• Job Description

  Req#: 38898
  Company Overview:
  
  Omni Logistics is a global provider of air, ocean and ground services, including supplemental services for enterprises dependent on the efficient movement of high value freight. Omni Logistics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Forward Air, a leading asset-light provider of transportation services across the United States, Canada and Mexico. We provide expedited less-than-truckload services, including local pick-up and delivery, shipment consolidation/deconsolidation, warehousing, and customs brokerage by utilizing a comprehensive national network of terminals. In addition, we offer truckload brokerage services, including dedicated fleet services, and intermodal, first- and last-mile, high-value drayage services, both to and from seaports and railheads, dedicated contract and Container Freight Station warehouse and handling services. We are more than a transportation company. Forward is a single resource for your shipping needs.
  
  Position: Warehouse CDL Yard Jockey
  
  Core Responsibilities & Duties:
  • Use yard hosteler to safely move trailers and containers according to daily business needs
  • Ensure that trailer inventory is taken daily
  • Must be able to maintain both North and South yard’s as to positioning of trailers, etc.
  • Responsible for safe operation, preventive maintenance, and repairs of yard switcher equipment
  • Must maintain a current/valid Class A driver’s license, medical card, and medical long form
  • Minimum of 2 years tractor-trailer driving experience, including driving in winter/harsh weather conditions
  • Inspect all trailers for damage, necessary repairs and inspection expirations, per Department of Transportation regulations
  • Report any problems with equipment or safety concerns
  • Drives truck to destination according to dispatch direction and customer requirements to achieve on time performance
  • Inspects truck and trailer (equipment) before and after trips and submits reports indicating conditions in a timely manner
  • Assist with related Special Projects when required
  • Compliance to Company Policies with respect to the Employee Handbook, Safety Regulations and the use of company supplied Equipment and Resources
  • Other Duties may be assigned as required
  Job Requirements & Qualifications:
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and occasionally required to stand, walk, and stoop, kneel, crouch and climb.
  • The employee must also use hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials and manipulating items.
  • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • This job also requires the ability to respond quickly to a signal (sound, light, picture) when it appears and the ability to choose quickly between two or more movements in response to two or more different signals using two or more limbs simultaneously.
  • Also required to climb in and out of a commercial vehicle throughout a normal work shift, numerous times per day.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color and peripheral vision.
  • Depth perception is also required to judge the distance between objects as well as night vision to see under low lighting conditions.
  What We Offer:
  • Competitive base salary
  • Two weeks of paid time off within the first year of employment, sick time and holidays
  • Company provided life insurance
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance options
  • Commuter benefit plan
  • Optional supplemental life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Wellness program
  • A great place to work with a terrific culture

• About the company

  Forward Air Corporation is a freight and logistics company. The Company provides less-than-truckload (LTL), truckload, intermodal and pool distribution services across the United States and in Canada. The Company's segments include Expedited LTL, Truck...

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