What are the responsibilities and job description for the CDL Driver position at BWI Companies, Inc.?
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If you want to spend most nights and every weekend at home, drive newer equipment, and earn competitive wages, we may have the career opportunity you are looking for!
As a Driver with BWI, you make the difference. Certainly, in this role, you will have typical duties you would expect as a Driver—you will transport and deliver goods. However, being a Driver for BWI is much more than driving a truck. As a Driver your role is critical in meeting our customers’ needs and is an essential piece in our customers’ relationship with BWI.
In This Role, You Will
Wages are activity-based and highly competitive! While you will be home most nights, you may have 2 overnight trips weekly.
Description
If you want to spend most nights and every weekend at home, drive newer equipment, and earn competitive wages, we may have the career opportunity you are looking for!
As a Driver with BWI, you make the difference. Certainly, in this role, you will have typical duties you would expect as a Driver—you will transport and deliver goods. However, being a Driver for BWI is much more than driving a truck. As a Driver your role is critical in meeting our customers’ needs and is an essential piece in our customers’ relationship with BWI.
In This Role, You Will
- Frequently interact with customers.
- Follow safety and placarding procedures.
- Perform trip, vehicle, and equipment inspections.
- Maintain logs of working hours and vehicle service and repair.
- Obtain delivery receipts/signatures and collect payment when required.
- Check load documentation for completeness and accuracy.
- Correctly maneuver trucks into loading/unloading positions.
- Properly secure cargo for transport.
- Read invoices to determine assignment details.
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, and damage to vehicles or property.
- Read and interpret maps.
- Collect delivery instructions, verifying instructions and routes.
- Operate onboard computers, CB radios, and telephones.
- Load and unload trucks and help others with loading and unloading. Operating loading-related equipment. (Some manual unloading may be required.)
- Collaborate with other BWI employees (e.g., employee training and sharing information) to ensure customer satisfaction and teamwork.
- Turn in travel expenses with receipts at the conclusion of each trip.
- Complete trip rand returns reports.
- Maintain tractor/truck cleanliness.
- Be at least 21 years old,
- Have a High School diploma or General Education Degree (GED),
- Have a Class B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
- Have at least one-year CDL driving experience,
- Have a clean MVR with less than 3 moving violations over three-year period,
- Be able to pass DOT physical & DOT drug screen, and
- Have no DWI / DUI convictions within the past 5 years.
Wages are activity-based and highly competitive! While you will be home most nights, you may have 2 overnight trips weekly.