CDL Class A LOWBOY Driver with HAZMAT Endorsement

Craft / Field Positions
Job Contract: Permanent
Dunn Construction
Birmingham, Alabama
Full-Time
hourly
Job Setting: On-Site
Posted: August 20, 2024

Position Title:

CDL Class A Lowboy Driver with HAZMAT Endorsement

Position summary:

Must have CDL Class A, HAZMAT Endorsement preferred or willing to obtain with Clean Driving Record. At least two years of transporting heavy equipment on a lowboy.

The Lowboy Driver loads, unloads, and transports heavy equipment and attachments in a Lowboy truck. A CDL Class A License is required. The driver is responsible for safe and technically proficient operation of equipment to and from a jobsite.

Tasks:

  • Responsible for complete safety checks, including truck equipment and supplies in accordance with CDL pre-trip guidelines

  • Record operating data such as products and quantities, gauge readings, and operating times, manually or using computers

  • Maintain proper maintenance of truck and distribute including tire pressure, fluid levels, etc.

  • Communicate using 2-way radios and verbal communication

  • Navigating, or driving vehicles and heavy equipment

  • Responsible for clean truck, including cab and truck bed

  • Maintain positive relationship with all employees

  • Maintain positive relationship with all customers and community

  • Wash truck as scheduled

  • Must be able to work nights, overtime, and weekends

  • Other duties as assigned

  • Valid Class A CDL with clean driving record. Must have a DOT physical and pass pre-employment drug screening per ALDOT regulations.

Skills

  • Operation Monitoring - Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

  • Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

  • Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

  • Must be able to read maps and navigate around central Alabama

  • Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

  • Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

  • Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Attributes:

  • Multilimbed Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or climbing. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

  • Control Precision - The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

  • Rate Control - The 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.

  • Static Strength - The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

  • Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

  • Perceptual Speed - The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

  • Bend or Stoop:        3 hours 

  • Crouch:                   Varies

  • Carry:                     1 Hour

  • Walk or Stand:        Up to 10 Hours per Shift

  • Climb in & out of truck: Multiple Times per Shift

  • Frequently lift the following:

  • 5-10 lbs.-      15 Minutes

  • 10-20 lbs.-     15 Minutes

  • 20-50 lbs.-     15 Minutes

  • Over 50lbs. – Sometimes

 

Experience:

Over 2 years verifiable DOT experience transporting heavy equipment (Preferred) 

Benefits:

9 Paid Holidays

32 Hour Guaranteed Pay Available

PTO Available after first 30 hours worked

Unheard of Medical and Prescription Benefits

Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life, Vol. Life, AD&D, Cancer, Specified Disease, ID/Legal Shield, etc.

Matching 401K

Company Chaplain

Employee Assistance Program

TAVA Mental Health

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