Truck Driver

Burkhart Enterprises, Inc. is currently seeking a Class A or B CDL Local Delivery Truck Driver in the Knoxville, TN, area. Drivers with experience pulling pneumatic tanks, flatbed trailers, or dump trucks are preferred but not required.

As a Burkhart Enterprises truck driver, you will drive within a 300-mile radius of Knoxville. You will be home on nights and weekends.

The benefits of working with us include:

• Excellent pay
• Safety bonus
• Longevity bonus
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Vacations
• High driver retention rate

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 2 years of truck driving experience
• Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)

Responsibilities:

• Pre-trip Inspections
• Load securement
• ELD compliant
• Reporting of vehicle repair needs following applicable state and federal regulations.
• Highway safety
• Customer service

Skills:

• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Monitoring/assessing the performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

About us:

Burkhart Enterprises, Inc. is a third-generation company that has diligently continued to improve and expand its business over the past six decades. Truck transportation is a major operation at Burkhart Enterprises. This part of the organization supports all our other operations & brings them together as a cohesive process.

Our operations include:

• A loading & unloading facility.
• A rail facility with 2000′ rail, bottom dump pit, 32 car capacity.
• Privately owned river port where loaded barges are offloaded using two large excavators equipped with clamshell buckets.
• A 1250 Komatsu & 1000 Komatsu.
• A 100-ton Northwest crane is also available for heavier lifting.
• Various other equipment, such as loaders, tandem trucks & forklifts, augment the barging operation.

Our equipment includes:

• Late-model Mack tractors
• Aluminum flatbed trailers
• Aluminum dump trailers
• Pneumatic tankers

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.