Keeping It Roehl

After a bit of a hiatus, we're back with a very special episode recorded live at our TeamRoehl Annual Awards Banquet! Join Michael and guest host Logan as they talk to honorees, guests and volunteers at Roehl's signature event recognizing driver honorees for their accomplishments, and all teammates for specific anniversary milestones.

You'll hear from driver honorees who have won Driver of the Year, Outstanding Trainer of the Year, Outstanding Performance, and Owner Operator Business Partners of the Year. You'll also hear from Million Mile Safe Drivers and from teammates for celebrating 10-40 years of service with TeamRoehl!

Refrigerated driver Darrell M. joins Roman and Michael to discuss his long career with Roehl, including why he has retired and returned to Roehl multiple times.

In this podcast, you'll hear from Jeff E. about Roehl's owner operator and lease purchase program. You will hear how you can become an owner operator leased on with Roehl. 

In this episode, you'll hear from Travares J., a Roehl instructor who delivers our Certified Driver Trainer training. Before his current role, Travares was company driver, an award-winning owner operator leased on with Roehl and a Certified Driver Trainer himself. 

Travares shares his experiences getting started in trucking, how things have changed and how, in his current role, he prepares other Certified Driver Trainers to share their experiences with new CDL school graduates as well as those who've come through Roehl's on-the-job CDL truck driver training program (Get Your CDL).

This episode was recorded in the fall of 2021.

In this episode, Tim Norlin, Vice President of Driver Employment, joins Roman and Michael to talk about how Roehl connects with professional truck drivers and those who want be drivers. Tim shares how he helps drivers find positions that work for them (like local truck driving jobs as well as dedicated truck driving jobs) and how Roehl recruiters use Integrity Sheets with experienced drivers who join Roehl to ensure agreement on home time, truck driver pay, equipment and other things that drivers care about.  

Tim shares how he got into driver recruiting, plus a conversation about Tim's recent trip to the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (Tim is a CVTA board member) conference for truck driving schools and entry level driver training (ELDT). A trucking industry expert, Tim also earned the Transport Topics Recruiting Professional of Year Award in 2020.  

This episode was recorded in the fall of 2021.

In this episode, you'll hear Shane "Mick" C.'s story. Mick shares why he came to the US from Australia, how he came through Roehl's free CDL training (here's how you can Get Paid While You Get Your CDL) and how being a professional truck driver has allowed him to see America. Mick notes that he started in a flatbed truck driving job and that he was working to switch to Roehl's curtainside fleet. A quick word of caution on this week's episode: there's some salty language in one of the stories Mick, Roman and Michael talk about. 

Hear Roman read a short poem. Happy Holidays!

Ajduan (AJ) D. moved to the United States from Turkey in 1999. AJ got his CDL through Roehl and is a driver trainer in our refrigerated division. He shares with Roman & Michael what he likes about hauling refrigerated loads, his training style and so much more. 

CEO Rick Roehl joins Roman and Michael on the official Roehl Transport Keeping It Roehl Podcast. They discuss some Roehl Transport history and where we are going in the future, including our safety results and our health & wellness program.

Rick has done most every job in the company, from company driver to fleet manager to load planner and everything in between. Rick maintains his Class A CDL. He's a professional driver who still gets behind the wheel to stay close to our drivers and customers. Roehl drivers are leaders, and our leader is a driver. 

In this episode Ellen Voie, the President & CEO of the Women in Trucking (WIT) Association, joins Roman & Michael. Ellen talks about WIT, how she got in trucking and how WIT started. Roehl is a member of the Women in Truck Association and we were recently named a Top Company For Women to Work For In Transportation - our third consecutive year receiving this distinction. Tim Norlin, VP of Driver Employment, also joined the podcast.