Trailer Inspector - 1st Shift

Penske • Franklin, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for EPES Transport, LLC., a division of Penske Logistics, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Trailer Inspector is responsible for inspecting all trailers or containers entering the yard. The shift is Monday-Friday, 1st Shift: 6:30 AM - 2:30 PM.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Strong computer/PC skills required
• Ability to read and comprehend general instructions, correspondence and memos
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and to be a self-starter
• Ability to plan and organize workload
• Ability to handle pressure and work with interruptions
• Ability to meet deadlines and maintain attention to details
• Ability to handle multiple priorities
• Ability to work flexible hours as needed
• Ability to interact, in a professional manner, with employees, vendors and customers
• Ability to secure information from potential customers
• Willingness to learn and accept responsibility
• Must be able to travel as required
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to work an perform tasks in various weather conditions
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide service to inspect all trailers prior to trailers being spotted to the dock for loading. Trailers failing inspection per company standards will be communicated to the PS&D Department as being in reject status. Mill will provide an onsite cleanout dumpster.
• Enter pertinent trailer, trucking company, truck information into IP system on all trailers entering or exiting the IP yard.
• Provide the following daily trailer pool yard checks: One (1) time per day Monday through Friday at no later than 7 am, a complete trailer yard-check verifying against a Trailer Pool Report provided by the Mill Transportation Department. One (1) time per day Monday through Friday at 3 pm, an empty trailer check verifying against an Empty Trailer Report provided by the Mill Transportation Department. One (1) time per day, an empty trailer check verifying against an Empty Trailer Report provided by the Mill Transportation Department.
• Ensure that the drop yard remains clear (i.e., no trailer congestion).
• Ensure trailers are dropped at the proper height and tandems are slid all the way to the rear to enable carrier’s tractors to fit under trailers. Should trailers be improperly spotted, the SWITCHER shall be responsible to correct the problem at no additional cost to IP.
• Observe that only the owning carrier may authorize SWITCHER to remove its equipment from the mill property. Any deviation from these instructions or evidence of tampering with carrier’s equipment must be reported to the appropriate IP personnel.
• Obtain executed equipment Interchange Agreements with each carrier serving Franklin mill and may not move equipment of any carrier with which it does not have such an agreement.
• Other projects and tasks as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED