Jockey Driver CDL

Perdue Farms, Inc•Accomac, VA

48d•Onsite

About The Position

Perdue Foods is part of Perdue Farms, a family-owned company heading into it's second century of growth and innovation. With a goal of becoming the most trusted name in premium proteins, we create products for consumers and for retail and foodservice customers around the globe, while changing the way animals are raised for food. Summary Thanks for your interest in joining Perdue! Because this is a driver position supported by our Transportation team, we ask that all candidates apply through our TenStreet portal to ensure the best experience. Please follow the link below to apply via TenStreet. We look forward to reviewing your application! https://intelliapp.driverapponline.com/c/perdue The primary purpose of the jockey driver is to transfer full/empty trailers from the holding areas to the dock area and then transfer empty/Full trailers from the dock area to designated parking spaces and to include regular rotation to other positions within the department.

Requirements

Valid Drivers license reading and writing skills required.

Nice To Haves

Class A CDL
Strong communication skills.
Some computer skills

Responsibilities

Operates jockey truck transferring trailers to and from the processing area.
Ensures that trailers are processed in the order designated by management.
Ensures that YMS (Yard Management System) is updated and policy followed. Keeping the yard organized and in order.
Perform pre-op inspection of vehicle and post-op cleaning daily and managed the refer units(settings) in the yard.
Yard checks are done 2 times in a 24hr period. Helping the vendors and service techs.
Being able to operate the Yard tractor computer and being able to enter the yard check in the system.
Communicate with the gate, the dock office, and management.
Responsible for seal integrity and the reporting of an accurate /verified case count and condition of product during deliveries.
Observe and maintain all Department of Transportation (DOT) requirements regarding hours of service, logbook, vehicle inspections, load inspections, and securing load. To include utilizing electronic logging device (paper logs when needed), on board vehicle tracking system in efficient manner.
Operate a tractor and trailer in a legal/safe manner consistent with all Federal, State and Local laws, regulations, and Company policies. To include the utilization of all on board safety features.