Regional Distribution Center - Yard Jockey

Are you looking for an opportunity to turn your ambition and your people skills into a rewarding career with an industry leader? Join our team at American Tire Distributors! As the nation's premier tire distributor, ATD’s coast-to-coast distribution network provides approximately 80,000 customers across the U.S. and Canada with rapid and frequent delivery of high quality tires, custom wheels and shop supplies. 

   

Position Description: 

The Yard Jockey's primary duties include relocating and positioning of trailers/containers for loading and unloading as well as maintaining organization of the drop yard. He/she works closely with Operations Supervisor, dispatcher, gatekeeper, inbound coordinator, and warehouse leads to maintain smooth flow of trailers/containers into and out of the drop yard. Operates Ottawa Yard truck to transport trailers/containers from drop yard to designated dock door as needed. Performs daily inspections of yard truck and/or equipment to ensure proper working order and reports any non-working and/or unsafe equipment conditions to management as needed. Responds to inquiries from operations team relating to trailer/container arrival and departures.

Primary Responsibilities:                                                          

• Uses the morning “Yard Audit sheet” to perform a yard check for all outbound yard trailers to report what loaded trailers are still in the yard and validates which empty trailer arrived at the yard after hours; provides completed “yard log sheet” to dispatcher. 
• Utilizes the afternoon “Yard Audit sheet checklist” to document which containers are empty, loaded from previous day, and which containers have arrived at the Mixing Center daily; provides completed “yard log sheet checklist” to dispatcher and keeps the gatekeeper informed of findings daily. 
• Operates Ottawa Yard truck to transport trailers from yard drop slot to designated dock door as needed. 
• Utilizes Blue Yonder Yard management system to complete all trailer moves in the YMS system. 
• Obtains outbound schedules to assign trailer ID numbers to designated dock doors for warehouse personnel to load required outbound shipments. 
• Utilizes Ottawa yard truck to pull loaded outbound trailers away from the docks; ensures all trailers doors are closed and bolt security ID seal is inserted for each loaded outbound trailer. 
• Utilizes yard truck to connect and transport containers from drop lot to designated dock doors to unload accordingly; cuts security ID seal, opens and secures doors prior to backing container into dock door. 
• Uses the “Vehicle Pre-trip Inspection Form” daily prior to usage to ensure proper working order/integrity of the yard truck; reports any non-working and/or unsafe equipment conditions to Management as needed.    
• Confirms daily integrity of drop yard and fencing to the Operations Manager to ensure physical security within the mixing center; stages all trailers against the wall bumpers for security measures to prevent pilferage.  
• Responds to inquiries from operations team relating to trailer/container arrival and departures. 
• Any other applicable duties and responsibilities assigned by management. 

Key Partners (Positions):  

• General Manager, Area Manager, Operations Manager, Inventory Control Manager, Inbound Coordinator, Dispatcher, Gatekeeper, Lead Person. 

Experience(s) that Best Prepares You:            

• Education:  High school diploma or GED preferred but not required 

Experience: 

• Class A CDL preferred but not required 
• Clean driving record within ATD standards 
• Maintain company certification and D.O.T. required medical documents 
• Five years driving experience on over the road or local delivery driving preferred but not required 
• Familiarization with yard tractors, trailers, and containers along with displacement of weight knowledge 
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the company, in its discretion, may find appropriate and acceptable. 

Key Competencies: 

• Organization and communication skills 
• Integrity: Doing the right thing in all circumstances 
• Self-management:  Set well defined and realistic goals.  Display initiative and commitment to meet goals.  Work with minimal supervision. 
• Decision Making:  Make sound, well informed and objective decisions.  Understand the impact of the decisions made. 
• Creative Thinking:  Use imagination to develop solutions to problems.  Always remember what worked yesterday no longer works today. 
• Continuous Learning:  Recognize strengths and weaknesses.  Allow feedback from others and pursue self-development. 
• Teamwork:  Work collaboratively wit