WIPP Specialty Driver

Overview

CAST Transportation is looking to add drivers to our specialty WIPP drivers.
CAST Specialty was established in 2003, as a dedicated fleet to the Department of Energy (DOE) Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).
CAST Specialty has completed its fifth (5th) consecutive five-year contract and has recently been awarded its unprecedented sixth (6th). We have just begun our 26th year!

• Must be an American Citizen.
• Must be a Haz-mat driver willing to run Teams.
• The CAST driver qualification plan is intended to meet or exceed the requirements concerning transportation safety, including 49 CFR, Parts 171-177, 382, 383, 390-399. Drivers shall meet or exceed licensing, training and physical qualification requirements as set forth in 49 CFR, Part 172.700, “Training” 49 CFR Parts 382, 383, 390-397 and the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986, and amendments.
• Drivers must be at least 25 years of age.
• Driver has logged a minimum of 100,000 miles per year in two of the last five years in a commercial semi-tractor trailer combination over-the-road operation or has logged a minimum of 325,000 miles in five years. (A DOE waiver may apply for Drivers already on, or previously on, the DOE WIPP qualified drivers list)
• The driver has not received a chargeable incident or been convicted of a moving violation in a commercial vehicle within the last five years.
• Driver's driving history for the past five years in a private vehicle has been reviewed and documented.
• Driver does not have repeated chargeable incidents, repeated moving violation convictions or a single DWI or DUI in a private or commercial motor vehicle in the last 10 years.
• The driver has not been convicted of a felony, as verified by the state of residence.

Drivers must live within a reasonable distance (preferably within 200 miles) from the Carlsbad terminal in order to meet the Contract requirement of accommodating delivery of one or more tractor(s) and driving team(s) within a 4-hour notice as scheduled by DOE.