Dmi - Truck Driver

Job Details

Job Location:

DMI LLC - HAZLEHURST, GA 31539

• Drive and operate commercial trucks up to Class 8.
• Follow instructions; locate and read location and road maps.
• Pre-inspect truck.
• Pick up goods and materials, verify loads for accuracy, and deliver them as instructed.
• Load and unload cargo safely.
• Responsible for basic vehicle maintenance; comply with all safe work practices, policies, and processes always.
• Complete and verify paperwork for accuracy
• Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations and attending all safety meetings.

• Traffic laws/ DOT regulations/ driving knowledge
• Pallet jack experience desirable; forklift experience preferred
• For flatbeds, ability to safely tarp full and split loads
• Ability to lift 80 pounds repeatedly throughout day
• Ability to throw straps repeatedly all day
• Must possess physical strength to safely secure loads with tie down bar
• Must demonstrate ability to navigate all turns and backing with excessive tail swing of log loads
• Must demonstrate skill of navigating safely in off-road conditions, including backing in woods and under loaders
• Must demonstrate skill in maneuvering with split bunk or double bunked wood with top‑heavy tendencies
• Able to pass random drug tests
• Clean driving record
• No DUI/DWI convictions in the past seven years
• Listening and verbal communication skills
• Dependability

• High school diploma or equivalent
• CDL - Class A or Class B or Class C
• Certificate from an accredited CDL school
• 21 years or older
• Must not have limitations listed that hamper operations
• At least six months of OTR experience

This job requires both physical and mental competencies.

• Physical requirements:
  
  You must have good hearing, at least 20/40 vision with glasses or corrective lenses, and a 70-degree field of vision in each eye. Drivers cannot be colorblind. Truck drivers must have a strong sense of spatial relations to park their vehicles and negotiate tight spaces.
• Communications skills:
  All drivers must be able to read and speak English well enough to understand road signs, prepare reports, and communicate with law enforcement officers and the public.
• A clean background: A driver must not have been convicted of any felony involving the use of a motor vehicle, a crime using drugs, driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or hit-and-run driving that resulted in injury or death.

• Traffic laws! DOT regulations! driving knowledge
• Pallet jack experience desirable; forklift experience preferred
• For flatbeds, ability to safely tarp full and split loads
• Ability to lift 80 pounds repeatedly throughout day
• Ability to throw straps repeatedly all day
• Must possess physical strength to safely secure loads with tie down bar
• Must demonstrate ability to navigate all turns and backing with excessive tail swing of log loads
• Must demonstrate skill of navigating safely in off-road conditions, including backing in woods and under loaders
• Must demonstrate skill in maneuvering with split bunk or double bunked wood with top‑heavy tendencies
• Able to pass random drug tests
• Clean driving record
• No DUI!
  
  DWI convictions in the past seven years
• Listening and verbal communication skills
• Dependability

• High school diploma or equivalent
• CDL — Class A or Class B or Class C
• Certificate from an accredited CDL school
• 21 years or older
• Must not have limitations listed that hamper operations
• At least six months of OTR experience