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Job Details:

Yard Driver Opr - 1ST Shift - Full Time - Vicksburg Ceres Plant 

1st Shift Hours: 5:00am -3:00pm.

Description and Duties:
•    The team member is responsible for various tasks dealing with trailers.  
•    The trailers are retrieved from their designated location.
•     The team member is required to open the trailer doors prior to attempting to dock the trailer.  
•    The team member drives the yard truck with trailer in tow to the dock.  
•    The trailers are spotted to the dock doors.
•     The team member is required to climb in and out of the yard truck.
•    The team member climbs out of the yard truck to chalk the tires and place the jack stands under the trailer.  
•     The team members are required to wash out the trailers.  This entails using a heavy pressure hose and pulling it in the trailer.   
•    Prior to starting work at the beginning of shift the team member does a pre-tip shag, which basically is a checklist to make sure the shag truck is in good shape. 
•    The team members also make rounds with fuel tanker to fill trailers. The team member makes the round approximately 2 (in summers) to 4 (in winter) per day to fuel trailers. 
The successful candidate(s) must be willing and able to perform the physical requirements of the job listed below with or without a reasonable accommodation.
•    Bending: Occasional bending is noted when team member is placing jack stands under the trailers and getting out the back side of the yard truck. 
•    Lifting:  The team member is required to lift the hose when washing the trailer.  This requires medium to heavy force depending on the distance the hose is being pulled.  The team member lifts the jack stands.  The jack stands weigh approximately 100 lbs.  Occasionally the team member will have to lift the pallets when moving them out of the trailer in order to wash it.    The team member is also required to lift the chalks for the tires.  They weigh approximately 20 lbs.
•      Push / Pull:   The team member is required to pull himself in and out of the yard truck.  They climb 4 steps and will climb in and out three times per trailer.  They dock up to 100 trailers per shift.  The force required is dependent on the weight of the team member.  The team member also uses the push/pull motion to turn the steering wheel.  The trailer doors are pushed or pulled in order to open or close them.  This requires heavy force and the door is at the approximate shoulder height. 
•    Reaching: The team member is required to reach outward to the steering wheel and it is oversized and requires an outward reach of up to 24 inches.  Forward reaches are required when doing most tasks.  Closing the trailer doors requires a reach that may be at or above shoulder height.  The team member is required to reach up when pulling himself into the cab of the truck.
•    Grasping: Frequent whole hand and pinch grasp is required for all tasks. 
•    Standing:  Standing, sitting, climbing and walking is required throughout the work shift.  The team member climbs 4 steps to get into the truck.  The distance the team member walks varies based on the location of the trailers.
•    Force: Low to heavy force is required for all tasks encompassed in this job.
•    Work Duty: Use of both hands is required to perform this job.  The temperature is dependent on the outside temperature.

Requirements:

Must be 18 years of ageA valid state issued driver's licenseNO DUI or DWIs in the last 12 monthsRehires must wait 365 days and must have no more than 3 times worked to be eligible for rehire.

Relocation Assistance Eligible:

No

Work Shift:

1ST SHIFT (United States of America)

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