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Trailer Inspector - 1st Shift
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What they do
A Yard Truck Driver drives trucks within a specific, small environment such as a factory yard or a rail yard. Often requires more experience due to tight spaces. May require forklift experience.
$33,519 / year median in Virginia
+10% projected growth
Job Description
Trailer Inspector
- 1st Shift
- Full Time
Penske - Franklin, VA Posted on 09/09/26 (
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Position Summary:
This position is for EPES Transport, LLC., a division of Penske Logistics, based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The Trailer Inspector is responsible for inspecting all trailers or containers entering the yard.
Shift:
Monday-Friday, 1st
Shift:
6:30AM-2:30PM
Pay Range:
$19.00 hourly
Major Responsibilities:
- Provide service to inspect all trailers prior to trailers being spotted to the dock for loading. Trailers failing inspection perpany standards will bemunicated to the PS&D Department as being in reject status. Mill will provide an onsite cleanout dumpster.
- Enter pertinent trailer, truckingpany, truck information into IP system on all trailers entering or exiting the IP yard.
- Provide the following daily trailer pool yard checks:
One (1) time per day Monday through Friday at no later than 7am, aplete trailer yard-check verifying against a Trailer Pool Report provided by the Mill Transportation Department.
One (1) time per day Monday through Friday at 3pm , an empty trailer check verifying against an Empty Trailer Report provided by the Mill Transportation Department.
One (1) time per day, an empty trailer check verifying against an Empty Trailer Report provided by the Mill Transportation Department.
- Ensure that the drop yard remains clear (i.e., no trailer congestion).
- Ensure trailers are dropped at the proper height and tandems are slid all the way to the rear to enable carrier's tractors to fit under trailers.
Should trailers be improperly spotted, the
SWITCHER
shall be responsible to correct the problem at no additional cost to IP.
- Observe that only the owning carrier may authorize
SWITCHER
to remove its equipment from the mill property. Any deviation from these instructions or evidence of tampering with carrier's equipment must be reported to the appropriate IP personnel.
- Obtain executed equipment Interchange Agreements with each carrier serving Franklin mill and may not move equipment of any carrier with which it does not have such an agreement.
- Other projects and tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- Strongputer/PC skills required
- Ability to read andprehend general instructions, correspondence and memos
- Ability tomunicate clearly
- Ability to work independently, take initiative and to be a self-starter
- Ability to plan andanize workload
- Ability to handle pressure and work with interruptions
- Ability to meet deadlines and maintain attention to details
- Ability to handle multiple priorities
- Ability to work flexible hours as needed
- Ability to interact, in a professional manner, with employees, vendors and customers
- Ability to secure information from potential customers
- Willingness to learn and accept responsibility
- Must be able to travel as required
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
- Ability to work an perform tasks in various weather conditions
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
- Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required scle, work at the specific location required,plete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment,cation, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.
Physical Requirements:
- The physical and mental demands described are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable amodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The associate will be required to: read;municate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Epes Transport
Epes Transport, a Penske Logisticspany, delivers dependable truckload transportation services with a strong presence in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Midwest.
We offer:
Dedicated Truckload Capacity, Drayage Services, Shuttle Operations, General Truckload Services, and Yard Switching Operations. With terminals in NC, VA, GA, TN, and TX, and 24/7 satellite shipment tracking, we provide reliable coverage and visibility across major U.S. markets. epestransport to learn more.
Job Family:
Operations
Address:
34378 Union Camp Drive
Primary Location:
US-VA-Franklin
Employer:
EPES Transport System, LLC
Req ID:
2610776
Benefits
- Dental Insurance