Truck Loader Job Description
Truck Loader Duties & Responsibilities
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Truck Loader Qualifications
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Education for Truck Loader
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the truck loader job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, General Education, Education, High School Education, Supervision, Information Systems, Computer Science
Skills for Truck Loader
Desired skills for truck loader include:
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Truck Loader Examples
Truck Loader Job Description
- Responsible for knowledge and ability to perform work for plant blending operations
- Tank Gauging knowledge and ability
- Know and follow all plant environmental control policies and procedures
- Meet team expectation such as reliability, teamwork, and process improvement
- Safely operate all associated equipment
- Load/Unload Asphalt Trucks and Unload Rail Cars at all loading racks and unloading area’s in the plant
- Responsible for replacing plant chart recorder charts
- Safe handling of glass and related building products
- Jockey tractor trailers, in and out of loading bays
- Adherence to all safety policies and procedures when performing tasks
- Must be able to work in hot environment
- Must have the ability to lift and/or move up to 75 lbs unassisted
- Requires lifting 40 lbs., 50 lbs
- Ability to wear the required safety equipment which includes safety boots with metatarsal guards and stand for extended periods of time
- Minimum 7 Years of technical experience in Microsoft Stack (Visual Studio, .Net, ASP, ) preferably in a Dynamics AX environment
- Able to think under pressure and make quick decisions
Truck Loader Job Description
- Be responsible for the delivery and return of materials to internal and external customers
- Comply with safety policies and procedures in the work area and use applicable protective equipment at all times to prevent exposure to potentially infectious blood and bodily fluids
- Lift and stack 20 lbs to 50 lbs feed bags into trailers
- Railcar loading including operation of railcar mover
- Able to climb 15 ladders/stairs onto loading areas, bulk tankers and railcars
- Completes any other duties that may be assigned in order to complete the job
- Safely loading trucks while weighing, sampling, and completing required documentation for bulk trucks
- Safely unloading off-spec railcars
- Participating in safety programs
- Assisting bulk car loading when required
- Routinely ascend and descend stairs and ladders as work area requires
- Safeguard self with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – steel toed shoes, ear plugs, eye protection, hard hat, gloves (glasses, goggles, and/or facemask) as necessary for task
- Ability to move up to 40 lbs without assistance
- Wear approved steel toed boots for a minimum of 8-10 hours on concrete floors
- Ability to squat, lift, bend, twist, walk, and reach frequently throughout the day, every day
- Ability to load, unload, push, and pull glass and metal product throughout the day, every day
Truck Loader Job Description
- Inspect and perform minor maintenance on assigned equipment
- Coordinate as necessary with all other departments/ functions, especially Customer Service, Transportation and Maintenance
- Operating a tractor with a standard transmission
- Perform any other job-related duties assigned to them by their supervisor or leadman
- Requires lifting, bending, twisting, stooping, excessive walking and constant standing
- Off-loading rail cars and/or tanker trucks
- Processing bill of ladings and ensuring proper documentations is in place for drivers
- Operating a truck scale
- Pumping finished bulk fluids into trucks for delivery
- Filling drums, pails, totes with finished product
- Must have the ability to constantly lift and/or move up to 75 lbs
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, procedures manual, and to comprehend basic instructions
- Ability to communicate effectively with supervisor, lead, co-workers and other personnel
- Strong interpersonal communication skills, both with peers in or outside the maintenance group supervisors/management
- Able to follow set procedures
- Ability to work productively alone or as part of a team
Truck Loader Job Description
- Performing daily tank readings and inputing data into computer/tablet
- Accurately selects and loads baskets of bread and related products on route trucks
- Work with co-workers as a team and accept direction from the Lead Loader
- Keep work areas clean and tidy
- Ensure employees are performing proper housekeeping within the department throughout the shift
- Operate equipment (Overhead Crane, Hi-Lo, ) as needed to load material
- Maintain the company vehicle and equipment at all times to ensure safety to him/her and the equipment that he will operate
- Pre-loading delivery trucks
- Reading loading reports
- Order picker driving
- Demonstrated ability to solve problems in a practical, methodical way while preserving sense of urgency
- Solid computer skills, to include data entry, Excel, and word
- Must be able to work holidays and overtimeas required
- Successfully pass our drug screen and background check requirements (we do not check your credit score)
- Ability to work in a fast paced, physically demanding environment requiring constant walking, ascending/descending stairs or pallet jack platform, bending, reaching, lifting and carrying
- Must be able to work independently or within a team environment
Truck Loader Job Description
- Verifies products selected for customer orders and checks off as appropriate on packing lists
- Loads truck with customer shipments on skids in brick wall formation
- Accurately selects and loads baskets of bread and related
- Safely loading trucks on level ground and ensuring even load weight distribution, while leaving room to secure load with poles and straps to ensure safe delivery to the customer
- Reading load reports
- Cherry picker driving
- Load, unload,pick, put away, consolidate,stack and stage products and materials
- Communicate problems, concerns and ideas to management
- Operate order picker to hand pick products for delivery
- Packaging of sheeting using wrapping equipment
- Must adhere to all safety regulations and procedures
- Employees in all warehouse positions must be able to immediately perceive auditory warning signals such as bells, alarms, and horns that are used to warn employees of the startup, movement, or approach of equipment (including forklifts, turrets, overhead cranes, conveyors, trucks, and other equipment operated inside or outside the warehouse), mechanical abnormalities, and similar risk situations during warehouse operations
- Prior experience as a yard jockey or a CDL Class A driver
- Ability to jockey tractor trailer/ straight trucks
- Ability to squat, crouch, bend, twist, lift, pull, reach, and walk as many as 10 or more hours per day
- Continuous repetitive use of hands/arms using staple and nail guns