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Guardian Glass
Truck Driver
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What they do
A Tractor-Trailer Truck Driver drives large commercial vehicles such as tractor-trailers, semi-trucks, or big rigs. Responsibilities typically include transporting cargo across long distances, sometimes over the course of multiple days. They may work for trucking companies, freight carriers, logistics, or shipping companies.
$41,107 / year median in Virginia
-7% projected decline
Job Description
Your Job Guardian Glass is seeking their next Truck Driver in Galax, VA ! New starting wage 55 cents per mile with an increase at 6 months to 58 cents per mile and again at one year to 62 cents per mile for solo drivers. 7 percent match on 401k, 3 weeks paid vacation upon hire, more home time, excellent medical benefits. $5,000 sign on bonus! Our Team Who are Guardian Industries? When you are looking at a city's skyline or any of the latest cars and trucks, chances are you're seeing our products. Through Guardian Glass, a Guardian Industries company, we make high- performance, energy efficient glass for homes and buildings. SRG Global™, a Guardian Industries company, makes automotive trim products that define a vehicle's DNA and help improve fuel efficiency. And perhaps most of all, we make the ideas, formulas and processes that make these products possible. Guardian Industries is 18,000 people working to make products that improve people's lives! To learn more, visit our website at: https://www.guardian.com . What You Will Do
- Perform all duties necessary to ensure the safe operation and delivery of flat glass products
- Drive combination vehicles weighing up to 80,000 lbs gross
- Maintain current hours of duty status according to FMCSA regulation via electronic logging device
- Drive/Work up to 14 hours a day any day of the week
- Drive/Work 50-70 hours in any 8 day period
- Lift up to 75 lbs (by individual)
- Perform Driver Vehicle Inspections, FMCSA, DOT, inspections according to FMCSA regulation
- Secure loads of glass to the trailer which requires climbing on ladder, using winch bars for cinching straps tight enough to hold containers of glass weighing 12,000 lbs in unison. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Experience using a computer or tablet What Will Put You Ahead
- One or more years of experience working in a farming, manufacturing, industrial, or military environment
- Six months or more of machine operator experience
- Experience operating a forklift At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs.