YARD & SHIPPING DRIVER

About The Role

The Yard & Shipping Driver supports yard operations by assisting with stockpiling, loading, and securing products for shipment to job sites. This role involves operating tractor-trailers within the yard, handling materials, and working closely with the crew to ensure safe and efficient loading. The Driver plays a key role in maintaining safety standards and ensuring materials are properly prepared for transport.

Responsibilities

• Assist with stockpiling and loading panels/products onto trailers
• Operate tractor-trailer equipment to move materials within the yard
• Secure loads using chains, binders, and tie-down belts
• Perform rigging and work with cranes using proper hand signals
• Climb on trailers and stockpiles to safely handle materials
• Carry and place blocking and rigging equipment as needed
• Use propane burners to clear snow/ice from trailers and materials when necessary
• Support general yard operations and maintain a safe work environment

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Valid license and clean driving record
• Experience operating forklifts, loaders, skid steers, etc.
• Ability to read load lists and communicate effectively with team members
• Forklift experience or willingness to be trained
• Experience with cranes, rigging, and hand signals preferred
• Strong attention to safety and ability to work in a physical environment

Qualifications

• Reliable, safety-focused individual with experience in yard operations and commercial driving
• Comfortable working in a physical, fast-paced environment and able to work effectively as part of a team
• Detail-oriented, takes direction well, and committed to ensuring loads are handled and secured properly

Skills

• Physical strength to lift up to 75 lbs occasionally and perform tasks requiring frequent bending, climbing, kneeling, twisting, squatting, crawling, and repetitive hand/arm use
• Ability to stand, walk, and move throughout the facility for extended shifts of up to 12 hours
• Comfortable working at heights using ladders, scaffolding, swing stages, and man lifts frequently
• Willingness to work in varying environmental conditions, including wet, hot, humid, and cold weather, and outdoors (Depending on location)
• Ability to wear all required PPE, including but not limited to safety boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, high visibility vest, hard hat, and other PPE as required by the task, department, or work area

Benefits

Wells provides a competitive benefits package designed to support employees' health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, company-paid disability and life insurance, wellness incentives, paid holidays, PTO, flexible spending accounts, HSA options, a 401(k) with profit sharing, access to Nice Healthcare, employee assistance resources, pet insurance, and additional voluntary coverage such as critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity plans. Health and family care leave is available to both union and non-union employees. Union employee benefits are provided through separate collective bargaining agreements.

Pay

Salary range $26.31/Hour. Based on location and experience.

Schedule

Based on location and experience.

What We Offer

At Wells, you’re part of a team that takes pride in building something that lasts. Whether you’re in operations, a manufacturing facility, or out in the field, your work plays a direct role in creating quality structures that support our communities. We value hard work, reliability, and teamwork because getting the job done right requires teamwork. With a strong focus on safety, collaboration, and ingenuity, we create an environment where you can build your experience, contribute to meaningful work, and make an impact.

Why Join Our Team?

At Wells, you’re part of a team that takes pride in building something that lasts. Whether you’re in operations, a manufacturing facility, or out in the field, your work plays a direct role in creating quality structures that support our communities. We value hard work, reliability, and teamwork because getting the job done right requires teamwork. With a strong focus on safety, collaboration, and ingenuity, we create an environment where you can build your experience, contribute to meaningful work, and make an impact.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform physically demanding work, including lifting up to 75 lbs occasionally and frequent bending, climbing, kneeling, twisting, squatting, crawling, and repetitive hand/arm use
• Capable of standing, walking, and moving throughout the facility for extended shifts of up to 12 hours
• Comfortable working at heights using ladders, scaffolding, swing stages, and man lifts frequently
• Willingness to work in varying environmental conditions, including wet, hot, humid, and cold weather, and outdoors (Depending on location)
• Ability to wear all required PPE, including but not limited to safety boots, safety glasses, hearing protection, high visibility vest, hard hat, and other PPE as required by the task, department, or work area

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.