professional manner regardless of location, speed limit, and traffic.
• Obeys State and Federal trucking laws.
• Exhibits "defensive" driving skills.
• Obeys weight limit when loading truck.
• Keeps floorboards, stepping areas, and hand holds free of trash, grease, rags or other obstructions that hinder operation.
• Operates control for tarping load and strapping tarp.
• Tarps all loads regardless of material being hauled.
• Operates bed controls for raising/lowering of dump bed.
• Operates control for raising and lowering of third axle.
• Hooks and adjusts tailgate spreader chains for tailgating