Commercial Truck Driver
Employer
1894 FL 64
ZOLFO SPRINGS, FL 33890
United States
Job description
POSITION INCLUDES SPENDING MOST HOURS ON THE ROAD DURING BOTH ON-DUTY AND OFF-DUTY HOURS IN A TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK WITH 80,000-POUND MAXIMUM GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (GVW) THAT INCLUDES A SLEEPER BERTH THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED ADEQUATE SLEEPING FACILITIES. POSITION INCLUDES A CONTINUOUS TOUR OF EMPLOYMENT AS A TEAM OR SOLO NO-TOUCH DRIVER THAT BEGINS ON THE CONTRACT’S START DATE AND TERMINATES ON THE CONTRACT’S END DATE. DAILY ON-DUTY HOURS, CONSISTING OF EMPLOYER DIRECTED ACTIVE DRIVING HOURS, ACTIVE TRACTOR-TRAILER OR PRODUCT CARE HOURS, ACTIVE MONITORING OF LOADING AND UNLOADING OF TRAILER HOURS, COMPLETION OF REQUIRED PAPERWORK HOURS AND OTHER EMPLOYER DIRECTED ACTIVE HOURS AND WILL VARY WITH NEED AND WILL BE REGULATED BY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S HOURS-OF-SERVICE REGULATIONS TO ALSO INCLUDE OFF-DUTY BREAKS AND OTHER OFF-DUTY HOURS NOT OTHERWISE DESCRIBED HEREIN AS ON-DUTY HOURS. SUNDAY WORK MAY BE REQUIRED. DRIVERS WILL HAVE EMPLOYER PROVIDED VEHICLE FOR DAILY ACCESS TO ROADSIDE RETAIL FOOD, BATH, LAUNDRY AND REST FACILITIES. DRIVERS WILL GENERALLY OPERATE WITHIN A FULL DAY’S TRAVEL OF WORKSITE. SOME EXTENDED DISTANCE PICK UP AND/OR DELIVERY LOCATIONS WILL BE REQUIRED. DUTIES INCLUDE ALL DUTIES COMMON TO COMMERCIAL HEAVY AND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVERS, INCLUDING DRIVING TRACTOR-TRAILER FROM PRODUCT PICKUP LOCATIONS TO PRODUCT DELIVERY LOCATIONS SAFELY ON PUBLIC AND INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS WHILE OBEYING ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATION PERTAINING TO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES; MANEUVER TRACTOR-TRAILER INTO LOADING AND UNLOADING POSITIONS; CONTACT THE EMPLOYER DISPATCH DEPARMENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LOADING OR UNLOADING OF EACH ORDER; MOVE LOADED AND UNLOADED TRAILERS INTRA-YARD; SECURE AND VERIFY SAFETY AND PROPER CARE OF THE TRACTOR-TRAILER AND OF LOADED PRODUCT INCLUDING ANY PRODUCT CARE INSTRUCTIONS REQUIRED PER THAT ORDER’S WRITTEN BILL OF LADEN. IN ADDITION, COMPLETE PRE-TRIP AND POST-TRIP SAFETY INSPECTIONS ON TRACTOR-TRAILERS WITH DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER COMMON PAPERWORK; PERFORM MINOR MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY DUTIES FOR THE TRACTOR-TRAILER COMMON TO HEAVY AND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVERS (E.G., ADD FLUIDS, CHANGE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, ETC.); ACCURATELY COMPLETE ALL EMPLOYERS DRIVER AND TRACTOR-TRAILER ACTIVITY PAPERWORK; CONTINUOUS AND ACCURATE ENTRIES IN THE REQUIRED ELECTRONIC LOGGING DEVICE (ELD) AS WELL AS MAINTAIN REQUIRED COMMERICAL DRIVER DAILY PAPER LOGBOOK; READ AND INTERPRET MAPS TO DETERMINE VEHICLE ROUTES AND USE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS (GPS) TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE TO A SPECIFIC LOCATION; UPLOAD REQUIRED DOCUMENTS VIA EMPLOYER PROVIDED ELECTRONIC APP. ALL DUTIES WILL BE PERFORMED WHILE COMPLYING WITH ALL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION’S HOURS-OF-SERVICE REGULATIONS; COMPORT ONES SELF IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER AT ALL TIMES SO AS NOT TO CAUSE A DISRUPTION WITH EMPLOYERS CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYERS VENDORS, EMPLOYERS MANAGEMENT OR EMPLOYERS OTHER EMPLOYEES. DRIVERS ARE REQUIRED TO WORK APPROXIMATELY THE MAXIMUM HOURS ALLOWED BY FEDERAL HOURS-OF-SERVICE REGULATIONS. DRIVER IS TO RECEIVE DISPATCH ORDERS FROM EMPLOYER’S DISPATCH DEPARTMENT ONLY. EMPLOYER WILL NOT FORCE DISPATCH A NEW ORDER TO DRIVER AND DRIVER IS FREE TO ACCEPT OR TO NOT ACCEPT ANY NEW ORDER BASED ON DRIVER’S READINESS AND WILLINGNESS AT THE TIME THAT A NEW ORDER IS OFFERED BY THE EMPLOYER TO THE DRIVER. DRIVERS WILL BE SCHEDULED BY EMPLOYER AND JOINTLY SELF-MANAGE, AS IS COMMON TO HEAVY AND TRACTOR-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVERS, THEIR ON-DUTY AND OFF-DUTY MAXIMUM HOURS-OF-SERVICE AND WILL BE RELIEVED OF DUTY AFTER SECURING THEIR TRUCK AND THEIR LOADED OR UNLOADED TRAILER AND FREE TO SPEND TIME PREDOMINANTLY FOR THEIR BENEFIT CHOOSING ACTIVITIES OF THEIR CHOICE, INCLUDING SLEEPING, RETAIL DINING AND SHOPPING, READING, USING A MOBILE DEVICE, WALKING, ETC. DRIVERS MUST REQUEST SPECIFIC WORKD
Special Requirements
COMMERCIAL DRIVERS LICENSE, CLASS A, OR EQUIVALENT
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