Job Description

About the Role

The Tractor Trailer Truck Driver hauls wood products from job sites or wood yard to customers/wood yard, utilizing lowboy equipment, in a safe and legal manner following Company, Local, State and DOT laws and guidelines..

Essential Function / Duties*

Transport products in a safe and efficient manner from job sites or log yard to log yard or customers during day, evening, or overnight hours.

• Transport Crib trailers and/ or lowboy equipment to various locations.
• Secure loads in a legal manner with chains or straps according to state laws.
• Release binders and unload products according to instructions given by mill or yard staff.
• Maintain trip ticket and scale slips for loads hauled; turn them into office.
• Maintain contact with supervisor, logging crews and other trucks hauling in area.
• Assist in planning routes to ensure most economical use of time.
• Relay customer concerns or questions to supervisor.
• Comply with environmental standards and clean up spills with spill kit and report according to procedures.

Maintain vehicle in a safe operating condition as required by State and DOT regulations.

• Perform before, during, and after operation user inspections, maintenance, and repairs; provide reports.
• Perform emergency roadside repairs, such as changing tires, installing light bulbs, tire chains, and spark plugs.
• Install and remove tire chains.
• Report and/or refer defects or needed repairs to supervisor.
• Maintain maintenance logs on company-owned trucks.
• Clean equipment.

Promote high safety standards; comply with local, state, and federal transportation and safety laws and regulations.

• Always operate truck in a safe manner; detect and eliminate safety hazards.
• Maintain truck logs according to state and federal regulations utilizing software Other
• Maintain current qualifications for certifications and licenses.
• Other duties as defined by supervisor.

*This is not an exhaustive list of duties.

Work Schedule / Supervision

Position: Full-time, 40+ hours per week; irregular hours with early start time & late end time; constant travel to remote woodlands’ sites; some overnight stays out of town may be required.

Position Status: Exempt Status: without compensation; without notice.

Recommended Education / Experience

Education: High School Diploma or GED, 21+ years of age; CDL Class A License

Experience: 5+ years truck driving; working knowledge of State and DOT regulations, traffic laws, defensive driving, safety precautions with logging equipment

Physical Activities and Requirements

Excellent physical health and stamina; significant physical strength; physically able to perform all driver duties; considerable use of arms and legs; moving whole body--climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and handling materials; sitting, talking,

hearing; using hands and fingers to feel, handle or operate objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms.

Expected Behaviors / Qualities

Positive and cooperative, committed to quality customer service, trustworthy, diplomatic, courteous; team-oriented; respectful; service-oriented; able to work independently and to work with others; motivated/ safety mindset

Work Environment

Traveling and working in all types of weather conditions in tractor trailer; around logging equipment machinery and mills, loud noises

Other

No record of criminal convictions which may be deemed to disqualify the person from employment; annual review of driving record with copy of license; all moving violations reported to company within 3 days; immediate termination of employment for alcohol or drug related offense; reliable transportation to location of truck.