Fuel Transport / Bobtail Driver

Qualifications

• Must be 22 years old.

• Commercial Driving: 1 year (Preferred)
• Must pass criminal background check.
• Must pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing.
• Criminal background check (Preferred)

Full Job Description

Fuel Transport / Bobtail Driver

Minimum Requirements:

• Class A commercial driver’s license required.
• Tank and HazMat endorsements required.
• Current 1 year DOT medical card.
• 2 years driving experience in Class A vehicle
• No more than 1 moving violation in the last 3 years.
• Ability to drive a commercial motor vehicle.
• Ability to work with sections of hose that may exceed 20′ in length, measures 4′ in diameter, and lift as much as 50lbs occasionally.
• Ability to couple hoses to connect and disconnect hoses.
• Ability to drive truck off road, on roads that are narrow and have steep inclines.
• Ability to safely climb ladders and walk on top of truck tanks.
• Ability to stand and/or sit for prolonged periods.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen and in truck driving test.
• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Proper pre and post trip truck and trailer inspections.
• Safely drive loaded and empty tanker trucks of various sizes, makes/models, and configurations.
• Properly load and unload; handling, hooking, and unhooking hoses.
• Operating pumps and valves for loading and unloading, both on and off the truck.
• Safely fill tanks of all types and sizes using various size hoses, nozzles, and fittings; safely using pipe wrenches, crescent wrenches, hammers, and other hand tools.
• Accurately complete driver logs, pre and post trip forms, invoices, and other paperwork as required.
• Courteously work with management, dispatchers, fellow employees, and customers.

Education:

• High school diploma or GED required.

Working Conditions:

• Walk, bend, reach, push, pull, stoop, squat, and climb, as required, in order to perform required vehicle inspections.
• Frequently climb in and out of a large truck.
• Extended schedule may be required as dictated by management and business needs.
• May be required to lift, push, or pull materials weighing up to one hundred (50) pounds.
• May be required to be exposed to extreme weather conditions (snow, ice, heat, winds).
• Remote locations.
• Occasionally climb ladders to inspect inside the cargo tank following loading or unloading.
• Sit for extended periods of time in a truck and be able to drive, for as many as 11 hours while transporting hazardous materials such as gasoline and diesel fuel.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Referral program
• Safety equipment provided.
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Home daily
• Home weekly
• Overtime
• Weekends
• Year-round work

Supplemental Pay:

• Signing bonus

COVID-19 considerations:

Fuel’s driver is to wear proper PPE when engaging with customers and/or loading facilities.  ALL PPE (Masks, Gloves, Hand Sanitizer) is provided to company drivers.

Experience:

• Commercial Driving: 1 year (Preferred)

Shift Availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply.
• Only full-time employees eligible

Work Remotely:

• No

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Personal protective equipment provided or required.
• Temperature screenings
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place