CDL A Driver-1st Shift

Summary: As a CDL A Driver, you are essential to the safety, quality, and productivity of the warehouse. The primary responsibility will be transporting goods and materials between our warehouse facilities, suppliers, and customers. Your role will involve operating company vehicles, manage inventory, and ensuring timely and accurate deliveries while adhering to all safety and traffic regulations.

Essential Duties: Essential job duties for this position include the following items.

Safe Equipment & Vehicle Operation: Operate forklifts, overhead cranes, yard trucks, tractor-trailers, and straight trucks to move and deliver materials to designated locations. Ensure the safe and efficient handling of materials following all safety guidelines and protocols. Conduct pre-operational equipment checks to ensure proper functionality and report any issues promptly.

Regulation Compliance: Adhere to all traffic laws, DOT regulations, and company policies to ensure safe and complaint operations.

Material Handling: Load and unload materials from trucks, containers, and storage areas, ensuring proper stacking and securing of products. Transport materials to designated locations as required. Verify the accuracy of shipments and receipts, reporting any discrepancies.

Inventory Control: Assist in maintaining accurate inventory records by documenting material and trailer movements and updating the inventory management system. Monitor stock levels and inform supervisors of low stock or potential shortages. Organize materials and trailers to optimize space and easy access.

Effective Communication: Interact professionally and effectively with peers, suppliers, and leadership, providing clear updates on material movement and assisting with any issues or inquiries.

Safety: Ensure a safe working environment by upholding safety protocols and promoting a safety-first culture among all employees.

Demonstrate HODGE Values: Model HODGE core values of Family, Integrity, Ambition, Respect, and Balance. Uphold, support, and promote all company policies and procedures. Demonstrate that success comes from treating people like family.

Additional Duties: Perform tasks as assigned to support dynamic changes in business conditions.

Requirements:

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, the CDL A Driver must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and ability required.

Education/Experience:

Effective communication and interpersonal skills

Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational abilities

Commitment to promoting a positive work environment and a safety-first culture

Basic proficiency with warehouse management systems and Microsoft Office tools

Experience with or willingness to learn material handling equipment is a plus

Valid Commercial Driver’s License (Class A) and a current DOT medical card

Minimum of 2 years of verifiable tractor-trailer driving experience

Internal employees with at least 1 year of service may be considered based on strong performance in safety, attendance, quality, and productivity; subject to review by Safety, HR, and Operations

Must be at least 21 years of age for CDL-required roles

CDL holders who obtained their license on or after February 7, 2022, must have successfully completed training through an FMCSA-registered driving school, in compliance with Entry-Level Driver Training (ELDT) regulations

Additional Details :

Physical demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical Activities
Stand: Always
Walk: Always
Sit: Frequently
Use hands to finger, handle, or feel: Always
Reach with hands and arms: Frequently
Climb or balance: Sometimes
Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl: Sometimes
Talk or hear: Always
Taste or smell: None

Weight to be lifted/force to be exerted
Up to 10 pounds: Frequently
Up to 25 pounds: Frequently
Up to 50 pounds: Frequently

Vision requirements
Close vision: Clear vision at 20 inches or less
Distance vision: Clear vision at 20 feet or more
Color vision: Ability to identify and distinguish colors
Peripheral vision: Ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point
Depth perception: Three-dimensional vision, ability to judge distances and spatial relationships
Ability to adjust focus: Ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus

Work environment
Moderate noise

Environmental conditions
Work near moving mechanical parts: Sometimes
Fumes or air borne particles: Frequently
Outdoor weather conditions: Sometimes
Vibration: Always