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Old Dominion Freight Line•Conover, NC

About The Position

Old Dominion Freight Line is seeking a dedicated, detail-oriented Dock Worker/Forklift Operator to support safe and efficient freight handling at a service center. The role involves loading and unloading freight, ensuring items are placed on the correct trucks, securing shipments to prevent damage, and monitoring freight as it moves through the service center. The position contributes to reliable, accurate, and on-time customer deliveries and requires attention to safety, teamwork, and customer pickup and delivery schedules. Dockworkers use motorized forklifts, pallet jacks, and manual handling techniques. They may read shipping labels and freight documents, use a dock yard management system and handheld tablet, rewrap or restack freight, and secure loads with pallets, straps, rope, airbags, or cardboard. The work is fast-paced and deadline-oriented, with frequent contact with service center personnel. The role involves substantial physical activity, including standing, walking, sitting on a forklift, climbing on and off equipment, squatting, reaching, pushing, pulling, and lifting. Employees may handle freight weighing up to 500 pounds with or without a dolly or cart, and frequently lift or handle individual objects weighing up to 100 pounds. Work may take place on hard, wet, or slippery surfaces, in hot or cold conditions, and in areas with variable noise, odors, weather, and lighting. The posted schedule is Monday through Friday on the evening shift; days and shifts may change based on scheduling and business needs.

Requirements

High school degree or equivalent.
Working knowledge of safe and efficient lifting and transporting procedures.
Working knowledge of procedures related to freight transportation.
Knowledge of loading techniques such as tight loading and cross loading.
Familiarity with freight-movement forms and, in some cases, the ability to complete them.
Ability to use a dock yard management system to monitor shipment locations as freight moves through terminals.
Availability to work as needed to meet customer pickup and delivery schedules.
Ability to operate a handheld tablet when needed.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, including frequent lifting and handling of objects up to 100 pounds and moving freight weighing as much as 500 pounds with or without a dolly or cart.
Ability to work varied times and shifts, in hot or cold climates, and in environments where noise and odors may be present.
Ability to meet attendance requirements.

Responsibilities

Load and unload freight on trailers using a motorized forklift, pallet jack, or manual methods in compliance with state and federal DOT guidelines.
Use loading techniques such as tight loading and cross loading.
Transport self and/or freight throughout the service center on non-forgiving surfaces.
Use the Dock Yard Management System to monitor shipment locations throughout the service center.
Read and interpret shipping labels.
Complete or use freight-movement forms, including shipping orders, city stripping manifests, freight bills, overage/damage movement reports, and exception forms, as applicable.
Hand-load, rewrap, or stack freight as necessary.
Ensure quality loading of all trailers.
Secure freight inside trailers using appropriate tools and supplies, such as pallets, straps, or rope.
Perform assigned duties and tasks necessary to support freight movement and service center operations.

Benefits

Health benefits, including a zero-premium medical plan for employee-only coverage (listed for full-time members).
Vision insurance.
Dental insurance.
Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Flexible spending accounts.
401(k) retirement plan with company match and an additional annual discretionary match opportunity.
Life insurance.
Wellness program.
Tuition reimbursement for drivers and technicians.
Training and growth opportunities.
Opportunities to advance through a promote-from-within philosophy.
National career opportunities at more than 260 service centers.