Yard Driver

Job description

Have you ever enjoyed Arnold®, Brownberry® or Oroweat® bread? A Thomas’® English muffin or bagel? Or perhaps snacked on a Sara Lee®, Entenmann’s® or Marinela® cake or donut? If the answer is yes, then you know Bimbo Bakeries USA! More than 20,000 associates in bakeries, sales centers, offices and on sales routes work to ensure our consumers have the freshest products at every meal. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we provide a safe and inclusive work environment that appreciates diversity, promotes development and allows our associates to be their authentic selves. **Yard Driver** **Come join the largest baking company in the world and our family of 20,000 associates nationwide!** **Top Reasons to Work at Bimbo Bakeries USA:** - Great starting pay $27.47 per hour. - 2nd Shift: 2pm - 10:30pm/Tuesday - Saturday. - Full benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement Plan. - Growing organization & increased demand for products! **What You Will Be Doing:** - Communicate with the Jockeys and Shippers on other shifts to discuss trailer locations and manifests. - Load, unload, and move trailers as needed. This includes hooking and unhooking tractors from trailers safely, and movement through the lot and on town streets. - Fuel the yard tractor as needed. - Check accounts for load information to be moved. - Communicate with transport drivers to maintain safe traffic flow in lot. - Be flexible to emergency and/or special assignments. - Push / Pull product trays stacked 15 high on dollies. - Work in adverse weather and wear appropriate clothing and safety gear. - Responsible for maintaining storage trailer inventory list (includes baskets, ingredients, and machine parts on storage trailers). - Communicate with Fleet Garage on any equipment issues with yard tractor and all trailers in the lot. - Comply with all company policies. - Work safely to ensure the safety of yourself and others. - Maintain cleanliness of work area. - Help wheel product and perform double bagging of product during slack time of trailer movement. - Able to cover shifts for Inter-plant Shippers as needed. **Position Requirements:** - Must be at least 21 years of age or older. - At least one (1) year driving experience. - Must have a valid driver’s license with a safe driving record. - High School Diploma or GED is preferred. - Must be available to work weekends. - Must be available to work holidays. - Must be available to work any shift. - Must be able to climb, push/pull, bend, stoop, and kneel for extended periods as well as perform frequent reaching and use of fingers. - All final candidates must submit to and pass a pre-employment DOT drug screen and DOT physical. - Successfully able to obtain Chauffer License (If job location is in IN, MI, TN). - Must pass a road test. - No over the road driving! · Consistent with United States Department of Transportation regulations, the ability to read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records. **#YOUBELONGATBBU** The physical and mental demands described in each job posting are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of each job. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of each job. Bimbo Bakeries USA is an equal opportunity employer with a policy that provides equal employment opportunity for applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, any other classification protected by law. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.