Yard Driver Opr DB01
Posted on: 26 Mar 2021
Dexter, MO
Job Description
This position is responsible for operating trucks and moving trailers in and out of loading areas while maintaining a safe work environment and adhering to Tyson policies and procedures.
Job Summary:
Must be willing to use a yard truck to transport live haul trailers, reefers, and tankers to and from the production yard/holding area and backing them into the unloading ramps. Must be willing to binding and unbinding live haul cages at shoulder height and above. Must be willing to perform the assigned tasks for periods of 8 hours on concrete floors, shovel, climb stairs and ladders up to 30 feet, bend, stretch, and reach. Must be willing to work on and around machinery, and maintain clean work area by use of soap and high-pressure water hose with 30 pounds of pressure or more. Must be willing to use basic hand tools and perform basic mechanical and maintenance functions, such as Preventative Maintenance (PMs) to equipment and repair live haul cages. Must be willing to document information referent to the position, which will include Tyson Yard/Lot Driver Assessment, oral communication skills, ability to work independently, and must be results oriented and have good problem-solving techniques.
Environmental: Exposed to outside working environment which will include odors.
Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.
Special Skills Required:
Requires a valid drivers license and forklift certified operator.
Experience: It is preferred that the team member have experience driving a truck with the ability to navigate trailers and forklift experience.
Schedule: Hours per day and days per week will vary.
Internal Candidates: Team Member selected must have no more than 7 points to bid at time position is closed, and at 8 points will be required to return to general production. Team Member selected must have no written warning or written warning w/suspension in the previous 6 months to be considered.
Length of time to learn the job:
3 to 4 weeks
Work Shift:
2ND SHIFT (United States of America)
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Tyson Foods
Springdale, AR
Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a food company worldwide. It operates through four segments: Beef, Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods. The company processes live fed cattle and live market hogs; fabricates dressed beef and pork carcasses into primal and sub-primal meat cuts, as well as case ready beef and pork, and fully-cooked meats; and raises and processes chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products.
It also supplies poultry breeding stock; sells allied products, such as hides and meats; and manufactures and markets frozen and refrigerated food products, including ready-to-eat sandwiches, flame-grilled hamburgers, Philly steaks, pepperoni, bacon, breakfast sausage, turkey, lunchmeat, hot dogs, flour and corn tortilla products, appetizers, snacks, prepared meals, ethnic foods, side dishes, meat dishes, breadsticks, and processed meats. The company offers its products primarily under the Tyson, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm, Ball Park, Wright, Aidells, ibp, State Fair, Gallo Salame, and Golden Island brands.
It sells its products through its sales staff to grocery retailers, grocery wholesalers, meat distributors, warehouse club stores, military commissaries, industrial food processing companies, chain restaurants or their distributors, live markets, international export companies, and domestic distributors who serve restaurants and foodservice operations, such as plant and school cafeterias, convenience stores, hospitals, and other vendors, as well as through independent brokers and trading companies. The company has a collaboration with IdentiGEN Ltd. Tyson Foods, Inc. was founded in 1935 and is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas.
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IndustryFood services/Restaurants
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No. of Employees121,000
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