WATER TRUCK DRIVER - R. B. Baker, Savannah, GA

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operate a standard tanker-type truck along with loading and offloading product safely.
• Conduct pre-trip inspection checklist on equipment such as tires, lights, brakes, gas, oil, and water.
• Able to handle paperwork concerning Department of Transportation regulations, freight weigh bills, fuel tickets and load tickets.
• Able to carry out detailed instructions, take directions to job sites, but also must be able to use good judgement in decision-making and be able to work without direct supervision.
• Able/willing assist with additional tasks as necessary.
• Operate the vehicle safely in traffic situations and follow the policies and procedures of the company.
• Ensure all activities are performed within the company’s safety policies and procedures

Qualifications & Skills Required

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combinations of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

This position requires a Class B CDL Driver's License with Tanker endorsement and a clean MVR.

Must meet all DOT requirements for CDL drivers, including the DOT physical exam.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

•    Must be able to climb onto and up and down a vehicle several times a day.
•    Must be able to sit in a vehicle and operate it for several hours without stopping.
•    Must withstand vibration from truck, road, and job site conditions as well as noise from the truck engine, other equipment and other traffic.
•    Must be able to use arms, hands, and feet in repetitive motions.
•    Must be able to perform light manual duties, such as sweeping debris and rocks out of the truck bed or trailer, handle tarpaulins, tailgate chains, binders, and binding chains.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach and signal with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell.  The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.  The employee is occasionally required to sit.  The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.  Employees must have 20/40 vision, either naturally or with corrective lenses.  Hearing should be excellent or corrected by audio device.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly is exposed to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, and vibration.  The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles.  The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; toxic or caustic chemicals.  The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.

Benefits & General Information:

Competitive pay & comprehensive benefits include paid holidays, vacation, life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, group health plan options (incl. medical, dental & vision, HSA, FSA), short term disability benefits & 401(k)/401(k) Roth w/company match.

**Drug-Free Workplace**
**E-Verify Participating Company**
**Minorities, Females, and Veterans Strongly Encouraged to Apply**