Log Truck Driver Job at Able Medical Devices in Marquette

The Self Loader Log Truck Driver loads/unloads and hauls wood products from job sites or wood yard to customers/wood yard in a safe and legal manner following Company, Local, State and DOT laws and guidelines. We are hiring a Log Truck Driver for the Western Upper Peninsula.

Transports products in a safe and efficient manner from job sites or log yard to log yard or customers during day, evening, or overnight hours.

• Maneuver truck into loading/unloading position and load/unload forest products using knuckle boom loader.
• Create legal loads of veneer or saw logs, saw bolts, pulpwood, according to state laws.
• Secure loads in a legal manner with chains or straps according to state laws.
• Check load in route to ensure logs or pulpwood have not shifted, adjust load and secure again.
• Release binders and unload products according to instructions given by mill or yard staff.
• Maintain trip ticket and scale slips for loads hauled; turn them into office.
• Maintain contact with supervisor, logging crews and other trucks hauling in area.
• Assist in planning routes to ensure most economical use of time.
• Relay customer concerns or questions to supervisor.
• Comply with environmental standards and clean up spills with spill kit and report according to procedures.

Maintain vehicle in a safe operating condition as required by State and DOT regulations.

• Perform before, during, and after operation user inspections, maintenance, and repairs; provide reports.
• Perform emergency roadside repairs, such as changing tires, installing light bulbs, tire chains, and spark plugs.
• Install and remove tire chains.
• Report and/or refer defects or needed repairs to supervisor.
• Maintain maintenance logs on company-owned trucks.

Promote high safety standards; comply with local, state, and federal transportation and safety laws and regulations.

• Always operate log truck in a safe manner; detect and eliminate safety hazards.
• Maintain truck logs according to state and federal regulations utilizing software.

*This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the essential functions

Work Schedule / Supervision

Position:Full-time, 40+ hours per week; irregular hours with early start time & late end time; constant travel to remote woodlands’ sites; some overnight stays out of town.

Position Status: Exempt Status: without compensation; without notice.

Recommended Education / Experience

High School Diploma or GED, 21+ years of age; CDL Class A License; valid Medical Examiner’s Certificate; pre-Employment and Random Controlled Substance and Alcohol Test; 5+ years log truck driving; working knowledge of State and DOT regulations, traffic laws and defensive driving; safely driving vehicles; safety precautions with logging equipment

Expected Behaviors / Qualities

Positive and cooperative, committed to quality customer service, trustworthy, diplomatic, courteous; team-oriented; respectful; service-oriented; able to work independently and to work with others; motivated/ safety mindset

Traveling and working in all types of weather conditions in log truck; around logging equipment machinery and mills, loud noises

Other

No record of criminal convictions which may be deemed to disqualify the person from employment; annual review of driving record with copy of license; all moving violations reported to company within 3 days; immediate termination of employment for alcohol or drug related offense; reliable transportation to location of truck.

About Longyear

Longyear is a privately held entrepreneurial asset management company based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We have a 150-year track record for embracing opportunity and growing long-term value. Over several generations, we have grown our natural resource enterprise into a powerful family of companies that deliver a steady supply of high-quality products that benefit consumers, businesses, and communities. Our companies include Northern Hardwoods, Able Medical Devices, JML Forestry and Forestville.

Today we continue to support growth and prosperity in our businesses and across our region, with more than 200 employees, hundreds of contractors, and continued long-term investment in companies that prioritize people and the environment.