Yard Driver 3rd shift

Job Description

Country Pure Foods is the nation’s premier juice company, formed by joining four outstanding companies:
Natural Country Farms of Ellington, Connecticut;
Ohio Pure Foods of Akron, Ohio;
Ardmore Farms of DeLand, Florida; and Cal‑Tex Citrus Juice of Houston, Texas. Most recently, Country Pure Foods became a wholly owned subsidiary of Silver Springs Citrus, Inc., a joint venture owned by Sapporo International and Toyota Tsusho America. Combined, the company has over 300 years of experience providing fresh juice, packaging and distribution solutions to the food service, retail and contract packaging industries.

Receiving tankers, frozen trailers, dry trailers and barrels and moving them to proper places within Production and Warehouse while achieving maximum usage of leased yard equipment through working with Shipping/Logistics, Finance and Production Planning. Move received materials to and from manufacturing areas and shipping areas while maintaining accuracy, quality, and shipments in a timely manner. Accountable for the placement and delivery of product.

Maintain and operate hoist and yard equipment per safety and maintenance guidelines.

• Understand Yard Dog operation and responsible use of equipment.
• Complete trailer movement log to assist management in understanding the daily movements of trailers throughout the facility and measure Yard performance KPI’s.
• Completing Daily Yard Check recording trailers, fuel levels and state of use.
• Receiving tankers, frozen trailers, dry trailers and barrels and moving them to proper places within Production and Warehouse.
• Ensuring Tankers are weighed in and out. Starting a weight ticket if one had not been started previously. Completing weight tickets begun by others.
• Move loads of received materials efficiently between production, warehouse areas & shipping area.
• Move onsite trailers in/out of loading docks as needed.
• Ensuring loaded reefer trailers are fueled. Monitor fuel level. Retrieving fuel and then fueling up trailers.
• Provide excellent service to internal customers with effective deliveries/pickups by utilizing good teamwork.
• Check every load to ensure properly prepared by the production for movement to warehouse area.
• Straighten and clean up trailers in front/back yard, outside warehouse area and grounds.

• Assist in training team members.
• Perform miscellaneous tasks as assigned by Warehouse Lead/Supervisor/Manager.
• Load, unload & block trucks properly and complete truck paperwork.
• Follow CPF policies and procedures.
• Follow GMP rules.
• Report unsafe conditions to Warehouse Lead/Supervisor/Manager.
• Suggest improvements in safety, quality and efficiency.
• Operate time card system properly.
• Communicate with previous and following shift regarding equipment operation and production status.
• Assist in inventory and cycle counts.
• Responsible for making sure the Company is in compliance with Florida CDL & Federal DOT.
• Must help out in freezer when required.
• If forklift certified, you can be asked to use a forklift to assist in the following:
  • Loading or unloading of product
  • Assist in receiving loads documenting actual qty received vs qty on bill of lading.
  • Completion of cube sheets and documentation of proper movement of product from production line to trailer.
• You might be asked to perform duties not listed in this job description.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or six to twelve months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have current Class A CDL license.
• Language skills: ability to read and interpret documents such as production schedules, inventory reports, sales forecasts, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups.
• Mathematical skills: ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure; compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• Reasoning ability: solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Computer skills: competently and accurately operate a handheld Warehouse Management System scanning device.
• Supervisory responsibilities:
  
  This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

The job requires the employee to regularly sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. The employee may be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and may work in areas where noise levels are moderate to loud, requiring hearing protection.