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This job was posted by https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.arjoblink.arkansas.gov/jobs/4387525

Seasonal/Temporary work from 2/15/2025 - 5/30/2025

Crops/Commodities: bedding plants and perennials.\ This job requires a minimum of 6 months verifiable prior experience driving/servicing semi tractor-trailer trucks. Workers must be able to perform all duties with accuracy and efficiency. Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience.

Worker will drive semi tractor-trailer truck to/from specified destinations; maneuver trucks into and out of loading and unloading positions. Worker must possess the ability to read a map, use GPS and successfully navigate to a specific location; complete electronic log book; regularly climb up and down, on, into and out of tractor and trailers; complete pre-trip and post-trip inspection and paperwork on trucks and trailers. Worker must be responsible for cargo which includes checking load before departing, securing load at all times, replacing or straightening up tipped or fallen plants, operate lift gate correctly, load and unload racks safely, secure unloaded racks at delivery location with plastic film, load up empty racks at each stop if available, move loaded racks around inside trailer to facilitate loading of empty racks, and report any damages or errors to office in shipment not in agreement with paperwork. Workers must be responsible for equipment including checking all fluid levels, keeping truck and reefer unit filled with diesel and DEF, checking tire pressures, reporting excessive tire wear, report and explain any damage to truck or trailer, and know how to operate and reset reefer unit. Workers will assist with the loading and unloading of delivery racks. Clean soiled lights, windows and mirrors. Add oil and engine fuel, as needed. Workers will be solely responsible for repairing and maintaining racks in between driving assignments. Further, workers will also be solely responsible for transporting bales of hay from Employers site locations in between driving assignments, as applicable.

Worker must possess a valid driver\'s license, Class A CDL or equivalent; must be able/willing to drive in snow and possible hazardous conditions. May also drive other types of company vehicles. Insurable driver\'s license required in order to drive company vehicles, including semi-trucks. Workers must maintain a valid driver\'s license, Class A CDL or equivalent and a clean driving record throughout employment and comply with applicable requirements of the United States Department of Transportation regulations. Must pass a post-employment road test to gauge driving ability.

Employer uniformly conducts a post-employment DOT physical, background check and motor vehicle records check. Workers need to work with sales representatives and/or merchandizer at the stores to assist in handling product including but not limited to unloading product, placing them in merchandizing tables, collecting plants and rolling racks.

Must have proficiency in English to communicate, read and comprehend traffic signage, and interact with roadway officials.

While the employer does not require prospective applicants to take and pass a drug/alcohol test prior to a hiring decision, the employer has a no-exceptions drug/alcohol policy requiring newly-hired employees to take and pass an employer-paid drug/alcohol test. Every new hire must undergo testing before starting work with the company. All testing is conducted uniformly after an initial job offer has been extended and accepted by the new hire. If an employee tests positive, he/she is immediately terminated and paid for all hours worked between the first date of employment and the date of termination, if any. In the case of a non-local or fo eign worker who is terminated for failure to pass a drug or alcohol test, the employer will arrange least-cost transportation to the worker\'s place of recruitment, at the worker\'s expense.

In view of the statutorily established basic function of the ES as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the SWAs are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the ES constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party