CAREERS

Company drivers performs the main function of Rise Trucking. This is a skilled craft position responsible for operating trucks with different trailer combinations to haul soil, gravel, and other aggregate materials to and from various job sites in a timely manner. This position may also perform a wide variety of tasks, transferring from one task to another as the workflow dictates. We haul aggregate material all over the state of Utah and into Idaho and Wyoming. You can expect to be loading and unloading aggregate to key locations within and outside Utah.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Including but not limited to the list below.

• Comply with all safety policies, procedures, and standards of safety.

• Verify the types of materials being transported and ensure that they do not exceed weight restrictions.

• Ensure that materials are loaded correctly onto the truck and trailer.

• Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspections on trucks pursuant to DOT regulations.

• Maintain the vehicle to ensure safe operating conditions, including daily inspections of tires, lights, signals, glass, etc. Vehicle fluids and tire air pressures must be checked and serviced daily.

• Observe all traffic laws.

• Ensure the vehicle is ready for the next day’s business, including fuel fills, whenever possible.

• Show constant awareness of personal safety and the safety of all co-workers and surroundings.

• Safely transport various construction aggregate materials to various job sites as dispatched.

• Operate dump trucks equipped with different trailer combinations such as side-dumps, end-dumps, and flatbed trailers.

• Clean out trailer beds to prevent cross-contamination.

• Be flexible with schedule and location changes, as well as shift time changes.

• Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned by supervisors.

Skills and Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED preferred. Any vocational training is strongly desired.

• Those with an education and/or work-related credential from a secondary or post-secondary educational system will be given preferred interview status (Precision Exams, NOCTE, etc.).

• Must hold a Class A CDL with Tanker endorsement.

• Ability to operate construction transport vehicles such as water trucks, dump trucks, side dumps, belly dumps, and flatbeds.

• Must hold a valid Medical Card per Department of Transportation (DOT) standards.

• A clean driving record is required.

• Must abide by all DOT requirements for commercial motor vehicle operations.

• Must follow verbal and written instructions.

• Must have maneuvering and backing skills.

• Must maintain accurate time and material records through driver’s daily logs.

• Ability to operate the truck safely and efficiently.

• Willingness to learn.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out the essential functions of the job.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Reliable transportation to get to and from work.

Physical Requirements:

• Able and willing to work long hours including day, night, and weekend shifts as needed, and work outside of normal hours.

• Able to sit, walk, lift, reach, stoop, stand, grasp, balance, climb, kneel, crouch, and lift up to 50 pounds occasionally.

• Able to work in outside environments being subjected to weather changes, noise, vibrations, moving mechanical parts, and job hazards.

• Ability to do physical labor and other strenuous physical tasks.

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