Weekend/Overnight CDL/Yard Driver - Hazmat/Tanker required
Full-time
Goose Creek, SC, USA
USD 30-30 / hour
Weekend/Overnight CDL/Yard Driver, Starting at $30/hr plus shift differential
Weekend Shift, Friday/Saturday/Sunday 5:00 PM to 5:00 AM (OT and weekdays may be required)
Grow your career with a team that's known for its people and its culture—plus competitive pay, supportive leadership, and an excellent benefits package that includes medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with company matching, 9 paid holidays, sick time after 90 days, PTO earned with perfect attendance, and vacation that starts accruing immediately.
Sunland Logistics Solutions has an immediate need for a Full-Time CDL/Yard Driver at our N Charleston plant. As a CDL/Yard driver, you will be responsible for operating equipment to switch empty and full trailers/tankers to and from the shipping dock and yard trailer parking area. You'll also support general labor to keep our operation running safely and smoothly.
What You'll Do:
- Receives shipping schedule for ensuing shift and operates yard tractor to move filled trailers to yard parking area as designated
- Monitors and ensures that safety chocks are in place during loading process and removed for return to parking area
- Places and removes dock boards as required
- Cleans out trailers after placement at dock for loading
- Other duties as assigned
- Operate material handling equipment
- Maintain all required certifications required by DOT and OSHA and company safety programs
- Maintain and protect all property entrusted to you in excellent condition
- Perform any other tasks assigned to support and improve the overall team operations
- Maintain a level of professionalism at all times
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Thorough knowledge of traffic laws and defensive driving
- Hazmat/tanker endorsement
- Skill in operation of listed tools and equipment including yard tractor
- Ability to safely drive various vehicles
- Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with employees, supervisors and the general public
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to perform heavy manual tasks under varying weather conditions
- Ability to make independent judgments which have moderate impacts on the organization
Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
- At least two years of recent driving experience with a Class A CDL, tanker and hazmat endorsements.
- Minimal infractions on a 3-yr MVR.
- Current Class A CDL and DOT card
Physical Requirements:
- Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and walk.
- Team member is constantly required to use hands and fingers to feel, handle or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
- The Team Member is frequently required to sit, talk and hear.
- Team Member must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Candidates must pass a background check, pre-employment drug screen and road test administered by Sunland.