Local Class A Feed Driver - Home Every Night

Gold-Star-Feed-; Adams Center (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gold Star is seeking a Class A driver who enjoys returning home each night and working in rural environments with modern equipment. The role focuses on delivering feed and nutrition services in the northeastern U.S. for dairies, handling bulk and bagged products with care and efficiency.

As a driver, you will perform deliveries, maintain safety and vehicle conditions, assist with loading, and complete all scale tickets and delivery paperwork in a timely manner.

Qualifications

• Valid Class A CDL with appropriate endorsements.
• Current DMV printout required as part of application.

Responsibilities

• Operate truck safely and courteously on every delivery.
• Perform pre-trip checks and comply with DOT and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain truck cleanliness inside and out.
• Load, reload and assist with loading as required.
• Inspect hatches, augers and blowers for operation.
• Unload feed to correct location/bin and ensure accuracy of tickets and paperwork.

Skills

Customer service

Safety-conscious

CDL compliance

Job description

Description

We are seeking individual drivers who enjoy being home every night, love rural driving environments, and like the use of modern equipment!

At Gold Star, we offer feed and nutrition services and commodity trading in the northeastern U.S., primarily to dairies. As feed and commodity specialists, our customers count on us to originate feed for the mills, manufacture it according to their unique specifications and handle logistics for a safe and smooth delivery every time.

Job Summary: Class A driver needed to organize, perform and complete the delivery of commercial bulk and bagged feeds in a safe and efficient manner.

• Operate truck in a safe and courteous manner. Safety is first in importance in every delivery task.
• Maintain truck to include but not limited to pre-trip checks, following required DOT and other regulatory agency requirements.
• Responsible for cleanliness of truck including regular washing and cleaning of exterior and interior.
• Loads, reloads and assists other driving in loading as required.
• Inspects hatches, augers and blowers to confirm they are operational and serviceable.
• Responsible for ensuring feed is unloaded to the proper location/bin.
• Ensures accuracy and proper completion of all scale tickets, delivery papers, driver logs and associated documentation.

Requirements

• Licenses: Valid class A Commercial driver’s license with appropriate endorsements. Current DMV printout required as part of application process.
• Driving record must meet minimum risk management requirements.
• Experience: 1+years driving experience required.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills to include being courteous and safe on the customer's property, public roads and company property.

Physical Demands:

• Demonstrate sound judgement in the operation of vehicle.
• Pull, twist, bend and lift 35 pounds to shoulder height as a repeated motion.
• Climb in and out of tractor using proper 3 points of contract.
• Sit for up to 11 hours per day.
• Operate vehicle in all weather conditions.
• 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, sitting all day.
• Regular and predictable attendance in office or site location.
• Local area travel required.