Truck Driver

About the role

Comply with all applicable federal, state, local, SA Recycling safety, health, and environmental rules, regulations, policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload trucks hauling scrap metal.
• Inspect and determine metal grade for inventory tracking.
• Perform DOT daily operation and safety pre- and post- inspections.
• Obey and follow applicable traffic laws.
• Comply with truck driving rules and regulations inspecting cargo, selecting proper tools (chains, straps, dunnage), following FMCSA regulations to maintain, and regularly checking loads.
• Report defects, accidents and violations.
• Maintain regular attendance and punctuality.
• Communicate with office and customers to determine commodities to load.
• Work with customers to satisfy their needs and assist them when problems arise.
• Work with other employees in the scrap metal yard to ensure a safe working environment.
• Work independently when driving scrap metal.
• Perform normal daily operation maintenance: refueling, lubrication, cooling system cleaning, and housekeeping.
• Clean up work area at the end of shift; keep work areas neat and orderly.
• Dispose of various waste materials in the appropriate manner.

Qualifications

• Must possess a Class A Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
• Must pass a medical physical and drug test
• Must pass a background check
• Preferred – high school diploma or GED and/or foreign education acceptable
• Bi-lingual (English & Spanish) language skills a plus
• Employees in this position prior to April 2014 are presumed to be qualified and are "grandfathered" into their positions.

Skills

• Ability to communicate with others effectively; understand direction (written or oral) and use basic math skills as the job demands.

Requirements

Work Environment: Scrap metal recycling and shredder yard

Equipment & Tools: Trucks up to 18-wheeler, hydraulic truck tilt and lift operations, Box Containers, mechanical tools

Physical Demand Level: Light to Moderate, keeps steady when machine in rocking in all directions, climbing fixed ladders

Work Capacity: Truck Driver Work Capacity

Sensory Demands: hearing, vision, touch, smell and taste

Hand Movements: repetitive motions, gripping