Manuel Melendez-Lam
Longmont,CO
Summary
Accomplished Truck Driver with a proven track record at Ranger Energy Services, demonstrating exceptional safe driving practices and a strong work ethic. Expert in route planning and vehicle inspections, ensuring compliance and operational readiness. Recognized for maintaining a clean driving record and optimizing delivery processes, contributing to seamless logistics.
Professional driver prepared for safe, efficient transportation. Proven ability to navigate long routes and meet delivery schedules. Strong focus on teamwork, adaptability, and achieving results. Skilled in vehicle maintenance, route planning, and adhering to safety regulations. Dependable and responsive to changing demands.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Truck Driver
West Coast Transport
05.2020 - Current
- Operated long-haul trucks, adhering to safety regulations and company policies.
- Conducted pre-trip inspections to ensure vehicle compliance and operational readiness.
- Managed routes efficiently, minimizing delays while maintaining delivery schedules.
- Maintained accurate logs of driving hours, cargo weight, and fuel consumption.
Truck Driver
Western Basin
09.2024 - 11.2024
- Collaborated with dispatchers to optimize load assignments and improve delivery processes.
- Monitored vehicle performance, reporting maintenance needs to ensure reliability.
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
- Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
- Demonstrated safe driving by following regulations and safety procedures, resulting in zero accidents.
- Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.
Truck Driver
Certarus
07.2023 - 01.2024
- Maintained a clean driving record while adhering to company policies and federal regulations for transportation safety.
- Utilized GPS and other navigation tools to plan routes and stay on schedule.
- Increased safety standards by conducting thorough pre-and post-trip inspections of the truck and trailer.
- Proactively communicated with dispatch teams regarding any changes or updates affecting scheduled pick-ups or deliveries, ensuring that all parties were kept informed.
- Kept accurate records of cargo delivery times and vehicle maintenance to provide documentation to dispatch for billing and inventory purposes.
Truck Driver
TexStar
04.2020 - 05.2020
- Provided timely, accurate documentation for all freight shipments, contributing to smooth logistical operations.
- Utilized GPS technology and mapping software effectively to identify the most efficient driving routes consistently throughout assignments.
- Developed strong relationships with dispatchers, ensuring optimal job assignments based on skillset and geographical familiarity.
- Optimized vehicle performance by diligently monitoring and addressing any maintenance issues, prolonging the truck''s lifespan and reducing costly repairs.
- Streamlined trip logs, expense reports, and other paperwork to ensure accurate records were maintained for compliance purposes.
Truck Driver
Wence Trucking
02.2020 - 03.2020
- Streamlined trip logs, expense reports, and other paperwork to ensure accurate records were maintained for compliance purposes.
- Optimized vehicle performance by diligently monitoring and addressing any maintenance issues, prolonging the truck''s lifespan and reducing costly repairs.
- Utilized GPS technology and mapping software effectively to identify the most efficient driving routes consistently throughout assignments.
- Provided timely, accurate documentation for all freight shipments, contributing to smooth logistical operations.
- Kept accurate records of cargo delivery times and vehicle maintenance to provide documentation to dispatch for billing and inventory purposes.
- Proactively communicated with dispatch teams regarding any changes or updates affecting scheduled pick-ups or deliveries, ensuring that all parties were kept informed.
- Increased safety standards by conducting thorough pre-and post-trip inspections of the truck and trailer.
- Utilized GPS and other navigation tools to plan routes and stay on schedule.
- Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.
- Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
Truck Driver
Saia LTL Freight
07.2019 - 02.2020
- Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
- Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.
- Utilized GPS and other navigation tools to plan routes and stay on schedule.
- Increased safety standards by conducting thorough pre-and post-trip inspections of the truck and trailer.
- Proactively communicated with dispatch teams regarding any changes or updates affecting scheduled pick-ups or deliveries, ensuring that all parties were kept informed.
- Kept accurate records of cargo delivery times and vehicle maintenance to provide documentation to dispatch for billing and inventory purposes.
- Provided timely, accurate documentation for all freight shipments, contributing to smooth logistical operations.
- Utilized GPS technology and mapping software effectively to identify the most efficient driving routes consistently throughout assignments.
- Optimized vehicle performance by diligently monitoring and addressing any maintenance issues, prolonging the truck''s lifespan and reducing costly repairs.
