Truck Driver- Night Shift
Simmons Foods · Saratoga, MO · 5 days ago
On-siteManagementFull-time
Essential Position Responsibilities
- Operate a truck and end dump, hopper bottom, tanker, or box trailer efficiently to move product to various locations over public roadways.
- Unload product from tanker or end dump trailers, required to rinse out blood tanks.
- Complete all DOT and company forms.
- Participates as a member of the Team.
- Participates in ongoing development, communication and implementation of team concepts, programs and policies; coordinates work to ensure B.E.S.T practices with all team members.
- Attends appropriate team meetings.
- As a member of the Team, fosters strong cohesiveness regarding all major issues; e.g., direction, annual plan, budget, policy changes, etc.
- Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues and actively look for ways, and reinforces actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.
Simmons Operating Systems Principles and Objectives
- Familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies).
- Understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems - including a consideration of the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.
Physical Activities
- Ability to pick up and carry medium weight up to 50lbs.
- Ability to work in a wet, noisy, humid, hot, and cold environment that has a unpleasant odor.
- Ability to hook and unhook trailers, including climbing on truck to hook up hoses or lines, hand cranking trailer dollies, tarp and untarp trailers with a hank crank up to 6 trailers a shift.
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Seat belt when operating truck
Travel
- Over the road in company issued semi-truck
Technical Experience
- Minimum 2 years over the road driving a truck/trailer combination required.
Industry Experience
N/A
Minimum Education
- Current Class A, CDL drivers’ license, DOT physical and be able to obtain tanker endorsement for tank trailers.
- Tanker endorsement required.
Preferred Education
- High School Diploma or G.E.D.