Heavy Transportation Driver
Local Work Rights Required
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Role Summary
Join Southern California Edison as a Heavy Transportation Driver to contribute to the Clean Energy Revolution while transporting essential materials and equipment.
About the Organisation
The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.
Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at AskHR@sce.com or (626) 302-3456 and select option 2.
Key Responsibilities
- Drives any size or type of heavy truck and tows any size or type of trailer with an unlimited combination of axles and/or maximum weight and/or height, width or length allowed by state or local regulations, to transport material, tools, equipment, and supplies. Loads and unloads all types of freight and construction equipment from truck and/or trailer.
- Operates or directs others in operation of truck and trailer auxiliaries, and all types of material handling equipment to load and unload freight.
- Performs duties of Construction Equipment Operator IV, as qualified, or helper when not hauling freight.
- Loads truck and trailer to assure proper distribution of load. Secures loads to prevent shifting and covers load as required to prevent damage.
- Performs vehicle inspections and makes minor or emergency repairs and adjustments.
- Attaches coupling, safety chains, lights, brake connections and warning flags.
- Signs paper for receipt and delivery of freight.
- Prepares vehicle operator reports.
Minimum Requirements
- Five years of flatbed and/or trailer experience.
- Class A license that includes these endorsements: Hazmat, Tankers, Doubles and Triples.
- Knowledge of: Operation and maintenance of heavy truck and trailer equipment; Company policies and practices and Accident Prevention Rules for vehicle operation; traffic laws, permits and routes for trucking activities; trucker rigging methods and hand signals for material excavation and earth moving construction equipment for loading or unloading or work as qualified as Construction Equipment Operator IV; First Aid Procedures; and Safe Work Practices.
- Ability to: Skillfully operate and maneuver truck and trailer equipment under a variety of traffic and terrain conditions; comply with traffic laws; follow authorized truck routes; make minor repairs and adjustments to trucking equipment; understand and follow oral and written instructions; perform heavy physical work; write legibly; give and interpret signals for operating material handling equipment; operate light construction equipment for on or off loading as required; and maintain a Class A Driver's License.
Eligibility Criteria
Only applicants with a valid California Class A Driver's License and no need for sponsorship are eligible.
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