Truck Driver - 601

I. Position Function SUMMARY

Under the direction of the Crop Manager, the Truck Driver is responsible for safely and effectively transporting farm commodity products from fields to storage facilities.

Ii. Essential Functions, Duties, And Responsibilities

The following statements are essential functions of this position and not intended to be all-inclusive; rather, they are intended to describe the general nature and level of work to be performed. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of the incumbent, and an employee may be directed to perform other reasonably related job duties and responsibilities. NAPI reserves the right to revise or change the job duties and responsibilities as the need arises, based on business need, and this position description may be updated accordingly. This position description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintains and complies with total quality controls according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, sorting, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI’s concerns on food safety.
• Operate equipment such as a 10 wheeler manual transmission with air brakes, semi-trucks, 13 speed manual trucks, dump trucks, water tanks, etc., while obeying traffic laws, and following established traffic and transportation procedures.
• Inspect and maintain vehicle supplies and equipment (gas, oil, water, tires, lights, and brakes) to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition.
• Maintain vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
• Identify and report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles to Supervisor.
• Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to vehicles in a timely manner.
• Load and unload trucks with product.
• Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
• Verify and maintain the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers.
• Maintain records such as vehicle logs, records of cargo, or scale tickets in accordance with regulations.
• Read maps, and follow written and verbal geographic directions.
• Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to bases or other vehicles, using telephones or mobile two-way radios.
• Assemble and attach proper mounted equipment, bed, and trailer.
• Ensure bed, loads, and trailers are properly secure and/or covered during route.
• Conduct and maintain vehicle inspection and maintenance schedule and log.
• Monitor recording instruments, or other indicators and watch for warning signals on vehicle or equipment, to verify conformity of equipment operation.
• Regulate or shut down equipment during emergency situations, to prevent further damage or safety issues.
• Inform and coordinate with designated field personnel on field assignments.
• Maintain daily documentations of events through an official operating logbook.
• Self-study to learn the geographical locations of fields for which work is to be completed.
• Work outdoors in any weather condition throughout the season.
• Maintain a clean company vehicle at all times while abiding by NAPI policy on Use of Equipment and Vehicles
• Work a diverse schedule during the season.
• Use proper personal protective equipment at all times.
  
  

Other

• Works collaboratively, cooperatively, and in coordination with fellow team members and with others in the organization, treats them with respect, courtesy and consideration, and shows understanding and the appropriate support of other team members to help
  
  

get the job done.

• Provides information, guidance and resources to diverse groups of customers, clients and others outside of the organization; treats them in a friendly manner with professionalism, helpfulness, respect, courtesy and consideration at all times regardless of
  
  

circumstances.

• Maintains regular, dependable attendance and punctuality, and physical presence at the assigned worksite; must interact directly with people or objects at the worksite on a regular basis.
• Complies with all applicable environmental health and safety policies, procedures and work rules, giving maximum effort to performing job functions in a manner that protects the health and safety of the incumbent, co-workers, and the general public
• Performs other duties as assigned and which are deemed necessary or desirable by NAPI.
  
  

DEPARTMENT JOB ASSIGNMENTS

This Job Description is intended to be somewhat general in nature with respect to the job family, and as such it does not detail all duties of a particular job assignment. Additional duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities may be assigned to an incumbent in this position depending on the Department Job Assignment.

Agronomy

• Operates equipment such as a 16-passenger van while obeying traffic laws, and following established traffic and transportation procedures.
• Conducts control treatments such as spraying or dusting chemical solutions, powders, or gases to suppress rodent populations in and/or around crop fields.
• Collect measurements of infested areas requiring treatment to calculate fumigation requirements.
• Post warning signs to secure area to be fumigated.
• Consistently uses proper application techniques.
• Assist other team members with treatments or extermination processes.
• Occasionally assists other departments with field assignments such as manual weed removal, field mapping, sample collections, load alfalfa bales, and grounds-keeping and facility maintenance which includes, but not limited to: shoveling, manual weed removal, trimming hedges and tree branches, raking, mowing grass, and hauling debris.
  
  

Organic/Conventional Row Crop

• Maintains and complies with total quality controls according to USDA standards relating to inspection, grading, sorting, handling, and shipments that ensure NAPI’s concerns on food safety.
• Operates equipment such as a 10-wheeler manual transmission with air brakes, semi-trucks, 13 speed manual trucks, dump trucks, water tanks, etc., while obeying traffic laws, and following established traffic and transportation procedures.
• Inspects and maintains vehicle supplies and equipment (gas, oil, water, tires, lights, and brakes) to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition.
• Loads and unloads trucks with product.
• Verifies and maintains the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers.
• Assembles and attaches proper mounted equipment, bed, and trailer.
• Ensures bed, loads, and trailers are properly secure and/or covered during route.
  
  

General

III. POSITION AUTHORITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Position has a low level of line responsibility and moderate-level authority to make independent decisions over an assigned department or function. A person in this position has a moderate level of responsibility for a key operation or function.

Results Of Action

Decisions will have a moderate degree of impact on operations or services. Errors may result in significant disruption of operations or services or damage to operational activities. Errors in accuracy, judgment, tact or communication could result in a loss of productivity, and a significant loss of credibility and potential income for the organization. Failure to establish and monitor work schedules for the Department will result in an inability to meet deadlines and will delay the completion of records and other projects.

Budgetary & Financial Resources Accountability

Position has no level of accountability for budgetary or financial decisions, and decisions will have a moderate degree of impact on resource utilization within NAPI; responsible for a low level of impact on an operating budget for the Department;

Equipment/Material Management & Accountability

Position has a high level of responsibility for equipment, material, or supplies; proper utilization is required plus accountability for first-echelon maintenance may be required; minimal authority and accountability for purchase within strict policy guidelines may be present.

Confidential And Sensitive Information

• Incumbent has no access to sensitive and proprietary company data, including but not limited to services, legal and financial data, and an essential job result is the maintenance of a low level of confidentiality of the information processed by the employee.
• Incumbent has no access to personal and professional data regarding individual employees and their families, and to personal data regarding customers/clients/members and their families, and must comply with the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA) to keep that data secure and private.
• Incumbent has no access to health data of employees and their families, and to health data of customers/clients/members and their families, and must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), to keep that data secure and private.
  
  

Independence of Action; Supervision Received:

The Truck Driver works under general supervision of the Crop Foreman. Employee performs minimal level, complex management work, and performs a low level of analysis and problem-solving with a moderate degree of independence and discretion.

Supervision Exercised

The Truck Driver has no supervisory authority or responsibility; although the Truck Driver may retain functional authority over specific projects or areas of responsibility as specified in this Job Description or otherwise delegated by the Crop Foreman.