Yard Truck Driver - Class A - Penske Logistics
About the role
Ready to put your truck-driving career in high gear? Make the shift and fuel your career as a CDL Class A Yard Truck Driver for Penske. When you join Penske, you join a team of professional truck drivers committed to delivering products safely and on time. And we’re proud to haul freight for some of the world’s leading brands. (Yes, we’re more than just the yellow trucks.) But it’s more than that. It’s about incredible customer service and building relationships with your accounts. When you drive for Penske, you’re representing Penske, but you’re also representing your clients. In fact, you’ll probably be driving their branded trucks and wearing their uniform.
Responsibilities
- Move trailers in and out of dock as directed by management
- Couple and uncouple trailers
- Chock trailers as they are spotted for loading and unloading and pulling from doors
- Perform shuttle runs to West Deptford location as needed
Schedule
Thursday through Sunday, 7:00 AM start time.
Equipment
- Late model, Penske Truck Leasing trucks
- Best-in-class specs designed for comfort and safety
- Equipped with inward and outward facing in-cab cameras helping to ensure safety for all
Benefits
- Paid vacation and holidays starting day 1
- Generous retirement benefits
- Excellent health care coverage—medical, dental, and vision
- Short and long-term disability; life and AD&D insurance
- Company-provided uniforms and safety footwear
- Employee discount benefit program
- Driver referral bonus program up to $5,000 per referral
- Safety incentive program
- Premier Driver Recognition Program
Pay
- $28.00 per hour
- Overtime after 40 hours
- $5,000 Sign-On Bonus
Qualifications
- Valid Class A CDL required
- Applicants must be domiciled in the U.S. and licensed in their state of residence
- Currently hold, or ability to obtain, a non-excepted interstate DOT medical card required
- 1 year of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 3 years required, or 2 years of documented tractor-trailer experience in the past 5 years
- 3 years DMV/MVR record with two or fewer moving violations or accidents
- Follow all federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or agency rules, standards and guidelines
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
- English language proficiency required
- Ability to work the required schedule and at the specific location required
- Complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required
- This position is regulated by the Department of Transportation or designated as safety sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required
- Associates must have the ability to accept responsibility for their own safety, as well as the safety of others
Physical Requirements
The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Must be able to see and hear
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
- Frequently move, stand, walk, and sit
- Frequently use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms
- Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lbs / 23 kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs / 45 kg
- Must be able to legally operate a motor vehicle and safely and frequently enter/exit the vehicle as well as the rear cargo area