Yard Driver Jobs

POSITION OVERVIEW: Chiquita is seeking for candidate highly adaptable to changes in the business need, flexible to working schedules and eager to learn and perform different tasks at our facility in Oxnard, California. The candidate must be conscious and follow safety requirements when moving and operating the equipment. In addition, this position will be responsible for the physical and mechanical condition of the equipment, through daily and weekly inspections and providing basic maintenance.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Keep track of fuel requirement of the equipment.
• Comply with any additional task assigned by the Operation Superintendent and/or Manager.
• Move containers to and from the warehouse doors/docks and the parking spots at the yard or in the warehouses. Open and close the container doors when at the docks.
• Perform the basic maintenance of the equipment.
• Support the reach stacker operator on chassis swap for over the road dispatches.
• Perform the weekly and daily inspection of the equipment assigned for the week by following the check list provided.
• Responsible for the order and cleanliness of the equipment
• Keep track of the movements performed with the equipment.
• Make the necessary movements of equipment within the yard/warehouses as instructed by Supervisors (or Manager) to organize the facility
• Follow all safety procedures for the movement and operation of the equipment.
• Plug and unplug containers from their parking spot when necessary

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Self-motivated & a team work player.
• The position requires overtime, weekend and holiday time work as well as changes in the working schedule, based on business need.
• Experience in an Intermodal fleet environment preferred
• Safe Driving Record (MVR and previous employment)
• Goal driven
• California Driver License
• Forklift certification preferred
• Strong work ethic
• Minimum 2 years of driving experience
• High School diploma required
• California Driver License class A preferred.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT:

• Walking, stooping, bending, twisting, lifting, pulling, pushing and reaching may be required in completion of job duties
• The incumbent will be constantly stepping in and out of the truck to release the break hoses and open and close the container doors.
• The incumbent will need to plug and unplug reefer containers to 480V plugs when needed.