[Hiring] OTR Truck Driver @Simplot

Role Description

The OTR Truck Driver will be responsible for safely transporting and delivering products or materials in liquid, loose, or packaged form, while abiding by all traffic laws. This position plays a key role in helping to fulfil the Simplot Company’s purpose of feeding the world.

Key Responsibilities

• Always maintains conscientiousness for safety, while driving as well as performing all other duties.
• Full compliance with all FMCSA/DOT regulations and other Company policies and procedures as applicable.
• Haul and handle products assigned while maintaining efficiency, such as fuel and best hauling and loading practices.
• Inspects truck for defects before and after trips and submits report indicating truck condition.
• Obtains schedule of load times and locations for the day and drives truck to destination applying knowledge of commercial driving regulations and skills.
• Must be able to back up and maneuver in and around tight areas.
• Maintains driver log according to DOT regulations.
• Regularly inspects truck equipment and supplies such as tires, lights, brakes, fuel, oil, and water.
• Makes truck and/or trailer available for scheduled maintenance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
• Must be at least 21 years of age due to travel requirements.
• Must have a commercial driver’s license (Class A), with proper endorsements and a good driving record.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain entry eligibility into Canada.
• Five years of verifiable over-the-road experience.
• Must have a current/valid DOT Medical Certification.
• Must meet DOT qualifications.
• Must accurately and timely complete Company and DOT required forms.
• Reefer trailer experience strongly preferred.

Requirements

• 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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit in driver’s seat of truck, while driving as well as while waiting.
• The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, bend over or stoop.
• Must be able to hook up and unhook tractor and related lines to and from trailer.
• The employee is required to climb and balance while getting in and out of the truck and while hooking and unhooking lines to and from the trailer.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts and in outside weather conditions during all-weather seasons of the year.
• The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Other Information

• Combination of education, training and/or experience will be considered for this position.