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Denver, Nc, Us

Sacramento, Ca

➤ Efficiently delivering and picking up portable storage containers from homes or offices, ensuring timely delivery, while performing all duties in a manner that promotes superior customer service and professionalism.➤ Receiving dispatch instructions, verifying load against shipping documents, as well as determining any discrepancies in the paperwork when hauling hazardous material, and verifying product description and proper placarding.➤ Expertly operating a flat-bed truck or single or double tractor-trailer combination in urban, suburban, and rural areas and in all types of weather conditions, while also operating an 8K lb. Propane forklift or a truck mounted forklift.➤ Proactively informing customers of rental agreements and products offered by the company, contributing to the sale of support items, as well as providing customer service at drop/pick-up sites.➤ Performing "Customer Ready" inspections prior to dispatch and increasing production speed, while also coordinating with Sales or Operations staff on any issues, including providing customer support on-site.➤ Communicating frequently with Dispatch or Operations regarding trips, delays, or issues, as well as completing quality check pre-/post-trip inspections, ensuring mileage is reported correctly and container is returned in same condition.➤ Effectively coordinating maintenance on vehicles and performing spot inspections for cleanliness and any potential, while consistently performing pre- and post- trip before and after the shift.➤ Leveraging knowledge of the metroplex area to load and unload storage containers onto the truck bed for delivery to the storage facility, using a truck mounted forklift to remove containers from vehicle, and position in the storage location.

West Sacramento, Ca

➤ Ensured the accurate delivery of materials according to all established company and regulatory policies and procedures.➤ Loaded, segregated, and unloaded hazardous and non-hazardous material, delivering multiple stops daily with the use of electric pallet jack using lift gate.➤ Operated within a 200 air-mile radius of the warehouse, routinely returning to home base each day, while maintaining daily logs, worksheets, timecard, expense reports, dispatch, and trip reports and vehicle inspection reports.➤ Placed Health & Safety as the number one priority, including regularly checking the vehicle to ensure mechanical safety.➤ Proactively obtained receipts or signatures for delivered goods and collected payments when required, as well as checked all load-related documentation to ensure that it was complete and accurate.➤ Efficiently maneuvered trucks into loading and unloading position, driving trucks with capacity greater than 17 tons including bobtails and tractor trailer combinations.➤ Secured cargo for transportation using chains, binders, tarps, bungee cords, and rachets, while reporting vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damages to the vehicle or roll-off, dewatering, vacuum, or mud boxes.➤ Conducted pre-trip inspections and maintained a clean environment inside and outside the truck, ensuring the mud tank and roll-off, vacuum, and dewatering boxes were cleaned on the outside.➤ Actively listened to and reported customer complaints, concerns, or questions to the Dispatcher, ensuring the company met client expectations, while working with customers to ensure safe, proper handling of the hazardous materials.

Sacramento, Ca

➤ Effectively served as a Contractor for the U.S. Postal Service, operating a heavy-duty tractor-trailer either in over-the-road, city shuttle service, or trailer spotting operations.➤ Worked long hours while remaining DOT compliant and in conformity with time schedules and in accordance with instructions regarding the route assigned, as well as prepared daily trip reports.➤ Picked up, hauled, unloaded, and delivered bulk quantities of mail at postal installations, railroad mail facilities, and airports.➤ Proactively determined the condition of the tractor-trailer prior to leaving and in returning to garage, as well as reported all accidents, mechanical defects, and mechanical failures in the course of the trip.

➤ Local Delivery Driver – CoreMark, Sacramento, CA – 2015➤ Yard Hostler – Propak Logistics, West Sacramento, CA – 2015➤ Professional Class A Truck Driver – ProDrivers, Manteca, CA – 2014 to 2015➤ LTL Class A Driver – USF Reddaway, San Leandro, CA – 2013➤ OTR Class A Driver – Covenant Transport, Chattanooga, TN – 2012 to 2013➤ Chauffeur – Rock Star Limo SD, San Diego, CA – 2012➤ Bus Operator – San Diego Transit, San Diego, CA – 2007 to 2012➤ Unit Level Switchboard Operator Supervisor & Truck Driver, Rank E-4 – United States Marine Corps, Miramar, CA – 2002 to 2009

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Economics

High School Diploma