Job Description
Burkhart Enterprises, Inc. is currently seeking a Class A or B CDL Local Delivery Truck Driver in the Knoxville, TN, area. Drivers with experience pulling pneumatic tanks, flatbed trailers, or dump trucks are preferred but not required.
As a Burkhart Enterprises truck driver, you will drive within a 300-mile radius of Knoxville. You will be home on nights and weekends.
The benefits of working with us include:
- Excellent pay
- Safety bonus
- Longevity bonus
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacations
- High driver retention rate
Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 2 years of truck driving experience
- Class A or B Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
Responsibilities:
- Pre-trip Inspections
- Load securement
- ELD compliant
- Reporting of vehicle repair needs following applicable state and federal regulations.
- Highway safety
- Customer service
Skills:
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
- Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
- Monitoring/assessing the performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
About us:
Burkhart Enterprises, Inc. is a third-generation company that has diligently continued to improve and expand its business over the past six decades. Truck transportation is a major operation at Burkhart Enterprises. This part of the organization supports all our other operations & brings them together as a cohesive process.
Our operations include:
- A loading & unloading facility.
- A rail facility with 2000′ rail, bottom dump pit, 32 car capacity.
- Privately owned river port where loaded barges are offloaded using two large excavators equipped with clamshell buckets.
- A 1250 Komatsu & 1000 Komatsu.
- A 100-ton Northwest crane is also available for heavier lifting.
- Various other equipment, such as loaders, tandem trucks & forklifts, augment the barging operation.
Our equipment includes:
- Late-model Mack tractors
- Aluminum flatbed trailers
- Aluminum dump trailers
- Pneumatic tankers
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.