- Streamlined trip logs, expense reports, and other paperwork to ensure accurate records were maintained for compliance purposes.
Truck Driver
Xtreme Petroleum
11.2017 - 06.2019
- Streamlined trip logs, expense reports, and other paperwork to ensure accurate records were maintained for compliance purposes.
- Optimized vehicle performance by diligently monitoring and addressing any maintenance issues, prolonging the truck''s lifespan and reducing costly repairs.
- Utilized GPS technology and mapping software effectively to identify the most efficient driving routes consistently throughout assignments.
- Provided timely, accurate documentation for all freight shipments, contributing to smooth logistical operations.
- Kept accurate records of cargo delivery times and vehicle maintenance to provide documentation to dispatch for billing and inventory purposes.
- Proactively communicated with dispatch teams regarding any changes or updates affecting scheduled pick-ups or deliveries, ensuring that all parties were kept informed.
- Increased safety standards by conducting thorough pre-and post-trip inspections of the truck and trailer.
- Utilized GPS and other navigation tools to plan routes and stay on schedule.
- Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.
- Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
- Developed strong relationships with dispatchers, ensuring optimal job assignments based on skillset and geographical familiarity.
- Maintained a clean driving record while adhering to company policies and federal regulations for transportation safety.
- Demonstrated safe driving by following regulations and safety procedures, resulting in zero accidents.
- Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Monitored vehicle performance, reporting maintenance needs to ensure reliability.
- Collaborated with dispatchers to optimize load assignments and improve delivery processes.
- Maintained accurate logs of driving hours, cargo weight, and fuel consumption.
Truck Driver
Ranger Energy Services
04.2017 - 11.2017
- Maintained accurate logs of driving hours, cargo weight, and fuel consumption.
- Collaborated with dispatchers to optimize load assignments and improve delivery processes.
- Monitored vehicle performance, reporting maintenance needs to ensure reliability.
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
- Demonstrated safe driving by following regulations and safety procedures, resulting in zero accidents.
- Maintained a clean driving record while adhering to company policies and federal regulations for transportation safety.
- Developed strong relationships with dispatchers, ensuring optimal job assignments based on skillset and geographical familiarity.
- Inspected trucks for malfunctions and reported vehicles to management for corrective action.
- Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.
- Utilized GPS and other navigation tools to plan routes and stay on schedule.
- Increased safety standards by conducting thorough pre-and post-trip inspections of the truck and trailer.
- Proactively communicated with dispatch teams regarding any changes or updates affecting scheduled pick-ups or deliveries, ensuring that all parties were kept informed.
- Kept accurate records of cargo delivery times and vehicle maintenance to provide documentation to dispatch for billing and inventory purposes.
- Provided timely, accurate documentation for all freight shipments, contributing to smooth logistical operations.
- Utilized GPS technology and mapping software effectively to identify the most efficient driving routes consistently throughout assignments.
- Optimized vehicle performance by diligently monitoring and addressing any maintenance issues, prolonging the truck''s lifespan and reducing costly repairs.
- Streamlined trip logs, expense reports, and other paperwork to ensure accurate records were maintained for compliance purposes.
- Conducted pre-trip inspections to ensure vehicle compliance and operational readiness.
- Managed routes efficiently, minimizing delays while maintaining delivery schedules.
- Operated long-haul trucks, adhering to safety regulations and company policies.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Colorado Technical University
Aurora , CO06.2014
Skills
- Safe driving
- Strong work ethic
- Self-motivation and discipline
- Safe driving practices
- Dependable and reliable
- Attention to detail
- Transportation safety
- Class A commercial Driver's license
- Vehicle inspection
- Vehicle inspections
- Commercial driving
- DOT compliance
- Long-haul driving
- Load security
- Route planning
- GPS and route planning
- Vehicle maintenance
- Basic computer literacy
- Flexible schedule availability
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Truck Driver
Western Basin
09.2024 - 11.2024
Truck Driver
Certarus
07.2023 - 01.2024
Truck Driver
West Coast Transport
05.2020 - Current
Truck Driver
TexStar
04.2020 - 05.2020
Truck Driver
Wence Trucking
02.2020 - 03.2020
Truck Driver
Saia LTL Freight
07.2019 - 02.2020
Truck Driver
Xtreme Petroleum
11.2017 - 06.2019
Truck Driver
Ranger Energy Services
04.2017 - 11.2017
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Colorado Technical University