CDL Driver Trainer

Job description

Strittmatter Companies is an established and growing excavation, demolition, and trucking company providing responsive, timely site-work solutions for government, commercial, and residential projects throughout the entire Metropolitan D.C.-area. Since 1978, we have been working with some of the largest, most well-known names in the industry.

Strittmatter Companies is seeking a Driver Trainer with minimum of 5 (five) years driving a CDL dump truck, with a clean CDL driver’s record and current DOT card. The Driver Trainer will facilitate dump truck-driver drive-tests, and train newly hired drivers who successfully completed all pre-employment testing. Additionally, the role is responsible for ensuring all dump trucks and other support vehicles leave the truck yard safely, and on-time. This is not an inclusive list of tasks.

Key Accountabilities

• Hours of service are Monday – Saturday necessitating a 5:30am start-time.
• Administer dump truck driver candidates who meet the hiring criteria.
• Work with Manager to create a three-day driving program.
• Responsible for conducting the training program with all new drivers.
• Ability to communicate effectively, and establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, management, and peers.
• Adaptive communication skills, and can adjust according to the individual’s learning styles.
• Provide behind-the-wheel training and re-training as directed.
• Provide appropriate feedback to employees.
• Drive dump truck as needed – whether it is following a driver’s at-fault accident, or necessary truck maintenance.
• Monitor the drivers to determine they are following all FMCSA regulations and policies.
• Coordinate, and/or facilitate assigned monthly driver’s meeting.
• Provide timely feedback with Supervisors in regards to daily events, along with potential disciplinary concerns.

** Duties and responsibilities, as required by business necessity, may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.**

Required Qualifications

• Possess a valid Class A or Class B license and current DOT medical card.
• Clean driver’s record
• Minimum of five years dump truck driving experience
• Valid DOT medical card
• Ability to pass drug screens
• High school graduate or equivalent
• Microsoft proficiency
• Excellent communication skills with all levels of staff to include email, phone, or in-person.
• Experience training personnel in the trucking industry.
• Ability to work Saturday, and occasional evening or Sunday. The Company has snow contracts.
• Must be experienced navigating a dump truck throughout the entire Washington, D.C. area.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Ability to get in and out of dump trucks for 8-10 hours per day.
• Must be able to personally examine all parts of the dump truck to include the cab, dump truck bed, and under the dump truck.
• Ability to lift and/or pull up to fifty pounds
• Experience organizing workload, and meeting deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• OSHA 30 or OSHA 10
• Knowledge of the Smith System of Driving

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Health and Dental insurance (100% of the employee’s premium and 50% of your dependent’s premium.)
• 401(k) retirement plan with generous company-match (Company matches 100% of the first 3% and then 50% on the next 2%)
• PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Life and Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account – (Medical and Childcare)
• Weekly pay
• EOE

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000 - $58,000 per year

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