CDL Dump Truck Driver

Job Overview

Rogers Group Inc. is currently seeking an Experienced CDL Dump Truck driver for the Huntsville, AL / North Alabama operations area, Alabama SMA. The successful candidate will lead safety, quality, and revenue generation throughout our existing operations and help expand additional operations through growth.

Rogers Group, Inc., headquartered in Nashville, is a privately held aggregate and asphalt highway construction company operating and meeting customer needs in 12 states with over 3,000 employees. Established in 1908, RGI is recognized as the largest privately held aggregate producer in the United States.

We have 86 quarries and 56 asphalt plants across Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Arkansas, Texas, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.

• Wages start at $25.00/hr, with starting wages potentially higher based on verifiable experience.
• Full-time / Permanent
• Day Shift
• Weekend work may be required
• Overtime available, along with extensive medical and retirement benefits

• Drive a truck equipped with dump body to transport and dump loose materials such as sand, gravel, crushed rock, or bituminous paving materials.
• Check vehicle to ensure it is safe to operate (tires, headlights, marker lights, stop lights, turn signals, engine oil, power steering fluid, coolant level, fan belts, windshield wipers).
• Operate vehicle in a safe and professional manner regardless of location, speed limit, and traffic.
• Obey state and federal trucking laws.
• Exhibit defensive driving skills.
• Obey weight limits when loading truck.
• Keep floorboards, stepping areas, and handholds free of trash, grease, rags or other obstructions that hinder operation.
• Operate controls for tarping load and strapping tarp, and tarps all loads regardless of material.
• Operate bed controls for raising/lowering dump bed and third axle.
• Hook and adjust tailgate spreader chains for tailgating material.
• Manually clean tailgate and apron after unloading.
• Keep inside of bed clean of buildup of materials.
• Use lower gears when starting vehicle in motion.
• Double-clutch when changing gears.
• Monitor dash gauges (oil, temperature, air, tachometer, speedometer, amperage, and pyrometer).
• Monitor conditions to the sides and rear of vehicle via rear-view mirrors and spot mirrors.
• Constantly monitor company radio for changes of assignment and dispatch.
• Submit daily logs that comply with company, state, and federal regulations.
• Complete and submit a daily truck report.
• Inspect vehicle for defects and notify management via Driver Daily Report; do not drive vehicle with known defect that could cause injury or property damage.

• Extreme amount of body movement and manual labor, including leg movement, engaging/disengaging clutch, depressing brake and accelerator pedals, climbing onto bed, wrist and arm movement, changing gears, steering, neck movement, digging materials, and assisting crews with general labor.
• Adhere to all company, client, and project policies, procedures, and standards.
• Answer directly to the Trucking Supervisor.
• Must be regularly able to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear.
• Frequent climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, bending, twisting, crouching, crawling, and occasional standing and walking.
• Lift and/or move up to 25 lbs, frequently up to 50 lbs, and occasionally up to 100 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities: close, distance, peripheral, depth perception, focus adjustment, and ability to recognize traffic signal colors.
• Occasional exposure to moving mechanical parts, fumes, airborne particles, outside weather, and vibration.
• Moderate noise level in work environment.
• Occasionally required to work long hours (10‑12 hours per day, up to 15 hours).
• Maintain a valid CDL license.
• Adhere to company policy for a current Medical Examiner's Certificate.
• Minimum of 2 years truck driving experience preferred; experience with trucks equipped with third axle.
• Ability to add and subtract two‑digit numbers.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Get…