About the Role
The Self-Loader Log Truck Driver is responsible for safely loading, transporting, and unloading forest products between job sites, log yards, mills, and customer locations. This position operates a self-loading log truck equipped with a knuckle boom loader and must comply with all company policies, DOT regulations, and applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Essential Function / Duties*
- Transports forest products safely and efficiently between job sites, log yards, mills, and customer locations.
- Operate during daytime, evening, and extended-hour shifts as required.
- Maneuver truck into loading/unloading position and load/unload forest products using knuckle boom loader.
- Build legal loads of veneer or saw logs, saw bolts, and pulpwood, in accordance with applicable state regulations
- Properly secure loads using chains, binders, or straps as required by law.
- Conduct en-route inspections to verify load stability and re-secure loads as necessary
- Release binders and unload products according to instructions given by mill or yard staff.
- Maintain trip tickets and scale slips for loads hauled; turn them into office.
- Maintain contact with supervisor, logging crews and other trucks hauling in area.
- Assist with route planning to maximize efficiency and productivity.
- Communicate customer concerns, questions, or service issues to management.
- Comply with all environmental policies and procedures.
- Maintain vehicles in safe operating condition as required by State and DOT regulations.
- Perform before, during, and after operation user inspections.
- Complete and submit required inspection and maintenance reports.
- Install and remove tire chains as required by road and weather conditions
- Report vehicle defects, malfunctions, or repair needs to management promptly.
- Keep trucks and equipment clean and presentable.
- Always operate all equipment safely and professionally. Comply with all company safety policies and procedures.
- Identify, report, and help eliminate workplace hazards.
- Maintain electronic or written driver logs and records in accordance with state and federal regulations.
- Follow all applicable DOT, FMCSA, OSHA, and transportation safety requirements.
*This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the essential functions
Work Schedule / Supervision
Position:Full-time, 40+ hours per week; irregular hours with early start time & late end time; constant travel to remote woodlands’ sites; some overnight stays out of town.
Position Status: Exempt Status: without compensation; without notice.
Recommended Education / Experience
High School Diploma or GED, 21+ years of age; CDL Class A License; valid Medical Examiner’s Certificate; pre-Employment and Random Controlled Substance and Alcohol Test; working knowledge of State and DOT regulations, traffic laws and defensive driving; safely driving vehicles; safety precautions with logging equipment
Expected Behaviors / Qualities
Positive and cooperative, committed to quality customer service, trustworthy, diplomatic, courteous; team-oriented; respectful; service-oriented; able to work independently and to work with others; motivated/ safety mindset
Work Environment
Traveling and working in all types of weather conditions in log truck; around logging equipment machinery and mills, loud noises
Other
No record of criminal convictions which may be deemed to disqualify the person from employment; annual review of driving record with copy of license; all moving violations reported to company within 3 days; immediate termination of employment for alcohol or drug related offense; reliable transportation to location of truck.
About Longyear
Longyear is a privately held entrepreneurial asset management company based in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. We have a 150-year track record for embracing opportunity and growing long-term value. Over several generations, we have grown our natural resource enterprise into a powerful family of companies that deliver a steady supply of high-quality products that benefit consumers, businesses, and communities. Our companies include Northern Hardwoods, Able Medical Devices, JML Forestry and Forestville.
Today we continue to support growth and prosperity in our businesses and across our region, with more than 200 employees, hundreds of contractors, and continued long-term investment in companies that prioritize people and the environment.