About the Role
Join our team in Austin as a motivated Night Yard Jockey. This full-time position offers a graveyard shift schedule.
Responsibilities
- Follow company policy and procedures while driving commercial vehicles.
- Prepare and maintain a report of daily activities.
- Ensure all trucks comply with DOT standards and proper documentation.
- Ensure all repair procedures comply with OSHA regulations.
- Communicate effectively and respectfully with all personnel.
- Communicate with dispatchers.
- Ensure all vehicle preventive maintenance is completed in a timely manner.
- Report defective equipment.
- Continue to work on Whip Around and cooperate to help capture all repair information to work orders including the three C’s (compliant, cause and correction).
- Report all gas usage to Fleet Manager and Transportation Manager.
- Perform all yard jockey duties including mileage and hour reports.
- Move trucks into dock doors.
- Conduct routine yard checks.
- Assist with loading trucks on a nightly basis.
Requirements
- Must be 21+ years old.
- 1 year of box truck driving experience (16 to 26 foot).
- Available to work weekends.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.
- Understanding of managerial, administrative, and technical practices and procedures for a successful vehicle maintenance program.
- Review trucks documents, registration, DOT annually, insurance card and accident procedures, inspections etc.
- Personnel are required to be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
- Manual dexterity, overall coordination and good balance are required.
- Ability to stand, walk, and move rapidly for entire work shift.
- Ability to bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently.
- Ability to do repetitious arm movements above and below shoulder level required for selection of product.
- Ability to use and operate related work aides to include manual or motor driven pallet jacks and hand trucks.
- Personnel are expected to be alert and behave responsibly around forklifts, pallet jacks and hand trucks.
- Mental alertness is necessary to ensure safe and accurate completion of work activities.
- Ability to learn proper selection procedures, shipping and receiving techniques, computerized inventory procedures and safe operating techniques of manual or motor driven pallet jacks, forklifts, and hand trucks.
- Personnel will need to adapt to a multi-temperature work environment (Refrigeration Temperature 34°F-70°F).
Skills
- Bilingual Preferred in English and Spanish.
Location
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full Time
- Overnight
Education Level
- Valid driver’s license.
