CDL A or CDL B Driver - DFW

Job Title

As a CDL Driver, this position is required to deliver and pick up equipment on a 26' flatbed truck. During slow times, drivers have the option to help our shipping/receiving department to help pull orders, to make up for lost time.

Main Responsibilities

• Both local and long-distance driving (D/FW metropolis and surrounding regions and states)
• Communicating and coordinating with Operations daily
• Obeying and following applicable traffic laws
• Securing scaffold and properly arranging it on truck
• Maintaining a detailed log of working hours in compliance with daily schedule, as well as state and federal regulations
• Ensuring any mechanical issues with the vehicle are corrected before driving
• Planning routes and meeting delivery schedules
• Complying with truck driving rules and regulations
• Performing daily maintenance of truck (refueling, cleaning, etc.)
• Loading and unloading truck with forklifts and pallet jack
• Manage time to meet daily delivery time demands without compromising safety, staying within legal posted speed limits, and adhering to all laws
• Interacting with customers and field team members professionally
• Performing pre-and-post-trip vehicle inspection reports
• Verifying loads for accuracy
• Know the difference (after training), between MDM equipment and competitive equipment, or customer-owned equipment on the same job site; and/or equipment returned to our yard that isn't MDM Equipment (Know the difference)

Requirements

• 5 Years' experience utilizing flatbed trucks requiring chaining and strapping procedures, proper loading techniques, and assuring all loads are securely tied down to prevent falling off a truck
• Experience performing daily pre-drive inspections of vehicle
• Ability to work M-F and some weekends and nights
• Must have a clean driving and background for badging on high-security job sites
• Drivers are required to start early to meet the field crew at the job site by 7:00 am
• Pass drug screen and DOT physical (before and randomly during employment), and after an accident
• Climb in and out of the truck cab, on and off the truck bed unassisted
• Lift up to 80 lbs. on an occasional basis, 50 lbs. on a regular basis
• Throw straps and properly tie downloads for safe travel
• Operate and certified on a forklift with 2 years minimum experience
• Read delivery and return tickets, trucking schedules, DOT logs, and all correspondence related to the safe operations of trucks, forklifts, and hand tools
• Write essential information on appropriate documents
• Maintain daily delivery/return log noting arrival and departures and items out of the ordinary (stop for gas, traffic accident, etc.)
• Work outside yard and delivery conditions, unaffected by dust and extreme temperatures, and able to dress appropriately for all weather conditions
• Adapt to changes in work assignments daily, if necessary, including short notice when changes in times
• Ability to maintain the truck in good, safe working conditions, notifying your supervisor when maintenance needs to be performed or inspections or licenses are getting ready to expire
• Flexible lunch times, as schedules vary
• Required to clock in/out via company-assigned mobile app to confirm time spent
• Required to assist Field crew members on job sites as needed

MDM Scaffolding Services, LLC