Commodity Truck Driver

Description:

The commodity truck driver position is a person who ensures that potato by product is loaded, transported and delivered to the cattle feed yard and outside sale locations in a safe and consistent manner.

Reports To: Feedyard Manager

Duties and Responsibilities

Essential

• Drive commodity truck
• Load, transport and unload potato waste
• Maintain communication with commodity truck supervisor and feed yard manager.
• Fill out and complete the daily checklist on truck.
• Perform pre and post trip inspections.
• Maintain Beef Northwest Feeders safety standards.
• Adhere to BNW’s HACCP standards.
• Clean up spills that may occur at the potato plants, on the highway and at the feed yard.
• Ability to put chains on in inclement weather.
• Perform maintenance on commodity trucks and trailers.

Requirements:

Qualifications

• Must have good time management skills.
• Must have a valid CDL and health card.
• Must be able to operate semi-truck and trailer safely and efficiently.
• Must be able to problem solve.

Typical Physical Requirements

• Requires climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, overhead reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing and repetitive motions.
• Must be able to lift 100 lbs to chest height and 50lbs overhead.

Machines Operated

• Semi-Truck
• Trailer
• Truck Scale