CDL Dump Truck Driver

Rogers Group Inc. is currently seeking an Experienced CDL Dump Truck in the Cookeville TN and the Upper Cumberland operations area reporting to the Trucking Superintendent. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to lead safety, quality, and revenue generation throughout our existing operations and additional operations through growth.

Rogers Group, Inc., headquartered in Nashville, is a privately held aggregate and asphalt highway construction company operating and meeting customer needs in 12 states with over 3,500 employees. RGI, established in 1908, has the distinction of being recognized as the largest privately held aggregate producer in the United States.

We have 86 quarries and 56 asphalt plants across Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.

Rogers Group Inc. is currently seeking an Experienced CDL Dump Truck in the Cookeville TN and the Upper Cumberland operations are reporting to the Trucking Superintendent. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated ability to lead safety, quality, and revenue generation throughout our existing operations and additional operations through growth.

Job Details:

* Fulltime/Permanent

* Day Shift

* Weekend or night work may be required

* Overtime available along with extensive medical and retirement benefits

Job Responsibilities:

* Drives truck equipped with dump body to transport and dump loose materials such as sand, gravel, crushed rock, or bituminous paving materials.

* Checks vehicle to ensure it is safe to operate.

* Checks tires, headlights, marker lights, stop lights and turn signals.

* Checks engine oil, power steering fluid, coolant level, fan belts and windshield wipers.

* Operates vehicle in a safe and professional manner regardless of location, speed limit, and traffic.

* Obeys State and Federal trucking laws.

* Exhibits "defensive" driving skills.

* Obeys weight limit when loading truck.

* Keeps floorboards, stepping areas, and hand holds free of trash, grease, rags or other obstructions that hinder operation.

* Operates control for tarping load and strapping tarp.

* Tarps all loads regardless of material being hauled.

* Operates bed controls for raising/lowering of dump bed.

* Operates control for raising and lowering of third axle.

* Hooks and adjusts tailgate spreader chains for tailgating material.

* Manually cleans (using a scraper and/or shovel) tailgate and apron after unloading.

* Keeps inside of bed clean of buildup of materials.

* When starting vehicle in motion, always uses lower gears.

* When changing gears, always double clutches.

* Monitors dash gauges (oil, temperature, air, tachometer, speedometer, amperage and pyrometer).

* Monitors conditions to the sides and rear of vehicle by means of the rear-view mirrors and spot mirrors.

* Constantly monitors company radio for change of assignment and dispatch.

* Submits daily logs that comply with Company, State and Federal Regulations.

* Completes and submits a daily truck report.

* Inspects vehicle for defects and notifies management of said defects on Driver Daily Report. Does not drive vehicle with known defect that could cause injury or property damage.

* Qualifications:

* The Dump Truck Driver position requires an extreme amount of body movement and some manual labor including, but not limited to leg movement, engaging/disengaging clutch, depressing brake pedal and accelerator, and climbing onto bed; wrist and arm movement, changing gears, steering of vehicle and operating of controls; neck movement, moves head back and forth to see out of side mirrors;

manual labor, digging materials from bed, and if required, assisting crews with general labor work, i.e. shoveling, etc.

* Adheres to all company, client, and project policies, procedures, standards, including but not limited to the safety manual, the employee handbook, and the fleet safety manual.

* Answers directly to the Trucking Supervisor.

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.

* The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, bend and twist at waist, crouch, or crawl.

* The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk.

* The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus, and the ability to recognize the colors of traffic signals and devices showing standard red, green and amber.

* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and vibration.

* The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

* The employee is occasionally required to…