Tractor Driver

SUMMARY

Tractor driver is responsible for ensuring the safe and timeous delivery of products and maintaining logged trip details. The tractor driver will also be required to perform minor maintenance work on the truck and trailer.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Safely deliver products to various locations
• Planning the most efficient routes and ensuring deliveries are made on time
• Perform truck and trailer inspections before departure to ensure the truck and trailer are in good running order
• Conducting inventory of loads and documenting the conditions before departure
• Assisting in the loading and unloading of freight, and obtaining the client’s signature on delivery
• Securing the freight in place before departure and monitoring its safe distribution throughout the trip
• Reporting any delays due to road conditions, accidents, or breakdowns to management.
• Adhering to federal and state trucking rules and regulations
• Must report to work on time every day as scheduled.
• Attends department meetings as required

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education
  • High School diploma or equivalent
• Experience
  • 1-2 years Experience as a tractor trailer truck driving 
• Licensure
  • Valid Guam Class C Driver’s license

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge
  • Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
  • Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
  •  Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Skills
  • Skills in controlling operations of equipment or systems.
  • Skills in watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
  • Skills in monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Skills in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  • Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
• Abilities
  • Ability to see details at a distance.
  • Ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.
  • 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.
  • Ability to time your movements or the movement of a piece of equipment in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene.
  • 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.

HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT (HSE) ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsibilities
  • Follow standard safe work procedures
  • Identify and report hazards and environmental aspects
  • Follow reasonable instructions
  • Act responsibly for the safety of self and others
  • Participate in HSE improvement activities
  • Wear designated personal protective equipment
  • Ensure tools are in a safe condition before use
  • Adhere to site safety rules
  • Respond to spills or environmental incidents immediately
• Key Activities
  • Report all unsafe situations immediately to supervisor/manager
  • Take corrective action within own ability and report to supervisor
  • Report all injuries, near hits, and plant or equipment damage
  • Support fellow employees
  • Support HSE communities
  • Ask about and keep informed of workplace hazards
  • Attend training as requested
• Accountability Measures
  • Performance review
  • Incident investigation
  • Inspections and audits
  • Incident and Near Hit frequency by location
  • Involved in and support HSE Committee or equivalent

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The physical requirements of this position involve Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures.

WORK 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.

• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

This position has no direct supervisory responsibility

OTHER DUTIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.