Job Description

Job Title: Jockey CDL

Department: Transportation

Reports To: Product Coordinating Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Come join our Team as a Jockey CDL! We started with pastries handmade by Lois and Lloyd Martin produced inside of a garage and we have boomed into a multi-facility company where our many products are produced by machines and shipped domestically and internationally. Talk about a rich history and exciting future! As an employer of choice we offer physical, emotional, financial and professional benefits including 401K, disability insurance and paid holidays.

As a member of the Martin’s Family, a Jockey CDL coordinates the flow of stale and finished fresh product for distribution and return processing and prepares orders for distribution in an efficient and accurate manner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Transports finished product via an electric -jack from the palletizer to the storage location or a tractor-trailer in an accurate and orderly fashion.
• Ensures each pallet is strapped correctly.
• Maintains the supply of pallets to the palletizing machines.
• Removes broken or dirty baskets and pallets from circulation.
• Examines and removes any defective product from the pallets.
• Checks product clips to ensure the accurate color, price, and date are used.
• Receives, picks, verifies, and loads product orders.
• Attaches or marks identifying tags or labels to product or materials.
• Installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent the shifting and damage of loads while in transit.
• Unloads returned product from tractor-trailers and transports to the stale area.
• Empties baskets, tubs, and pallets of stale product into the stale machine.
• Operates and fills the stale machine.
• Monitors and fills the basket lines with empty baskets.
• Maintains the cleanliness of the trailers, stale room, and warehouse.
• Adheres to safety, food safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices regulations.
• Inspects truck for defects before and after trips and submits report indicating truck condition.
• Maintains driver log according to I.C. regulations.

• Jockeys tractor-trailer at plant locations.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

Hours and Schedule:

10:30PM to 7:00AM (Overnight)

Sunday to Thursday

Pay Rate and Benefits:

• $22.81/hour - Paid Weekly!

• $3.00/hour shift differential (required to work 4+ consecutive hours between 3pm-7am)

• Weekend Premium Pay

• 401K Profit Sharing

• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Health Savings Account

• Vacation/PTO

• And Much More!

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED

• Two years’ CDL driving experience, related jockeying experience helpful

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Class A license is required.A class A license is issued to those persons 18 years of age or older who have demonstrated their qualifications to operate any combination of vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more, provided the gross vehicle weight rating of the vehicle or vehicles being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.The holder of a Class A license is qualified to operate vehicles for which a Class B or Class C license is issued.Where required, appropriate endorsements must be obtained.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Meets Department of Transportation (DOT) Physical requirements.
• Abides by federal motor carrier regulations.
• Ability to operate or learn to operate an electric jack.
• Drives during night-time hours.

• Works with little to no supervision.

Language Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.Ability to write simple correspondence.Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one- or two-step instructions.Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to walk; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear and smell. The employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The temperature in the dock area is directly affected by outside temperatures. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)