Spotter

RJW Logistics Group•Romeoville, IL

3h•Onsite

About The Position

The Spotter position involves moving empty and loaded trailers to and from docks. This role requires the ability to drive and maintain the spotter, hook up to trailers, and transfer them between RJW locations when necessary. The individual must be safety conscious and capable of communicating with LTL drivers and outside carriers regarding trailer placement.

Requirements

Good driving record.
Valid CDL driver's license with 6-month minimum experience.
Must be able to communicate, read, write, and speak English.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to determine "root cause" of problem and determine corrective action.
Knowledge of Business Operating Systems, Internet software, Word Processing, and Spreadsheet software.

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or general education diploma (GED) is preferred.

Responsibilities

Move empty and loaded trailers.
Use landing gear to drop trailers.
Open and close swinging trailer doors and rise and lower roll up doors.
Climb in trailers to identify freight.
Communicate with LTL drivers as they come into the yard and indicate where to put their trailers.
Communicate with outside carriers to what dock doors they should put their trailers in.
Yard checks.
Do PM checks on spotter weekly.
Inspect and red tag out of service trailers and defective equipment.
Work on trailers, mud flaps, marker lights, turn signals, etc.
Other tasks as assigned by manager.
The ability to drive and maintain the spotter, hook up to trailers move them from dock to yard or yard to docks.
To be safety conscious.
Transfer trailers between RJW locations when needed.