The Wenger Group is hiring: Feed Truck Driver in Shippensburg

Overview

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We are a leading Northeast family-owned food, agricultural products, and agricultural services organization headquartered in Pennsylvania. We provide animal nutrition and feeds; specialty protein production, processing, and marketing; on-farm protein production services; and grain, fertilizer, and ingredient procurement. We are a stable company with strong core values, great benefits, competitive wage structure, and a safe and healthy work environment. With over 850 team members, we are a growing company in an essential sector – agriculture.

What your day looks like: load, transport, and unload feed between the mill and the customer, ensuring the care of company and customer property. Additionally, based on operational demand, drivers will be routed between manufacturing locations, resulting in deliveries outside of their normal delivery area.

Responsibilities

• Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspection – assuring the safety of the vehicle.
• Drive in a safe manner.
• Load the correct feed from the appropriate bin, close bin and visually check the quality of feed and take a sample of each order delivered – follow proper feed sampling procedures and wear required safety equipment.
• Deliver feed to correct farm and bin number in a timely and efficient manner.
• Report, clean up and properly dispose of feed spills.
• Maintain a clean and orderly vehicle and inform supervisor of vehicle problems.
• Maintain a neat and clean personal appearance.
• Maintain proper company image on highway and on farm (e.g., proper equipment maintenance and attire).
• Report any problems observed in dealing with customers.
• At times, deliver loads with a Gross Weight of 95,000 lbs.
• Perform all duties to assure high quality CSA scores are maintained.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.
• Ability to work / drive in inclement weather (rain/snow) and endure heat / cold while unloading at farms for roughly 30 minutes.

What You Are

• Valid (Class A) CDL and good driving record
• Air Brakes
• Ability to handle flexible hours at times
• Successful completion of DOT Physical and Drug screen
• Ability to work in dusty environment
• Ability to handle on-the-road situations that develop from time to time (snow, ice, accidents)
• Ability to work at 15' heights consistently
• Ability to climb ladders consistently
• Ability to lift up to 66 pounds on occasion (up to 75 lbs as applicable)
• Basic math skills

Benefits

• Promotional opportunities
• Rewards and recognition programs
• Robust onboarding and training program
• Employee Discount Programs (Perks at Work)
• Employee referral program
• Encouraging and collaborative culture

What Our Benefits Are

• Paid Time Off, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Parental Leave, etc.
• Carebridge Employee Assistance Program

For All Full-time Members

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Life Insurance/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Pet Insurance

$7,500 tuition reimbursement (must have graduated from a CDL school within a year of employment).

Equal Opportunity Employer. The Wenger Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type as protected by federal, state, or local laws. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. The Wenger Group is a drug-free workplace. All positions require candidates to pass a pre-employment drug test.