BACK UP Spotter Driver/Jockey
Great Dane LLC
- Elysburg, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Monday-Thursday
- 2nd shift is 6:30PM-5:00AM
- Available overtime
- CDL required
- Drives spotter truck to move trailers in and out of the building, around the staging areas and to the security station, observing all safety regulations.
- Performs inspection and miscellaneous service duties such as checking the oil, water, gasoline, and tire pressure daily.
- Reports any maintenance malfunctions.
- Keeps equipment and work area clean and orderly.
- Observes all safety and security procedures.
- Performs other routine duties as necessary.
- Employee must be able to drive safely and effectively on all staging area road and parking surfaces.
- Employee must be able to operate effectively in reverse backing a trailer into the bay area (inside building) and into stage area parking.
- Employee must be able to read trailer numbers and other documentation.
- Employee must be able to perform and remember how to perform multiple tasks from day to day.
- Employee must be able to perform the physical requirements listed in that section of this job description.
- Employee must look for potential cost savings in the work process, help keep scrap and waste to a minimum and be efficient in use of all supplies.
- Time standard is dependent on the process being performed, customer specification, volume, and location.
- The employee must perform the assigned tasks in a way they meet or exceed the required production level.
- The quantity of units moved will vary with the process being performed, customer specification, volume, and location.
- Spotter truck driver must ensure trailers are moved and parked properly (allowing enough room) without being damaged.
- Spotter truck driver must ensure trailers are parked in a safe manner for use by other employees.
- Must be able to perform work with little supervision.
- May be asked to assist in the training of new employees.
- GED or high school diploma is preferred.
- Truck, jockey, spotter, shag truck training or experience is required.
- At least one year of yard jockey experience (or equivalent) is preferred.
- A CDL (commercial driver's license) and at least one year of experience is required if road driving is necessary at the location.
- Driver’s license is required.
- CDL (commercial driver's license) is required if road driving is necessary at the location.
- Knowledge of the operating functions of the spotter truck including coupling, decoupling, maneuvering, and parking trailers.
- Ability to move and park trailers indoors, outdoors and on a variety of driving surfaces (asphalt, concrete and gravel roadways, and parking).
- Ability to read whole numbers and letters to determine the proper trailer to be moved.
- Aptitude to learn and retain new information.
- Ability to follow instructions, given either verbally or in writing.
- Must pass driving test.
- Office and plant environment.
- Keyboarding, lifting, standing, bending, walking.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Ability to stand and move about on concrete 8-12 hours a day. Ability to see, walk, bend, reach, grasp, stoop, kneel, twist, crawl, carry, climb (including ladders), work overhead, push and pull.
- Ability to do heavy lifting (up to 50 pounds) multiple times daily in an 8-to-12-hour shift.
- Ability to maneuver large parts and assemblies (up to 180 pounds) by pushing, pulling, and flipping them into place.
- Ability to work in a constant state of alertness.
- The employer will make reasonable accommodations in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
- Employees must wear all mandated PPE which includes at least protection for the eyes, ears, hands, head, body and feet.