Commercial Metals Company

Truck Driver

Posted on: 31 Jan 2021

Birmingham, AL

Job Description

its whats inside that counts

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Theres more to CMC than our steel products and the buildings, structures, and roads they go into. At CMC, its the people inside our recycling centers, fabrication plants, steel mills and offices that make us who we are as a company. Our success comes from finding, retaining, and supporting the highest quality talent by offering:

* Competitive compensation
* Advancement opportunities
* Training
* Paid time off
* Low-cost medical, dental, vision
* Company-paid life and disability
* Company matching 401(k) plan
* Employee stock purchase plan

Why This Job

CMC provides an excellent opportunity to learn the steel industry and grow in your career. Whether you will spend your day in an office cubicle, operating a crane or running the melt shop at one of our mills, at CMC, youll get the training and support from your team that you need to excel in your role and reach your full potential.

What You'll Do

* Accurately complete corresponding delivery paperwork and work with production, sales and customers to communicate issues with loads and delivery time
* Work safely to prevent on the job injuries by following safety rules and regulations at all times including proper wearing of company PPE
* Drive trucks to weigh stations before and after loading and along routes to document weights and to comply with state regulations
* Ensure vehicle is properly loaded and load secured and product is delivered safely and timely
* Ability to inspect vehicle(s) for any safety or operational defects using DOT, maintenance, and safety checklists and ensuring emergency equipment is in proper working order
* Inventory and inspect goods to be moved to determine quantities and conditions.
* Loading truck may require: securing chains across the width of a trailer to secure the product, both on the bed of a trailer and in an overhead rack, tarping of loads on trailers, and dropping and hooking a trailer
* Perform additional duties as needed.
* Performs daily Pre-Trip, Inter-Trip, and Post Trip Inspections.
* Responsible for the delivery of products to customers, contractors, and jobsites throughout the location geographic region
* Valid Class A Commercial Driver License required
* Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including nights, weekends, some holidays and overtime

What You'll Need

* Ability to pass a company road test
* No violation for careless, negligent or reckless operation of a Commercial Motor Vehicle in previous 3 years
* Driver must be knowledgeable in D.O.T. Regulations/Requirements
* No DUI or DWI (within the last 5 years)
* Frequent physical activity such as walking, climbing stairs/ladders, works with chains, drops and hooks trailers, performs inspections and reaches to work with equipment throughout the entire shift
* Minimum 1 year verifiable tractor/trailer experience required (flatbed hauling over-the-road experience preferred)
* Must be able to lift up to 65 lbs
* Must be able to work outside under all weather conditions to include working in the heat and cold weather
* Must be at least 20 years of age
* Must be willing to learn and tackle new challenges
* Must have effective listening and verbal skills to identify important information and to engage with internal and external customers
* No more than 1 moving violation in the previous 3 years
* No on-road preventable accidents during the past (3) years as shown on the Motor Vehicle Road (MVR); accidents are reviewed by CMC Logistics
* Pass required D.O.T. and CMC Logistics drug testing programs and physicals as required by D.O.T.
* No violation for speeding excessively, 15 mph or more above the posted speed limit in previous 3 years
* Work well with team members or independently; give and receive feedback in a constructive manner

Your Education

* High School Diploma or GED required

We are Commercial Metals Company, a Fortune 500 company with a family feel thats already part of your life. Our steel products have been supporting structures in more than 20 countries for over 100 years. And the secret to our success? Weve built our legacy by assembling a team of innovators and doers to tackle some of the most challenging problems facing our world over the last 100 years but were just getting started.

If youre ready to reimagine ways to make the steel industry more sustainable, reinforce the bridges and roadways connecting our communities, and do meaningful work, youre ready to join CMC. Apply today and start moving your career and our world forward.

CMC is committed to providing equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, or other status protected by federal, state or local law.

Commercial Metals Company

Irving, TX

At CMC, we are committed to being a low-cost, high quality metals recycler, manufacturer and fabricator.

With corporate headquarters in Irving, Texas, Commercial Metals Company operates local recycling centers; steel mini mills and micro mills; fabrication facilities; construction-related product warehouses; heat treating facilities; and other metals related operations in the United States and Europe. You’ll find our steel in sports stadiums and public buildings, highways, bridges and rail systems, and structures around the world.

Our vertical integration business model - from recycling and processing scrap metals, to melting processed scrap into new steel and fabricating finished steel products - revolutionized the way the steel industry operates today.  Through our vertically integrated model, we are able to remain a low-cost, high quality producer and continue to provide value to our customers and our investors.  Whether you are selling scrap metal to a recycling facility, buying truckloads of finished steel or receiving deliveries of fabricated steel on the jobsite - our efficient, vertically aligned business structure ensures you receive the best value with every transaction at every stage. 

CMC was the first steel manufacturer to adopt vertical integration in the United States, and we have successfully created a similar model in Europe.  Each business segment supports the next and allows us to pass additional value on to our customers.