Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
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Carlos Maldonado

Summary

Experienced professional with excellent driving and time management skills and an extensive background with 21.5 years of experience. Currently possessing nine different loading rack cards.

Experienced with managing trucking operations and driver teams. Utilizes problem-solving skills to address and resolve logistical challenges. Track record of optimizing transportation processes and ensuring compliance with industry standards.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Owner Operator

Maldonado Logistics and Transport
11.2024 - Current
  • Operate electric pallet jack to move, load, and unload freight safely and efficiently.
  • Performed intermodal freight operations for Amazon, including loading and unloading trailers efficiently and safely.
  • Increased customer satisfaction by providing high-quality services and timely communication.
  • Managed daily operations for optimal efficiency, streamlining processes to reduced
  • Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
  • Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.

Owner/Operator Truck Driver

Southwest Trail
04.2024 - 10.2024


  • Transported and delivered ethanol and asphalt products to various client locations in a safe and timely manner.
  • Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
  • Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
  • Maintained compliance with weight limits, safety regulations, and transportation laws through diligent record-keeping and inspections.

Truck Driver- Trainer

Keenan Advantage
06.2018 - 10.2024
  • Load and unloading gasoline to various customer such as Shell, Arco, 76, and Chevron
  • As well as non-branded customers such as Sams Club and Costco
  • Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills
  • Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures
  • Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles
  • Present bills and receipts and collect payments for goods delivered or loaded
  • Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles
  • Turn in receipts and money received from deliveries
  • Maintain records, such as vehicle logs, records of cargo, or billing statements, in accordance with regulations
  • Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned
  • Drive trucks with capacities greater than 3 tons, including tractor-trailer combinations, to transport and deliver products, livestock, or other materials

Owner Operator

Southwest Trails
10.1999 - 01.2018
  • Delivered gasoline to Costco's, independent stations, United States Navy Base, and transported loads to Mexico
  • Dispatched a variety of freight including asphalt, roofing materials, and clean petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and ethanol.
  • Oversaw all dispatch operations, with primary responsibility for the clean products division, ensuring timely deliveries, regulatory compliance, and coordination with drivers and customers.
  • Hired all company employees
  • Executed training to all my drivers
  • Schedule vehicle repairs and maintenance
  • Supervised the safe loading and unloading of product
  • Documented transaction details
  • Recorded financial transactions
  • Filed company tax returns
  • Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers
  • Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records
  • Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions

Education

UNITED STATES TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL
Santa Fe Springs, CA

Skills

  • Bilingual
  • Trainer
  • Operations management
  • Sales negotiation
  • Strategic planning
  • Relationship management

Certification

CDL with all endorsements

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Owner Operator

Maldonado Logistics and Transport
11.2024 - Current

Owner/Operator Truck Driver

Southwest Trail
04.2024 - 10.2024

Truck Driver- Trainer

Keenan Advantage
06.2018 - 10.2024

Owner Operator

Southwest Trails
10.1999 - 01.2018

UNITED STATES TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL
Carlos Maldonado