Driver - Heavy Duty

Heavy Duty Towing Operator

We are looking for a Heavy Duty Towing Operator to join our growing team in Central, TX! An ideal operator is someone who likes being active, is a problem solver, communicates well in a team environment, and has excellent customer service skills.

Benefits:

• Health, Life, Vision, Dental
• 401k with employer match
• Paid time off

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Respond to calls dispatched to you in a safe, timely manner. Provide roadside assistance in a safe, professional manner that is free of accidents, injuries and damage.
• Communicate with dispatch in a professional, informative manner as it relates to information necessary to document your status in servicing a call as well as accurate ETA's when requested.
• Professionally and safely perform emergency road service duties as may be dispatched to you, such as, but not necessarily limited to:
• Perform damage free towing
• Perform roadside towing of heavy duty vehicles such as:
• 18-wheelers
• Garbage Trucks
• Dump Trucks
• Cement Trucks
• Perform accident towing and scene clean-up
• Daily inspects the truck for safety, organization and related equipment, tools, rigging inventory
• Complete and turn in pre-shift inspection prior to beginning duty each day
• Immediately reports tools or equipment damaged or missing;
• Safe driving behavior is a must. Obey all traffic laws, drive defensively, always wear your seat belt, remember our 4-second following rule, minimize backing and left turns.
• Trucks are kept clean inside and out; maintains the truck(s) fuel tanks half full at all times; Maintains truck fluid levels according to manufacturer standards and notes quantities added on the pre-shift inspection sheet.
• Maintains the storage yard in a safe, clean and orderly manner. Ensures that all trash must be properly disposed of and not left in the truck or on the ground. Secures the storage yard when leaving.
• All other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Requirements:

• Candidate must reside near their assigned area in order to meet customer service time requirements
• Ability to successfully pass DOT medical exam
• Current and valid driver's license with a clean driving record
• All required state-based licensure
• Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) no automatics only please
• This position requires the ability to bend, stoop, walk and stand for periods of time in all types of weather
• Willing to take a drug test and background check
• Confident and capable to drive in inclement weather
• Proficient in utilizing mobile and computer applications for completing administrative work
• Proficient in paper-based administrative work
• Experience
• 1 year experience operating a Heavy Duty Tow Truck OR 1 year experience hauling equipment via Semi-trailer Truck preferred
• Heavy Equipment or Machine Operation skills a plus

Offers of employment are contingent upon the results of successfully passing a background screening including a criminal background check, a review of motor vehicle records, social security screening, and a drug and alcohol test as required by law.