CDL - B Driver

Position:                      CDL – B Driver

Location:                    Anchorage, AK

Division:                      Integrated Marine Logistics

Affi                                Affiliate:                      Odyssey Alaska

Department:               7100 – Company Driver

Classification:             Hourly Non-Exempt

Reports to:                  Dispatch Supervisor

Summary / Primary Role: 

The position of CDL – B Driver will have primary responsibility to assist in loading, pick-ups and deliveries of freight to our various customer locations while working with Dispatch to ensure customer needs are met in a timely manner.           

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

(Management may amend or assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time)

• Operates vehicles in compliance with local and state traffic codes/laws and company procedures.
• Read and understand traffic signs and controls in accordance with FHWA regulations.
• Performs pre-trip and post-trip inspections on all vehicles assigned to operate and ensures any necessary repairs are completed according to state and federal regulations prior to arriving and/or leaving the terminal.
• Track and maintain hours of service logs.
• Ensures load is properly stowed and secured to prevent shifting or damage while in transit to the delivery location.
• Examines shipping documents to verify all shipments loaded and is properly segregated and/or separated.
• Uses proper equipment for safe loading and/or unloading.
• Review inbound freight documents and unload container/truck/trailer/rail.
• Visually inspect, count and weigh freight as required and report damaged freight, differences in counts and/or weights.
• Ensure all freight is staged at its proper place in the warehouse, paperwork, exceptions and special information is properly given to other warehouse and/or office personnel as required to set up for the next handling process.
• Load container/truck/trailer/rail to be transported on.
• Ensure load records required, are made and turned in to the proper persons for file record-keeping.
• Operate forklift, pallet walker, hand dolly, chain saws, electrical and non-electrical hand tool, shrink wrap machine, and other common hand tools.
• Maintains warehouse, outside tar area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations.
• Comply with safety policies with the understanding that safety is the top priority.
• ALL OTHER DUTIES AND PROJECTS AS ASSIGNED.

Qualifications and Key Skills:

(The following are representative of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, or ability required for this position)

• Minimum of 1 year driving of assigned trucks in a local environment
• Valid Alaska Class B license
• Valid Medical Card
• Must possess a good driving record
• Must be reliable and flexible with schedule
• Ability to work overtime as needed
• By time of hire, be registered with the US DOT Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

Competencies:

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position does not have supervisory oversight.

Expected Hours of Work:

Associate must work a minimum of thirty (30) hours each week to maintain full-time status for benefits purposes, however the expectations of the position will require an average of forty (40) hours with overtime required as scheduled.

Travel Requirements: 

Some

Work Environment:

• Low to moderate noise levels
• Time sensitive project requirements
• Coordination of customer order consolidation out of multiple containers

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Lift a minimum of 75 lbs.
• Sit, stand, walk, stoop, and reach with hands and arms Occasionally extend working hours to meet customer and American Fast Freight delivery requirements
• Ability to work in extreme weather conditions (heat and cold)
• Coordinating a multitude of variables with employees to complete schedule demands

 This is a safety sensitive position and is subject to a 5-panel drug test, including marijuana.

Additional:

This job description provides a general overview of the expectations and basic duties of the job and is not a comprehensive list of all duties and responsibilities.  The company will assign additional duties and tasks that it deems necessary to meet the requirements of the position. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above 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.