Short Haul Driver
Company: Americold
Location: Sayreville
Posted on: January 23, 2023
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Job Description:
Overview
Americold provides temperature-controlled warehousing and
transportation to food producers, restaurants, schools and retail
outlets such as grocery stores. We're proud to provide an essential
link in the food industry supply chain and to help put food on
tables around the world.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates
temperature-controlled warehouses around the world. We have over
16,000 associates and offer a wide variety of career opportunities
- from warehouse forklift operators and supervisors to accounting,
administration, business development, customer support,
engineering, transportation, and technology solutions
positions.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience:• High School diploma or General
Education Degree (GED) preferred.• Meet Federal Motor Carrier
Qualifications (which includes, but are not limited to, FMCSR part
391).• Valid and current Commercial Driver License (CDL) with
proper endorsements in state of residence which has no current
license suspension or revocation. A work permit is never
acceptable. (See FMCSR parts 383 and 391).• No conviction for a
"serious or disqualifying traffic violation" within the last three
(3) years. (See FMCSR parts 382, 391, 392 and 397) A "serious or
disqualifying traffic violation" includes the following:?
-Excessive speeding, involving any single offense for any speed of
15 m.p.h. or more above the posted speed limit.? -Reckless driving,
as defined by state or local law or regulation.? -Improper or
erratic lane changes.? -Following the vehicle ahead too closely.?
-Hit and run, leaving the scene of an accident, or failure to
report an accident. ? -Violating a State or local law or ordinance
prohibiting texting while driving a motor vehicle and/or violating
a State or local law or ordinance restricting or prohibiting the
use of a hand-held mobile device while driving.• No conviction for
driving while intoxicated or under the influence of drugs violation
within the past five (5) years.• No more than four (4) moving
violations in the past 36 months, and no more than two (2) moving
violations in the previous 12 months.• No preventable accidents
involving a fatality, bodily injuries treated away from the scene,
or disabling damage to a motor vehicle within three years.• Two (2)
years of experience operating tractor/trailer equipment.Knowledge &
Employment Standards:• Successful passing of Department of
Transportation (DOT) background screen, pre-employment drug test,
and other required physical and medical examinations.• Demonstrated
ability to enter and exit truck as well as hook and unhook
trailering equipment.• Demonstrated written, verbal, and
interpersonal and customer service communication skills sufficient
to read and interpret road maps and road signs and partner with
customers and other co-workers.• Demonstrated mathematical skills
sufficient to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers,
fractions, and decimals sufficient to complete required papers and
documents.• Demonstrated possession and application of reasoning,
negotiating, instructing, persuading, and speaking skills necessary
to interact and respond to customers, co-workers, and management
staff effectively.• Demonstrated ability to identify and solve
problems in a fast-paced environment where deadlines and scopes may
change regularly while maintaining accuracy. Drivers may be subject
to conditions and other stresses and fatigue related to driving a
motor vehicle on crowded streets and highways in various weather
conditions. Demonstrated ability to self-start with little or no
direction preferred.Physical Requirements & Abilities:•
Demonstrated ability to sit for long periods of time in a vehicle.
Also must be able to repeatedly and quickly adjust vehicle controls
to exact positions for several hours per day. While driving,
operators are exposed to noise and vibration levels which may be
higher than those typically experienced in passenger cars.•
Demonstrated manual dexterity and coordination of two (2) or more
limbs with normal movements while sitting, standing, or lying down.
This does not involve performing the activities while the whole
body is in motion. • Demonstrated ability to talk, hear, and see
sufficiently to complete assigned tasks. Must be able to visually
identify details from distances.• May be required to carry loads
related to travel and occasionally lift, carry, position, or move
objects weighing up to fifty (50) pounds.• Demonstrated ability to
relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions
sufficient to partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral
extremes.• Demonstrated judgment skills sufficient to identify
which of several objects is closer or farther away and to
accurately ascertain distance between self and other objects.•
Demonstrated ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely
to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only
recognizing there is a problem.Americold is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibility: Drives a commercial motor vehicle primarily
engaged in trips of less than one hundred fifty (150) miles from
the home base in order to provide safe and timely delivery of
products to and/or from customers with responsibility for the
established routes within an established territory.Essential
Functions:• Delivers and picks up containers/trailers at various
warehouse and customer locations, assists as needed with unloading
or reloading the vehicle, and reports any discrepancies or issues
to appropriate individual(s) immediately upon discovery. May be
asked or required to deliver information to outside third parties
to pick up and/or deliver containers/trailers as needed or as
necessary.• Serves as point of contact for the Company regarding
product acceptance and/or delivery issues by processing paperwork
including purchase orders, invoices, accounts receivables, fuel
receipts, dispatch sheets, bills of lading, unloading receipts,
trucking logs, and shipping schedules. May be asked or required to
create, process, and track invoices and billing as needed or as
necessary.• Maintains Department of Transportation (DOT) vehicle
logs as required by law, as well as any other Company documents
necessary for operation of vehicle, performs daily equipment and
vehicle inspections, and relays appropriate information between
ports of entry and warehouses.• Performs other driving and/or
warehouse-related duties as required or as requested.
Keywords: Americold, Sayreville , Short Haul Driver, Professions , Sayreville, New Jersey
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