About the Role
The CDL Driver Boom Crane is responsible for the safe and efficient transportation of materials to job sites and other locations. This role requires maintaining a valid driver's license, inspecting and maintaining trucks, and assisting in loading and storing materials.
Responsibilities
- Operates Class A or B commercial vehicles in a safe, compliant, and efficient manner.
- Responsible for deliveries to both active construction sites and completed build locations; city-based deliveries and inter-state travel may be required.
- Performs thorough pre-trip and post-trip DOT inspections to ensure vehicle safety and compliance with federal regulations.
- Provides exceptional customer service by maintaining a professional demeanor and representing the company positively.
- Organizes and secures loads to ensure safe transport and verifies orders for accuracy.
- Adheres to all regulations and safety guidelines established by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT).
- Prepares and maintains accurate DOT-compliant logs of driving hours, on-duty time, and rest periods.
- Delivers and unloads materials accurately and safely, ensuring customer satisfaction.
- Records all merchandise returned by truck and assists in unloading materials returned for credit.
- Safely and efficiently operates a truck-mounted forklift to load, unload, and transport materials at job sites.
- Maintains the cleanliness and organization of the truck.
- Assist with stocking and organizing inventory in the warehouse and production areas.
- Operates specialized equipment such as articulated booms, knuckle booms, conveyors, or cable-over-sheave systems as required.
- Performs inspections of boom crane safety equipment to ensure proper function and compliance with safety standards.
- Safely maneuver and position the boom crane to load and unload materials with precision and care.
- Supervise work of associates involved in scope of operation.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Comply with all policies and standards.
- Adheres to Company’s commitment to workplace safety.
Requirements
- 3+ years CDL experience preferred.
- Experience transporting and handling lumber and building materials required.
- Experience operating boom trucks and truck-mounted cranes preferred.
- Experience with load charts, rigging practices, and weight distribution for safe crane operation preferred.
- Ability to do basic math, read orders, write instructions and complete forms.
- Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with customers, other employees and supervisors using verbal and written skills.
- Ability to deal constructively with conflict and recognize potential problems.
- Maintain current operator’s license and meet company driver qualification requirements.
- Knowledge and ability to use safe lifting techniques.
- Proficiency with or ability to learn current technologies (e.g. Smartphone, GPS and other necessary business applications).
- Ability to collaborate effectively with staff, dispatchers, and other drivers to ensure smooth operations and timely deliveries.
- Knowledge and understanding of federal DOT regulations, logbook requirements, and HOS compliance.
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of crane and boom safety regulations and procedures, ensuring safe operation in compliance with industry standards.
- Ability to lift, secure and transport loads safely using a boom crane.
Skills
- Boom crane operation
- Truck-mounted forklift operation
- Customer service
- DOT regulations
- Logbook management
- Load securing
- Basic math
- Verbal and written communication
- Conflict resolution
- Safe lifting techniques
- Technology proficiency (Smartphone, GPS)
- Collaboration
- Crane and boom safety regulations
Location
- Upstate New York
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years CDL experience preferred
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED required
Salary/Compensations
- $29.00/hour
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus: 30 days- $500, 60 days- $500, 90 days- $1,000
About the Company
- Founded in 1937, Bellevue Builders Supply offers a broad range of services, including stair, wall panel and truss manufacturing, and specialty building products to both professional builders and do-it-yourselfers in upstate New York.
- US LBM is a leading distributor of specialty building materials in the United States. Founded in 2009 with 16 locations in three states, today US LBM operates more than 400 locations across the country and is the largest privately owned full-line building products distributor. Offering a comprehensive portfolio of specialty products, US LBM combines the scale and operational advantages of a national platform with a local go-to-market strategy through its national network of locations across the country.
Equal Opportunity
- Bellevue Builders Supply, a Division of US LBM Holdings, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military status, order of protection status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state, or local law.
