Class A CDL Driver with Hazmat – Gonzalez, LA Select Safety USA

Select Safety Services; Louisiana; On-site; USD 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Class A CDL DOT Driver to join a safety-focused team. In this role, you will be responsible for driving commercial trucks and trailers, ensuring compliance with DOT regulations, and maintaining accurate documentation for pickups and deliveries. The position requires a valid driver's license, a good driving record, and a commercial driver's license with HAZMAT endorsement. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a dynamic team while ensuring safety and efficiency in transporting equipment and supplies. If you are a reliable driver with a commitment to safety, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Valid driver's license and good driving record are essential.
• Must possess a commercial driver's license with HAZMAT endorsement.
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend English instructions.

Responsibilities

• Drive commercial trucks and trailers to transport equipment and supplies.
• Complete required documentation accurately and timely.
• Perform routine vehicle maintenance and inspections.

Skills

Valid driver's license

Good driving record

Ability to read and write English

Driving experience with trailers

Teamwork

Ability to lift 50 pounds

Forklift experience

Trained in Respiratory Protection

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Commercial driver's license (CDL)

HAZMAT endorsement

Tools

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

Job description

Location(s): Pasadena TX, Corpus Christi TX, Gonzalez LA, & Beaumont TX

Description:

Select Safety is looking for a Class A CDL DOT Driver to join our safety conscious team! The Class A DOT Driver drives a commercial truck and a variety of trailers to pick up, haul and unload equipment and supplies to and from job sites and customer locations. Cross trained in air work, gas detection, and rescue services. Complies with current DOT regulations. This position does not drive 18 wheelers. Most loads will be pickup trucks with horse trailers.

Specific Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to complete routine reports and shipping/delivery paperwork.
• Refers to the safety and operations checklists of steps to be followed for each trailer type to be pulled and follows checklist before each haul. Completes DOT and company-required documentation.
• When picking up equipment, inspects for damage and/or excessive wear and notes accordingly.
• Complies with current DOT regulations.
• Completes all documentation associated with delivery and pickup in a timely and accurate manner and obtains signature from customer so that proper invoicing and documentation can be provided to customer.
• Performs basic maintenance and care of assigned vehicle and/or trailer.
• Performs regular inspections, not less than weekly, of all assigned trucks and trailers to ensure that all required safety and preventative maintenance measures have been executed and documented.
• Assists others in facility including stocking shelves with clean, tested and ready to use equipment and pulling, staging and loading customer orders onto trucks for delivery. Maintains work area and other areas in a clean and orderly condition.

Requirements:

• Valid driver’s license from state of residence and valid proof of vehicle insurance. Must possess good driving record and be insurable for Select Safety vehicle insurance while driving company truck.
• Valid TWIC.
• Commercial driver’s license per requirements of facility; HAZMAT endorsement. Must comply with current DOT regulations.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend English (operational, process, safety, and quality instructions).
• Valid medical card.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Second language is a plus.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Driving experience with tractor pulling compressed gas tube trailers and/or 40 ft. or longer trailers.
• Forklift experience preferred. Must pass internal forklift training and certification.
• Proficiency in the care and use of all site specific, facility and customer required Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
• Trained in Respiratory Protection and fully certified to wear respiratory breathing equipment (Fit Tested).
• Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk; and stoop, kneel, or crouch. Uses hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Shop, yard, traffic, and customer environments. May be frequently exposed to wet, humid, outside weather conditions and vibration. Shop, plant, Highway traffic and road debris. High pressure, chemicals, shop traffic. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Reporting Relationships:

Complexity of Duties and Decisions: Work consists of tasks, processes, or operations where the employee must select and apply standard policies and procedures requiring little interpretation. Resolves most questions independently by choosing between a few clear choices or discussing them with a supervisor. Must adhere to departmental policies, schedules, and deadlines. Must conform to standard work practices not limited to safety, security, environmental procedures, Company business practices and codes of conduct.

Authority:

Works under intermittent supervision: Objectives, priorities and deadlines are defined. Assistance is given in unusual situations that do not have clear objectives. Plans and carries out successive steps and resolves problems and deviations in accordance with instructions, policies, and accepted practices.

Select Safety Services and its subsidiaries afford equal opportunity in employment to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, pregnancy, familial status, disability status, veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected under Federal, State or Local law. Select Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer.