Required / Preferred Experience & Certifications
Container & Wharf Experience
- MSIC (Maritime Security Identification Card)
- Previous wharf and port experience
- Empty container park experience
- Experience collecting and delivering import/export containers
- Good understanding of container procedures, including container numbers, seals, and paperwork
Side Loader Experience
- Proven side-loader operating experience
- Experience loading and unloading 20ft and 40ft containers
- Ability to safely position and secure containers
- Good understanding of safe operating procedures around loading/unloading areas
Heavy Vehicle / Truck Driving Experience
- Appropriate heavy vehicle license for the vehicle being operated
- Strong heavy vehicle driving experience
- Good knowledge of metropolitan and interstate roads/routes
- Clean driving history preferred
- Good understanding of Chain of Responsibility (COR), vehicle safety, and load restraint requirements
- Ability to complete daily vehicle inspections and identify/report defects
Fatigue Management
- BFM (Basic Fatigue Management) experience/certification preferred
- Experience working within regulated fatigue management requirements
- Understanding of work diary / fatigue recording requirements
- Good understanding of fatigue management and work/rest requirements
- MT DATA experience
Oversize / General Freight Experience (will be highly regarded)
- Previous experience with oversize and/or over mass loads preferred
- Experience with rigid trucks and general freight
- Experience securing loads using chains, straps, binders, and other appropriate restraint equipment
- Understanding of load restraint requirements
- Experience with permits, escort requirements and oversize load procedures would be highly regarded
Personal Requirements
We are looking for drivers who are:
- Reliable and punctual
- Safety-focused
- Well-presented and professional
- Able to communicate effectively with customers, depots, wharfs, and transport staff
- Capable of completing paperwork and electronic delivery documentation
- Able to work independently and manage daily runs
- Physically capable of carrying out normal truck-driver duties
- Committed to maintaining a clean and safe vehicle