Feed Truck Driver - New Hampton

Description

Job Title: Feed Truck Driver

Hours/Week: 40 hours per week with more hours required as needed

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To: Feed Operations Supervisor

Job Objective

Incumbent drives a semi tractor-trailer combination or a truck to transport and deliver goods or materials in liquid, loose, or packaged form. Required to load and unload truck and assist others with loading truck at farmers sites or other locations.

The incumbent will be expected to assist other locations and departments as assigned by management. Will communicate availability regularly and assist with projects as needed.

Incumbent maintains efficiency in a manner that will optimize the cooperative’s market share and savings, improve the cooperative’s efficiency, help achieve the cooperative’s mission and goals, and result in outstanding customer service.

This position will maintain a positive attitude that promotes team work within the location, as well as within the cooperative and upholds a favorable image of Five Star Cooperative at all times.

Qualifications

Education: High School diploma or equivalent; fluent reading, writing, and speaking the English language

License, Certificate or Registration: Class A CDL; valid DOT physical card; or ability to obtain

Basic Skills: Speaking, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Listening, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management

Essential Tasks

• Drives trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, in order to transport and deliver products or other materials
• Load and unload trucks, or help others with loading and unloading, operating any special loading-related equipment on vehicles and using other equipment as necessary
• Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew as needed; check that vehicle position is correct and any special loading equipment is properly positioned
• Couple and uncouple trailers by changing trailer jack positions, connecting or disconnecting air and electrical lines, and manipulating fifth-wheel locks
• Follow appropriate safety procedures when transporting goods
• Performs pre-trip inspections of vehicles before driving them to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
• Maintains logs of working hours and of vehicle service and repair status, following applicable company, state, and federal regulations
• Obtains appropriate documentation when loads are delivered
• Check all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate
• Secures cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chains, binders, and /or covers.
• Reads documentation to determine assignment detail
• Reports vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicle.
• Reads and interprets maps in order to determine vehicle routes.
• Collects delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifies instructions and routes.
• Operates equipment such as truck cab computers, CB radios, and telephones to exchange necessary information with locations, supervisors or other drivers.
• Checks condition of trailers after content has been unloaded to ensure there is no damage
• Cranks trailer landing gear up or down to safety secure vehicles.
• Enforce and abide by all cooperative policies
• Maintain quality control above the standards set by Five Star
• Exhibits integrity and professional attitude
  
  

Maintenance & Safety

• Observe OSHA, state, and federal safety regulations
• Maintains company compliance, enters any compliance data and completes monthly preventative maintenance schedules.
• Maintain clean and neat facilities
• Maintain housekeeping and sanitation standards
• Upholds Five Star’s Safety regulations and procedures
  
  

Service And Skills

• Excellent customer service required – Applicant must be neat and approachable
• Handles customer complaints smoothly – notifies supervisor of any problems and strives to solve any problems quickly, either personally or through communication with the supervisor.
• Excellent telephone skills – applicant must promptly and courteously answer the phone
• Requires acute attention to detail
• Requires making decisions that affect customers, other employees, Five Star Coop’s financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization
• Commitment to excellence and high standards
• Actively work to increase personal skills and knowledge
• Attend product, merchandising, safety, and cooperative meetings as requested
  
  

Work Context For The Essential Functions Of The Job

• Requires face-to-face and telephone communication with individuals, customers, or teams daily
• Opportunity to make decisions without supervision,
• Requires making decisions that impact the results of co-workers, clients or the company,
• Requires being exact or highly accurate,
• Requires repeating the same physical activities or mental activities over and over,
• Requires meeting strict deadlines daily to ensure customer service when unloading and product delivery deadlines.
• Requires work with others in a group or team,
• Requires work with external customers or the public,
• Includes responsibility for work outcomes and results,
• Includes responsibility for the health and safety of others,
• Requires wearing common protective or safety equipment,
  
  

Other Duties

• Must be able to meet physical requirements of the position, including prolonged periods of standing, working in confined spaces and elevated heights, bending, kneeling, climbing stairs and ladders.
• Ability to deal effectively with a diversity of individuals at all organizational levels
• Good judgment with the ability to make timely and sound decisions
• Versatility, flexibility, and a willingness to work within constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Must be able to climb stairs, reach above, below, and at shoulder level.
• Willingness to work from multiple locations within the cooperative
  
  

Work Conditions and Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job is performed indoors or outdoors and will have exposure to external elements including: weather extremes of Northern Iowa, heights, confined spaces, and other variable and unique environments. Employee will have exposure to dust from feed, grain, or fertilizer products.

Requirements

Physical Abilities

• Far Vision—The ability to see details at a distance.
• Near Vision—The ability to see details at close range to complete detailed paperwork and computer work(within a few feet of the observer).
• Reaction Time—The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger, foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
• Static Strength—The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.
• Response Orientation—The ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes the speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot, or other body part.
• Spatial Orientation—The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.
• Depth Perception—The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or further away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.
• Extent Flexibility—The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.
• Multilimb Coordination—The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
• Manual Dexterity—The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble or move objects
• Climbing—Ability to climb stairs.