Heavy And Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers

Job description

Work performed under this job order will be directed by the Association who will coordinate with U.S. Sugar Corporation (“U.S. Sugar”) and the Association’s grower-members for the purpose of transporting harvested sugarcane from U.S. Sugars’ or grower-members’ fields to designated loading stations or rail concentration points so that it can be further transported by rail to U.S. Sugar’s mill.

Before moving the assigned truck and attached cane transport trailer from its parked location, the agricultural truck driver will complete a pre-trip safety inspection of the truck and cane-transport trailer, including adding engine fluids (coolant, motor oil, etc.), checking brakes and tires, and ensuring the truck, trailer and all equipment are fit for service.

Once in the designated fields, the agricultural truck driver will monitor the entire in-field trailer loading process to ensure proper amounts of the sugarcane crop are loaded and safely distributed onto the trailer within applicable Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. After the sugarcane has been safely loaded onto the trailer, the driver will transport the loaded sugarcane directly from the farm location where it was grown to the nearest on-farm field concentration point or field loading station which are a part of U.S. Sugar's rail system. Once at the loading station, the driver must safely enter the loading ramp, allow the attendant to off-load the cane into a rail car using equipment owned by U.S. Sugar or its affiliates, and then safely exit the loading ramp and return to the field to repeat the in-field loading and transportation process until harvesting is complete as determined by the supervisor.

The agricultural truck driver returns his or her assigned truck and transport trailer to the assigned loading station at the end of the workday. The driver then must complete a post-trip safety inspection and ready the truck and transport trailer for the next shift's sugarcane crop harvest work.

Special Requirements

Must possess 3 months prior experience operating 18 wheelers. Agricultural truck drivers must be in possession of a valid drivers license that includes authorization to operate the type of truck used to transport sugarcane. All agricultural truck drivers are required to pass a drug and alcohol test prior to operating equipment that transports sugarcane and must comply with the U.S. Department of Transportation random drug testing program requirements, safety requirements, and good agricultural practices.