Class A CDL Driver, Hazmat

Class A Driver (Away From Home Weekly)

Albany, NY - Albany, NY

Overview

Salary Range $30.00 - $32.00 Hourly Position Type Full-Time

Description

$2,500 sign-on bonus!

Schedule & Home Time (Read Carefully)

• Not a home-daily position.
• Overnight travel required: 3–4 nights per week depending on zone being covered.
• Monday - Friday flexible schedule.
• Travel to Naugatuck as needed to replenish cylinder supply.

Route Structure

• Upstate NY routes only.
• Territory divided into 4 zones.
• One zone per week.
• Same general area all week.

Potential for up to $2,000 annually in Safety Bonuses!

Maine Oxy is looking to fill a Class A Driver with a Hazmat Endorsement position in the Albany, NY area to deliver in Upstate New York.

This position is responsible for:

Our Class A Driver (w/Hazmat) will act as a delivery driver transporting Helium compressed gas cylinders to customers on a scheduled route. A typical work week is Monday through Friday, with overtime opportunities (including weekends) during peak season (January through June). Depending on the area being covered, this position may have up to 3-4 overnights per week.

• Maintaining load manifests, vehicle documents and electronic logbook.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs pre and post trip vehicle inspections, documenting deficiencies and ensures all safety items are in good working order.
• Safely delivers Helium cylinders to customers; returns empty cylinders to fill plant.
• Fill helium cylinders at the plant and assist in loading and unloading trailers as needed.
• Maintains Haz Mat load manifests and all other vehicle documents, ensuring they are properly completed and balanced with truck counts and shipping documents before and after all deliveries.
• Establishes and maintains good customer relations by communicating in person with customers.
• Identifies and monitors customer needs and works with them to maintain proper cylinder levels to minimize or eliminate emergency deliveries.
• Operates a forklift, pallet jack and other warehouse equipment.
• Ensure all safety rules are strictly observed.
• Complies with all DOT and OSHA regulations.
• Maintains appropriate drivers' license and endorsements.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

The Perks:

• New International dual axle day cab tractor - new 32 ft enclosed box trailer with cylinder lift gate
• Full Time Day Shift Position
• Hourly Pay
• Year-round position (no seasonal layoffs)
• Up to an annual $2,000 Safe Driving bonus (paid in parts up to $500 quarterly)
• Yearly Reimbursements for Boots (up to $150 for steel toe/composite toe or $250 for steel toe/composite toe with metatarsal guards)
• Yearly Reimbursements for Pants (up to $150)
• Choice of Medical, Dental, Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability
• Company Paid Short Term Disability
• 401-K with a 50% match up to 6%
• Driving Incentives
• 6 weeks of Parental leave!
• Maine Oxy is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualifications

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 1 year driving experience or driving school training in the past 4 years
• CDL A License with HazMat.
• Physical Requirements:
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Can read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to see, speak and hear.
• Must be able to drive hazardous cargo for up to 8 hours; frequent bending is also required.
• Frequent sitting and standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; may stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to perform very heavy work—routinely lift 25lbs to 75lbs, and occasionally lift 76lbs to greater than 100lbs.
• Must be able to work outdoors in temperatures ranging from -10 to over 100 degrees.
• Ability to smell/hear leaking gas from cylinders.