Heavy Equipment Transport Driver
JOB DESCRIPTION
Summary/Objective
Drives a class “A” CDL truck/trailer combination while transporting various sizes and types of heavy equipment throughout Arkansas.
Essential Functions
- Transports heavy construction equipment to include oversized permitted loads
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills required to maneuver, load and unload construction equipment on heavy equipment trailers.
- Maintains a current medical certification
- Conducts daily preventative maintenance checks on truck and trailer units
- Demonstrate proper chain securement procedures
- Knowledge of overweight and over-dimensional load restrictions
- Read and understand oversized load permits
- Knowledge and ability to navigate the area of central Arkansas to complete delivery requirements
- Conduct electronic log device (ELD) entries tracking hours of service requirements
- Communicate with heavy equipment manager via truck computer email system
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Supervisory Responsibility
- This is not a supervisory position
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.
Physical Demands
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, and climbing throughout day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
- This is a full-time hourly position, normally working Monday through Saturday.
- The start and end of the workday will vary based on the daily requirements and will include a required 30-minute lunch/break period.
- The position may require extended work hours at times.
Travel
- Redstone Construction only operates within the state of Arkansas.
- There may be occasions where the member is be required to stay overnight in an out-of-town hotel.
- Hotel rooms are furnished by Redstone Construction.
- Employees receive $50 perdiem pay for each night’s stay in an out-of-town hotel.
Required Education and Experience
High school education is required. A minimum of two years heavy equipment transport experience is required.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Medical Marijuana in the Workplace
- Federal law requires DOT Agencies to implement drug testing of safety-sensitive transportation employees in the trucking industry.
- DOT’s Drug Alcohol Testing Regulation – 49 CFR Part 40 – “does not authorize ‘medical marijuana’ under a state law to be a valid medical explanation for a transportation employee’s positive drug test result.”
Competencies
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- 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, and other employees of the organization.
- MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving variables in standardized situations.
Job Type: Full-time, Hourly
What We Offer:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k eligible after 1 year of employment with 100% company match up to the first 4%.
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Referral program
If you are not sure this is the job for you, contact us at jobs@redstone-cg.com to learn more about other opportunities we have available and see what we can offer you.
Visit us at https://redstone-cg.com/careers/ for more information about our company.
***Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the above tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list of tasks is illustrative ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions in this class. It does not imply that all positions within the class perform all the duties listed, nor does it necessarily list all possible duties that may be assigned.
RedStone Construction Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, ancestry, amnesty, or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. RedStone Construction Group complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment.
