Yard Truck Driver - Class A - Penske Logistics

Immediate Opportunities:
Full-time Class A Yard Drivers

• Earn $25.50 per hour

• Overtime after 40 hours

• 75 percent yard driver and 25 percent warehouse

Job responsibilities include a mixture of yard driving as well as work within the warehouse:

• Yard driving responsibilities will include:

• Moving trailers in and out of dock as directed by leadership.

• Couple and uncouple trailers.

• Chocking trailers as they are spotted for loading and unloading and pulling from doors.

• Warehouse work to be performed as needed includes:

• Utilizing a clamp truck to accurately stage and sort products for loading.

• Loading and unloading trailers.

• Sorting and placing parts in racks or other designated areas.

• Stacking cardboard boxes and pallets.

• Package or kit finished product for shipping (shrink wrapping, boxing, labeling).

• Electronically scanning products using a warehouse management system.

Schedule:

• Flexible scheduling options available, including 3–4 day work weeks.

• AM and PM shifts offered

• Average shift length: 10 hours.

Equipment Used:

• Late model, Penske Truck Leasing Day Cabs and Yard Tractors

• 53’ dry van trailers

• Stand Up Clamp Truck

• Electric and manual pallet jacks

Comprehensive benefits package includes:

• Paid vacation and holidays day 1

• Generous retirement benefits

• Excellent health care coverage-medical, dental, and vision

• Short and long-term disability; life and AD&D insurance

• Company-provided uniforms and safety footwear

• Employee discount benefit program

• Driver referral bonus program up to $5000 per referral

• Safety incentive program

• Premier Driver Recognition Program

Our excellent benefits plan keeps associates and their families happy, healthy, and secure. To learn more, visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .

Why Penske?

Ready to put your truck-driving career in high gear? Make the shift and fuel your career as a CDL Class A Yard Truck Driver for Penske. When you join Penske, you join a team of professional truck drivers committed to delivering products safely and on time. And we’re proud to haul freight for some of the world’s leading brands. (Yes, we’re more than just the yellow trucks.)

But it’s more than that. It’s about incredible customer service and building relationships with your accounts. When you drive for Penske, you’re representing Penske, but you’re also representing your clients. In fact, you’ll probably be driving their branded trucks and wearing their uniform.

You’ll be on the move with Penske and so will your career. We have tons of training opportunities for you. And with locations across the nation, you can also move to a new city.

Best of all, you’ll be with a stable, nationwide company that is known for having the best equipment, great management, clear communication and a fantastic safety record. We pay every Friday, and for most of our driving positions, you’re home daily. Yes, daily. Are you ready to take it to the next level? Come drive for Penske.

Qualifications:

• Valid Class A CDL required. Applicants must be domiciled in the U.S. and licensed in their state of residence

• Currently hold, or ability to obtain, a non-excepted interstate DOT medical card required

• 1 year of documented tractor-trailer experience in the last 3 years required, or 2 years of documented tractor-trailer experience in the past 5 years

• 3 years DMV/MVR record with two or fewer moving violations or accidents

• Follow all federal and/or state laws, regulations, and/or agency rules, standards and guidelines

• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job

• In order to be compliant with federal law (49 C.F.R. 391.11(b)(2)), this role requires English language proficiency

• Work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.

• This position is regulated by the Department of Transportation or designated as safety sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required. Associates must have the ability to accept responsibility for…