Shawn Brown
Richmond,VA
Summary
Dedicated truck driver with six years of experience seeking a position with an organization where I can utilize my knowledge of transportation regulations and safe driving practices to ensure safe and efficient delivery of goods. Bringing hardworking nature, clean driving record and solid work history in transportation positions. Proficient in operating tank trailers, as well as loading, securing and unloading products with maximum efficiency. Well-organized and knowledgeable in meeting customer needs, coordinating paperwork and meeting company objectives.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Truck Driver Class A
VIP & Associates, INC.
06.2019 - Current
- Driving vehicles to and from various locations, such as homes, appointment sites, or facilities, according to a schedule or on-call basis
- Helping passengers board and exit the vehicle, including those using wheelchairs, walkers, or strollers
- Ensuring safety by securing wheelchairs and passengers and ensuring wheelchair brakes are locked while the lift is in use
- Providing care by monitoring patients' health and well-being during transport, and performing health care services such as oxygen treatment, patient positioning, and CPR
- Communicating by notifying emergency staff and dispatchers if needed and communicating any client welfare concerns to supervisors
- Maintaining the vehicle by washing and cleaning the vehicle's interior, fueling it, and checking it for any items left behind
- Completing reports by maintaining a driver log and completing reports at the end of a shift.
Truck Driver Class A
Propel Trucking
11.2023 - 03.2024
- Operates primarily tanker trailer which typically have an approximate gross vehicle weight (GVW) of more than 32,000 pounds and/or truck tractors with semitrailers or full trailers to transport personnel or pick up and deliver supplies, materials or equipment
- Incumbent couples and uncouples the truck tractor and semitrailer or truck and trailer and connects and disconnects the air brakes and electrical lines
- Incumbent maneuvers vehicles within close tolerances when driving and backing over uneven ground, in narrow or congested areas, between buildings and other vehicles, between parked aircraft and when positioning vehicles at loading docks
- Driver operates vehicles on interstate highways, winding roads, and steep grades and manipulates the dual braking system to prevent the semitrailer or trailer from jackknifing
- Assures hazardous cargo is properly loaded, unloaded, distributed and secured
- Performs operator maintenance on vehicles
- Ensures shipping and accounting documents are with the shipment and reflect actual condition, quantities and type of material
- Completes pre-trip inspections, logbooks, maintenance records, reports and other transportation documents for accurate accounting
- May identify, inspect, and segregate equipment or material as it is received for obvious damage and needed repairs.
Truck Driver Class A
Atlantic Bulk Carrier
04.2021 - 10.2023
- Operates primarily tanker trailer which typically have an approximate gross vehicle weight (GVW) of more than 32,000 pounds and/or truck tractors with semitrailers or full trailers to transport personnel or pick up and deliver supplies, materials or equipment
- Incumbent couples and uncouples the truck tractor and semitrailer or truck and trailer and connects and disconnects the air brakes and electrical lines
- Incumbent maneuvers vehicles within close tolerances when driving and backing over uneven ground, in narrow or congested areas, between buildings and other vehicles, between parked aircraft and when positioning vehicles at loading docks
- Driver operates vehicles on interstate highways, winding roads, and steep grades and manipulates the dual braking system to prevent the semitrailer or trailer from jackknifing
- Assures hazardous cargo is properly loaded, unloaded, distributed and secured
- Performs operator maintenance on vehicles
- Ensures shipping and accounting documents are with the shipment and reflect actual condition, quantities and type of material
- Completes pre-trip inspections, logbooks, maintenance records, reports and other transportation documents for accurate accounting
- May identify, inspect, and segregate equipment or material as it is received for obvious damage and needed repairs.
Solutions Specialist
Republic Services
10.2021 - 11.2021
- Driving following a route or responding to calls to pick up trash
- Loading and unloading: Picking up trash cans by hand or using hydraulic components on the truck to lift and dump them
- Maintaining: Keeping the vehicle in good condition
- Communicating: Informing a dispatcher about traffic hazards and accidents
- Operating: Using compactors, hoists, and other heavy equipment
- Following rules: Adhering to safety procedures and regulations set by the employer or the law
Driver
Innovage Pace Health System
06.2015 - 02.2019
- Driving vehicles to and from various locations, such as homes, appointment sites, or facilities, according to a schedule or on-call basis
- Helping passengers board and exit the vehicle, including those using wheelchairs, walkers, or strollers
- Ensuring safety by securing wheelchairs and passengers and ensuring wheelchair brakes are locked while the lift is in use
- Providing care by monitoring patients' health and well-being during transport, and performing health care services such as oxygen treatment, patient positioning, and CPR
- Communicating by notifying emergency staff and dispatchers if needed and communicating any client welfare concerns to supervisors
- Maintaining the vehicle by washing and cleaning the vehicle's interior, fueling it, and checking it for any items left behind
- Completing reports by maintaining a driver log and completing reports at the end of a shift.
Driver
Memorial Regional Hospital South
03.2008 - 01.2012
- Driving vehicles to and from various locations, such as homes, appointment sites, or facilities, according to a schedule or on-call basis
- Helping passengers board and exit the vehicle, including those using wheelchairs, walkers, or strollers
- Ensuring safety by securing wheelchairs and passengers and ensuring wheelchair brakes are locked while the lift is in use
- Providing care by monitoring patients' health and well-being during transport, and performing health care services such as oxygen treatment, patient positioning, and CPR
- Communicating by notifying emergency staff and dispatchers if needed and communicating any client welfare concerns to supervisors
- Maintaining the vehicle by washing and cleaning the vehicle's interior, fueling it, and checking it for any items left behind
- Completing reports by maintaining a driver log and completing reports at the end of a shift.
Education
High School Diploma -
Henrico High School
Henrico, VA06.1994
Skills
- Computer Skills
- Communication Skills
- Customer Service
- Supervisory Experience
- Experience operating various commercial vehicles
- Safe Driving Practices
- Logbook management
- Equipment maintenance understanding
- Hazardous Materials Handling
- DOT Regulations Compliance
- Permit and endorsement awareness
- Long-haul driving
Certification
- CDL Class A
- Hazmat Endorsement
- Tanker Endorsement
- X Endorsement
- Air Brake Endorsement
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL), Class A, 06/01/26, VA
Endorsements
X (Tank + Hazardous), 06/01/26, VA
Certification and Licenses
CDL Class A | Hazmat Endorsement | Tanker Endorsement | X Endorsement | Air Brake Endorsement
Timeline
Truck Driver Class A
Propel Trucking
11.2023 - 03.2024
Solutions Specialist
Republic Services
10.2021 - 11.2021
Truck Driver Class A
Atlantic Bulk Carrier
04.2021 - 10.2023
Truck Driver Class A
VIP & Associates, INC.
06.2019 - Current
Driver
Innovage Pace Health System
06.2015 - 02.2019
Driver
Memorial Regional Hospital South
03.2008 - 01.2012
High School Diploma -
Henrico High School