Ross Environmental Services, Inc.
Location
Grafton, OH | United States
Job description
Key Responsibilities/Essential Job Functions
- Follows appropriate safety procedures (e.g., DOT, OSHA, EPA, etc.) when transporting waste materials and general freight.
- Checks vehicle before driving to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
- Maintains logs of working hours in accordance with U.S. DOT hours of service regulation
- Performs vehicle inspection in accordance with applicable state and federal regulations.
- Communicates need for service or repair.
- Establishes and maintains customer focused working relationship with all company customers (internal and external).
- Obtains receipts or signatures when loads are delivered.
- Checks all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
- Maneuvers truck into loading or unloading positions, follows signals from loading crew as needed, checks that vehicle position is correct and any special loading equipment is properly positioned.
- Drives trucks with capacities greater than 26,000 lbs, including tankers, rolloffs and vans, in order to transport and deliver waste or other materials.
- Secures cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, and/or covers.
- Reads shipping paperwork (i.e., bills of lading and manifests) to determine assignment details.
- Reports vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations or damage to vehicles in accordance with company policy.
- Maintains truck interior and safety of equipment and personal protective equipment.
- Maintains a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) with no at-fault accidents for the past three years and no major convictions.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications - Two years of current over-the-road tanker experience, including hauling liquid tankers, is required.
- A valid driver license with a Hazmat Class A CDL endorsement is required.
- Must have a compliant history with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).
- Must qualify for a DOT physical card.
- Must be compliant with DOT substance abuse testing.
- Must be able to work 14 hour shifts on a regular basis.
- Must have the ability to travel overnight.
- Must be able to work additional hours as required including weekends.
- Must be able to use personal protective equipment (PPE), including a respirator and chemical protective equipment.
- Must have functional capacity to safely work under and on-top of large equipment on a regular basis.
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent is required.
- Must have the ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a vehicle to exact positions.
- Must have the ability to coordinate two or more limbs (i.e., two arms, two legs or one leg and one arm) while sitting or standing.
- Must have the ability to see details at a distance.
- Must have the ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you or to judge the distance between you and an object.
- Must have the ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
- Must have the ability to see details at close range (within a few feet the observer).
- Must have the ability to time movement or the movements of a vehicle in anticipation of changes in the speed and/or direction of a moving object or scene. Must have the ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears.
- Must have the ability to choose quickly between two or move movements in response to two or more different signals (lights, sounds, pictures). It includes speed with which the correct response is started with the hand, foot or other body part.
- Must have the ability to know a location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are located.
- Must be fluent in English with the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules and instructions, operating and handling instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Must be able to write efficiently and effectively to prepare and maintain sufficient documentation of work related activities.
- Must have functional capacity to meet physical demands required to successfully and safely perform the essential functions of the job. This position is subject to a post job-offer or return to work functional capacity evaluation by a certified provider for the essential functions of the position, to ensure ability to safely perform essential job functions and provide guidance for training, in compliance with Americans With Disabilities Act and Workers’ Compensation. For informational purposes, the test parameters utilized for this job description are attached as Exhibit A. Parameters of the exam may be changed at any time to meet needs and changes in the job description.
- Physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential function of the job.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to safely perform the essential functions of the job.
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