Mixing Center - Yard Jockey
Are you looking for an opportunity to turn your ambition and your people skills into a rewarding career with an industry leader? Join our team at American Tire Distributors! As the nation's premier tire distributor, ATD's coast-to-coast distribution network provides approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada with rapid and frequent delivery of high quality tires, custom wheels and shop supplies.
The Mixing Center - Yard Jockey's primary duties include relocating and positioning of trailers/containers for loading and unloading as well as maintaining organization of the drop yard. He/she works closely with Operations Supervisor, dispatcher, gatekeeper, inbound coordinator, and warehouse leads to maintain smooth flow of trailers/containers into and out of the drop yard. Operates Ottawa Yard truck to transport trailers/containers from drop yard to designated dock door as needed. Performs daily inspections of yard truck and/or equipment to insure proper working order and reports any non-working and/or unsafe equipment conditions to management as needed. Responds to inquiries from operations team relating to trailer/container arrival and departures.
Primary Responsibilities
- Uses the morning "yard log sheet" to perform a yard check for all outbound yard trailers to report what loaded trailers are still in the yard and validates which empty trailer arrived into the yard after hours; provides completed "yard log sheet" to dispatcher.
- Utilizes the afternoon "yard log sheet checklist" to document which containers are empty, loaded from previous day, and which containers have arrived at the Mixing Center daily; provides completed "yard log sheet checklist" to dispatcher and keeps the gatekeeper informed of findings daily.
- Operates Ottawa Yard truck to transport trailers from yard drop slot to designated dock door as needed.
- Obtains outbound schedules to assign trailer ID numbers to designated dock doors for warehouse personnel to load required outbound shipments.
- Utilizes Ottawa yard truck to pull loaded outbound trailers away from the docks; ensures all trailers doors are closed and bolt security ID seal is inserted for each loaded outbound trailer.
- Utilizes yard truck to connect and transport containers from drop lot to designated dock doors to unload accordingly; cuts security ID seal, opens and secures doors prior to backing container into dock door.
- Uses the "Vehicle Pre-trip Inspection Form" daily prior to usage to ensure proper working order/integrity of the yard truck; reports any non-working and/or unsafe equipment conditions to management as needed.
- Confirms daily integrity of drop yard and fencing to the Operations Manager to ensure physical security within the mixing center; stages all trailers against the wall bumpers for security measures to prevent pilferage.
- Responds to inquiries from operations team relating to trailer/container arrival and departures.
- Any other applicable duties and responsibilities assigned by management.
Key Partners (Positions)
- Mixing Center- General Manager, Operations Supervisor, Operations Manager, Inventory Control Manager, Inbound Coordinator, Dispatcher, Gatekeeper, Lead Person.
Experience(s) that Best Prepares You
- Education: High school diploma or GED preferred but not required
- Experience:
- Class A CDL preferred but not required
- Clean driving record within ATD standards
- Maintain company certification and D.O.T. required medical documents
- Five years driving experience on over the road or local delivery driving preferred but not required
- Familiarization with yard tractors, trailers, and containers along with displacement of weight knowledge
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the company, in its discretion, may find appropriate and acceptable.
Key Competencies
- Organization and communication skills
- Integrity: Doing the right thing in all circumstances
- Self-management: Set well defined and realistic goals. Display initiative and commitment to meet goals. Work with minimal supervision.
- Decision Making: Make sound, well informed and objective decisions. Understand the impact of the decisions made.
- Creative Thinking: Use imagination to develop solutions to problems. Always remember what worked yesterday no longer works today.
- Continuous Learning: Recognize strengths and weaknesses. Allow feedback from others and pursue self-development.
- Teamwork: Work collaboratively with all departments to coordinate effective work environment. Share information and foster the exchange of ideas.
- Demonstrate Respect: Handle all business matters ethically and in full compliance with American Tire Distributors "Code of Conduct".
- Be Accountable for Results: Assume full responsibility for the consequences of one's behavior, decisions, and results.
Physical Demands/Work Environment/Travel Requirements
- Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the associate is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk, hear, taste and/or smell; the associate must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- Work environment: While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to weather conditions prevalent at the time. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
- Travel required: 0%
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