Driver - Yard Jockey
Company: Americold
Location: Sayreville
Posted on: January 23, 2023
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Job Description:
Overview
Americold provides temperature-controlled warehousing and
transportation to food producers, restaurants, schools and retail
outlets such as grocery stores. We're proud to provide an essential
link in the food industry supply chain and to help put food on
tables around the world.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates
temperature-controlled warehouses around the world. We have over
16,000 associates and offer a wide variety of career opportunities
- from warehouse forklift operators and supervisors to accounting,
administration, business development, customer support,
engineering, transportation, and technology solutions
positions.
Responsibilities
Primary Responsibility: Drives and operates a shuttle truck and/or
semi-truck to transport trailers to appropriate location(s) on the
premises in observance of traffic and safety regulations.Essential
Functions:• Chocks rear wheels of vehicle prior to any loading or
unloading, and removes same chocks prior to driving away. Operates
trailer and dock doors and removes and/or installs safety devices
as needed or as necessary.• Ensures truck(s) and trailer system(s)
are secure and in working order, including seals, jacks, and doors,
by performing service duties such as checking oil, water, fuel, and
air levels in tires and truck seals. Reports any maintenance needs
or equipment malfunctions to appropriate supervisor and maintenance
personnel.• Loads and unloads truck(s) and railcar(s) by using
forklift, pallet jack, or dock loader, and moving product onto
and/or off of pallet in correct position following instructions for
equipment operation. Reports faulty equipment, damage to racks, and
other safety hazards to appropriate supervisor.• Obtains and
maintains necessary paperwork and related records, inventories
product(s) as needed or as necessary, and labels, sorts, wraps,
and/or ties product using proper equipment and techniques.•
Maintains a work area free and clear of loose debris, wood, plastic
and other obstacles which may impede operations, and sweeps work
area as needed or as necessary.• Performs other driving and/or
warehouse-related duties as required or as requested.
Qualifications
Qualifications & Experience:• High School diploma or General
Education Degree (GED) preferred.• May require current and valid
forklift certification.• No more than one (1) moving violation
citation such as reckless driving or speeding in excess of fifteen
(15) miles above the posted speed limit within the previous twelve
(12) months, and no more than three (3) within the previous three
(3) years.• No DUI citations. Knowledge & Employment Standards:•
Successful passing of background screen, pre-employment drug test,
and other required physical and medical examinations.• Demonstrated
ability to enter and exit truck as well as hook and unhook
trailering equipment.• Demonstrated written, verbal, and
interpersonal and customer service communication skills sufficient
to read and interpret shipping invoices and other warehouse
documents and partner with customers and other co-workers.•
Demonstrated mathematical skills sufficient to add, subtract,
multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals
sufficient to complete required papers and documents.• Demonstrated
possession and application of reasoning, negotiating, instructing,
persuading, and speaking skills necessary to interact and respond
to customers, co-workers, and management staff effectively.•
Demonstrated ability to identify and solve problems in a fast-paced
environment where deadlines and scopes may change regularly while
maintaining accuracy. Demonstrated ability to self-start with
little or no direction preferred.Physical Requirements &
Abilities:• Demonstrated ability to sit for long periods of time in
a vehicle. Also must be able to repeatedly and quickly adjust
vehicle controls to exact positions for several hours per day.•
Demonstrated manual dexterity and coordination of two (2) or more
limbs with normal movements while sitting, standing, or lying down.
This does not involve performing the activities while the whole
body is in motion. • Demonstrated ability to talk, hear, and see
sufficiently to complete assigned tasks. Must be able to visually
identify details from distances.• May be required to carry loads
related to travel and occasionally lift, carry, position, or move
objects weighing up to fifty (50) pounds.• Demonstrated ability to
relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions
sufficient to partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral
extremes.• Demonstrated judgment skills sufficient to identify
which of several objects is closer or farther away and to
accurately ascertain distance between self and other objects.•
Demonstrated ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely
to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only
recognizing there is a problem.• Demonstrated ability to tolerate
environments that may have temperatures at or below freezing for
extended periods of time.Americold is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW
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