Class A CDL Driver Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a Class A CDL Driver to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- May help load and unload product from the vehicle and verify contents against shipping invoices or inventories;
- Follow delivery schedule and rest at appropriate times;
- Track and report working hours;
- Make safety a priority at all times;
- Stay on a predetermined route and ensure timely deliveries;
- Communicate with dispatch as needed;
- Coordinating deliveries with Dispatch;
- Ensuring that the required placard accurately represents the chemical onboard;
- Diagnosing and maintenance of mechanical aspect of vehicle;
- Load and unload product from the vehicle and verify contents against shipping invoices or inventories;
- When not at port you will be on a straight truck making local deliveries of granite/marble slabs. All deliveries are scheduled to be performed within;
- Cuts and disposes of bundle wood;
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles;
- Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions, and routes;
- Responsible for daily maintenance of vehicle to remain in proper and safe working order.
Requirements:
- Proficient using GPS and other routing systems;
- Able to bend, kneel, squat, stand, and lift heavy objects as needed;
- Basic mechanical skills to perform regular vehicle inspections;
- Local delivery experience preferred;
- Must pass background check;
- High level of composure and proper stress management;
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. at a time;
- Valid commercial driver’s license (CDL) required;
- High level of composure and good stress management;
- Class A CDL with Interstate Certification as well as Haz-Mat & Tanker endorsements;
- Class A CDL license with tanker endorsement;
- Recent DMV printout;
- Hazmat endorsement;
- Lifting up to 90 lbs;
- At least 1 year of recent commercial driving experience.