CDL Yard Driver

Job Details

Job Location:

Alameda - Tempe, AZ 85282

Position Type:
Full Time

Salary Range: $26.65 - $26.65 Hourly

Job Shift: ANY

The CDL Yard Driver will play a vital role in coordinating deliveries and pickups between UDA facilities, customers, and partner farms. The CDL Yard Driver will operate a diesel‑powered tractor‑trailer combination to transport and deliver liquid products in a timely and safe manner, ensuring product quality and freshness.

• Conduct pre and post inspections on tractors and trailers
• Manage inbound and outbound freighters and direct to docks and bays
• Record and report out‑of‑spec deliveries and unscheduled loads
• Act as the first point of contact for customer demand changes and communicate to all stakeholders
• Respond to calls and texts from all customers and contractors
• Check emails and complete online learnings and trainings
• Accurately document all required paperwork
• Communicate with Transportation Foreman and supervision
• Audit equipment for food safety and quality standards, resolving and/or reporting compliance issues immediately
• Follow direction from the shift Yard Foreman

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Drive a diesel‑powered tractor with various trailer types, including reefers, dry vans, tankers, and quad‑axle tankers
• Work a variable shift, including nights, weekends, and holidays with semi‑annual shift bids
• Use electronic driver vehicle inspection software
• Read, hear, speak, comprehend, and carry out verbal and written instructions
• Participate and adhere to all practices, policies, pay rates, and membership dues of a labor union
• Hold a CDL Class A with tanker endorsements

• Minimum 5 years of experience with a Class A CDL and tanker endorsement

• Ability to sit for prolonged periods of time
• Ability to operate a motor vehicle for multiple hours at a time
• Ability to walk and stand
• Ability to stoop, bend, reach, lift and carry items up to 55 lbs
• Ability to climb ladders and stairs of various heights occasionally
• Ability to push and pull large items up to 150 lbs frequently
• Ability to safely operate equipment
• Ability to visually observe the condition of surroundings
• Ability to work in varying extreme hot, cold, and wet temperatures and conditions
• Ability to work safely with hazardous chemicals
• Ability to hear and speak, occasionally in high time‑weighted average environments with elevated decibel readings (using appropriate hearing protection)
• Ability to safely operate a forklift occasionally

The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by employees assigned to this job title. This is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Employees will be expected to perform duties that do not appear in the job description. Management reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary.