Job Details
Job Location: LeMars IA - LeMars, IA
Position Type: Full Time
Education Level: High School
Salary Range: Undisclosed
Travel Percentage: Road Warrior
Job Category: Trucking
Description
Who We Are:
AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is a joint venture between two of the top John Deere Dealerships in the United States. By joining forces, we continue to lead the charge in technology, innovation, and best-in-class service and support for our respective customers. Our purpose is to lead agriculture in rural America.
We credit our success to our knowledgeable, competitive, hardworking, and passionate employees that strive for excellence in everything they do. We live out our Guiding Principles of Integrity, Servant Leadership, Courageous Innovation, and Performance.
With over 100 years of experience in the agricultural industry we have a rich heritage, growth mindset, and entrepreneurial spirit. Today, we have a strong presence in numerous locations with our support spanning through western Iowa, eastern Nebraska, central and eastern Kansas, and northwest Missouri.
We are seeking driven, highly motivated, collaborative, and intellectually curious professionals who want to be part of cultivating the highest impact culture in the agriculture equipment industry. Previous experience and knowledge of large ag equipment or commercial/turf equipment is welcomed but not required. We can train with the right individual who is willing to work hard and make customers their #1 priority.
Look Forward. Adapt Often. Lead Always.
General Purpose:
The Bulk Oil Driver is responsible for operating AVE-PLP’s commercial vehicles to deliver bulk fluids to the dealerships and customers. The Bulk Oil Driver reports to the Parts Inventory Analyst.
Essential Functions:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Transports bulk fluids to customers in AVE-PLP’s area of responsibility.
- Safely drives AVE-PLP vehicles to and from destination.
- Assembles new bulk oil customer equipment.
- Checks loads to ensure the product is being hauled in an appropriate and safe manner.
- Verifies directions with supervisor before leaving PLP to ensure delivery to the correct customer.
- Ensures equipment is in an acceptable condition of cleanliness using approved cleaning materials and supplies.
- Maintains contact with the supervisor to receive and transmit delivery instructions.
- Completes pre-trip and post-trip inspections on AVE-PLP vehicle equipment and supplies.
- Maintains good working knowledge of the traffic routes of the area.
- Performs other duties as required and necessary to ensure the success of AVE-PLP.
Supervisory Duties:
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to consistently promote, support, work, and act in a manner in support of AVE-PLP’s DNA.
- Knowledge of Department of Transportation (DOT) driving regulations and area roads.
- Ability to pump product to and/or from a tote, drum, or tank.
- Ability to develop working relationships with customers, both external and internal, to maximize sales, service, and parts opportunities and to ensure customer needs are addressed.
- Ability to perform minor roadside repairs, such as installing light bulbs.
Education:
- High School Diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) equivalent is required.
Experience:
- Two years of experience operating commercial vehicles is required.
- Experience delivering bulk fluids preferred.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.
Additional Requirements/Licenses/Certifications:
- Must have reliable transportation.
- Must have a valid driver’s license.
- Commercial Driver’s License is required.
- Must have proof of ability to meet DOT physical requirements.
- Passing a driving record (MVR), criminal history background checks, employment verification, and drug screen will be required prior to the start of employment.
- Passing a Drug Screen is required at random request and in the event of a qualified traffic incident as required by AVE-PLP or to comply with DOT requirements.
Working Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Occasional outdoor work in extreme weather conditions (hot/cold); walking on uneven terrain; occasional exposure to insects.
- Work may be performed in a standard laboratory, field, or an office environment during all types of temperatures, weather conditions and all times of day or night while being exposed to excessive noise from machines. Snowy, wet, and muddy conditions will exist. Work may be done in confined or cramped spaces.
- Regular and long-term exposure to work areas containing toxic/caustic/hazardous/volatile chemicals; extreme conditions such as hot/cold; sharp hazards; dust/fumes/gasses; electrical shock; moving mechanical parts; high pitched and/or constant loud noise; sometimes long-term contact with bacteria and odorous, infectious/obnoxious material.
- Work may involve assisting with sampling, calibration of equipment and process instruments calibration / maintenance often in difficult areas.
- Ability to use gas monitoring equipment, safety tripod and harness and any other required safety equipment for entering both high and low hazard confined spaces for either plant.
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required including cold weather gear, eye protection, gloves, and provided uniform.
- A clean and safety-conscientious environment required while employed.
- Work may involve long hours and overtime during holidays, weekends, and evenings.
- May be required to rotate on-call responsibilities.
- Must reside within 30 minutes of facility to be included with on-call rotation.
Physical Activities:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to stand, sit, walk, walk on unpaved terrain, talk, reach with arms and hands, have good manual dexterity, use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard, handle or feel, hear alarms/telephones/normal speaking voice.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
- May involve climbing ladders, stairs, steps and traversing catwalk grating, pushing, pulling, bending, stooping, and kneeling on a frequent basis and working in confined space and manual dexterity required to complete work tasks through safe and proper operation of power and hand tools, and motor vehicles.
- Ability to sit for sustained periods of time while operating a motor vehicle.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- Strenuous physical work involving heavy lifting, pushing, or pulling of objects up to 50 pounds frequently and 75 pounds occasionally.
- Moving, positioning and carrying loads of up to 15 pounds upstairs and loading on four-foot-high surfaces frequently.
- Ability to withstand extreme hot and cold temperatures.
- While performing the duties of the job, the employee may be exposed to fumes such as vehicle exhaust.
- While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly exposed to loud noise such as the sounds of vehicle motors.
AgriVision Equipment Group and PrairieLand Partners (AVE-PLP, LLC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any person in any condition of employment based on race, color, creed, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, or veteran status.
