Why Join the LACOSTA Team?

Our goal is to provide a safe and rewarding opportunity for motivated employees to achieve satisfaction in their career. We pride ourselves on our success due to our people, processes, and the resulting productivity we achieve for our customers. Our Employees help us create value for our customers.

Yard Driver Job Responsibilities:

• The yard driver operator will have direct responsibility for correctly and safely operating the yard equipment within the mill.
• Perform daily checklist before operating yard truck and lift trucks.
• Reports all equipment issues or concerns immediately on checklist and to the supervisor.
• Safely and efficiently move trailers within the warehouse yard to and from dock doors as directed by the supervisor.
• Clean all trailers by blowing them out prior to placing them at the dock.
• Inspect all trailers for holes prior to placing them at the dock.
• Choke one wheel on all trailers after placing them into the dock.
• Place jack stand under trailers after placing them at the dock.
• Prepare the oncoming shift with the docks being set up.
• Unload raw material in the warehouse.
• Verifies documented information when unloading trucks
• Interact professionally and in a courteous manner with all truck drivers and other personnel.
• Pulling production from the conveyor lines and bay locating it.
• Working inside the warehouse to correct any issues inside the bays.
• Assist in wrapping rolls for shipments.
• Follow all safety guidelines and all issues in a timely manner and to the satisfaction
• Representing LACOSTA in a professional, reliable and integrity based manner at all times.
• Identify and improve upon opportunities to increase the efficiencies and productivity of operations
• Actively participate in correct and complete tie out communications with incoming shift change.

Qualifications:

• Must have CDL and Medical Card
• Experience with operating yard equipment and tractor trailers are required.
• Must complete required training (General Mill Guidelines, Hazard Recognition, Lift truck training, PPE).
• Must meet all safety expectations and guidelines.
• Must perform necessary housekeeping tasks for assigned area.
• Ensure that all production needs are planned for and met.
• Ability to read and analyze information
• Adept to handling multiple complex tasks simultaneously
• Profieciency with prioritizing and meeting multiple deadlines
• Excellent time management

Essential Functions:

• Ability to wear required PPE (Ear plugs, Hi-Vis Safety Vest, Safety glasses, steel toe safety shoes, and hard hats (If required) for entire 12 hour shift.
• Must be able to constantly switch from standing/sitting.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Must be able to work 12 hour shifts on rotating days Tues, Wed, Sat, Sun, Mon

Day Shift 6 AM-6 PM

Additional Information / Benefits

Starting Pay is $17.50 an hour and we pay weekly!

We offer many great benefits such as Steel Toe Reimbursement, Employee Referral Program, Bright Stars Education Program, along with health and life insurance benefits and 401K!

We do conduct a Background Check and Pre-Employment Drug Screening.