June 20, 2024
The Truck Driver is responsible for hauling product, harvest equipment and packaging materials from one location to another.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
General Duties:
- Ensure product is transported from field to cooler following customer’s policies
- Check vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order before, during and after each shift/workday
- Operate equipment, such as radios and cellular telephones, to exchange necessary information with supervisors, foremen and office personnel
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles
- Collect delivery instructions from Supervisor and Foremen, verifying instructions and routes
- Drive trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products or other materials
- Check conditions of trailers after contents have been unloaded to ensure that there has been no damage
- Perform basic vehicle maintenance tasks, such as adding oil, fuel, or radiator fluid or performing minor repairs
- Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations
- Check all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate
- Ensure trucks are positioned in a safe zone and manner for loading or unloading as guided crew by foreman or other personnel; ensure packaging materials and cartons are positioned correctly
- Give directions and supervise laborers/loaders packing product, equipment and packaging material onto trailers; ensure accuracy of materials ordered by foreman
- Perform emergency roadside repairs such as changing tires and installing light bulbs, and tire chains
- Drive trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes to document weights and to comply with state regulations
- Couple or uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air or electrical lines, or manipulating fifth wheel locks
- Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, straps or covers
- Obtain receipts or signatures for delivered goods and collect payment for services when required
- Climb ladders to inspect loads, ensuring that cargo is secure
Safety:
- Must meet and comply with Department of Transportation, state and Company policies and regulations
- Must be able to provide current DMV printouts, issued less than 30 days prior to employment
- Must be able to undergo pre-employment-controlled substances test
- Must enroll into a Random Drug & Alcohol Testing Program (DOT); required to quarterly testing as required
- Required to attend safety training regarding vehicle/equipment inspection, load inspection, filling out the daily logbook and in-service forms as required
- Must wear safety vest and hardhat when loading and unloading
- Responsible for providing fuel to harvest equipment as needed, including keeping daily and weekly records
Other duties:
- Perform other duties as assigned
Job Requirements and Qualifications
- High School Diploma or an equivalent is required
- May require continuing education in transportation, safety and other job-related areas
- 2 – 4 years of previous experience driving commercial vehicles with loads is preferred
- Bilingual/biliterate in English and Spanish is preferred. Ability to speak, read and write in Spanish and English without assistance is preferred
- Valid Commercial California Driver’s License, class A
- Discreet handling of all business and employee matters (maintaining confidentiality at all levels is a must)
- Excellent interpersonal skills and strong communication skills
- Able to work well under pressure and meet various deadlines
- Must be extremely well organized and able to multitask