Shuttle/Yard Driver

Summary

The Shuttle/Yard Driver is responsible for maintaining safe Shuttle/Yard operations while following all company and legal operating procedures.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Follow all safety, food safety, & Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) rules and regulations.
• Ability to learn and identify different products, bottles, caps and labels.
• Perform daily inspection of tractor at the start of each shift.
• Ability to learn how to read the daily production schedule.
• Responsible for running and maintaining Verona yard operations including warehouse, plant, and bottle trailers.
• Ability to direct the shuttle drivers to proper trailers to move the trailers between warehouses.
• Ability to removes fully loaded trailers and secure trailer by closing and locking the trailer doors.
• Properly execute (Commonwealth Handling Equipment Pool) CHEP pallet procedures.
• Responsible for chocking wheels when dock restraints are not available.
• Report all accidents and/or damage to tractors and trailers immediate to Warehouse Supervisor.
• Ability to travel between Blawnox and Verona warehouses using either Oakmont or Highland Park Bridges completing a minimum of 6 round trips per 8 hour shift.
• Ability to move trailers between annex and warehouse.
• Work closely with Verona Warehouse Supervisor, Blawnox Warehouse Supervisor, and plant personnel.
• Identify issues and communicate them promptly to the Fleet & Warehouse Manager for assistance.
• All other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• HS Diploma or equivalent.
• CDL Training.
• Must be able to attend all job related training classes to increase job knowledge and improve job performance.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to read and understand standard operating procedures and customer specifications.
• Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts using calculator.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Data entry ability a plus.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• CDL License and ICC Medical Card.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel.
• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close visions and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Employee subject to company rules, regulations and GMPs.