This position is responsible for driving tractor trailer combination to shuttle products, livestock, or materials in liquid, loose, or packaged form. This position must be able to run delivery routes when needed.Essential Duties:
- Driving truck to predetermined destination for delivery of trailer and product
- Communicating with dispatch, supervisors and other drivers to ensure safe and on time arrivals at destinations
- Loading and unloading trucks as required for returns, pick-ups and deliveries
- Performing daily routine vehicle condition report on truck and/or trailer
- Complying with company policies and D.O.T. regulations
- Performing other duties as assigned to meet business needs
Qualifications:
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Must have Commercial Driver's License (CDL) for tractor trailer operation
- Must have a good driving record for past 39 months
- Three months or more tractor trailer experience
- Must be available to work with the demands of the department which are subject to overnight shifts, weekends, layovers and holidays
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
- Must be able to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public and respond to official inquiries
Physical Demands:
- Regularly standing and walking
- Reaching with hands and arms to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
- Sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling
- Regularly lifting and/or moving up to 100 pounds
- Frequently lifting and/or moving up to 50 pounds
- Occasionally lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds Visual Requirements:
- Close, distance, color and peripheral vision
- Depth perception
- The ability to adjust focus
Corporate Summary: At Shamrock Foods Company, people come first - our associates, our customers, and the families we serve across the nation. A privately-held, family-owned and -operated Forbes 500 company, Shamrock is an innovator in the food industry and has been since being founded in Arizona in 1922.Our Mission: At Shamrock Foods Company, we live by our founding family's motto to treat associates like family and customers like friends. Why work for us?Benefits are a major part of your overall compensation, and we believe offering them at an affordable cost is not only the right thing to do, but it helps keep you and your family healthy. That's why Shamrock Foods pays for the majority of your health insurance, allowing you to take home more of your paycheck. And it doesn't stop there - our associates also enjoy additional benefits such as 401(k) Savings Plan, Profit Sharing, Paid Time Off, as well as our incredible growth opportunities, continued education and wellness programs.Equal Opportunity EmployerAt Shamrock Foods Co all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)