Yard Jockey

Imperial Dade, a leading North American distributor, has a Yard Jockey role available in Milford, CT!

Join a strong and continuously evolving Transportation team helping to continue to grow our business. If you’re eager for your next opportunity, Imperial Dade is a great place to take that next step.

The Yard Jockey drives trailers and box trucks from the central warehouse to the annex building and from docks to parking spaces.

The schedule is from 4:00pm to finish, Monday through Friday; some overtime is required.

Imperial Dade is the leading independently owned and operated distributor of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies in North America. As a provider of customized supply chain solutions, we serve customers in many business-to-business market segments including restaurants, grocery stores, healthcare, sports and entertainment, and cruise lines. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in New Jersey, Imperial Dade serves as a mission-critical partner to more than 90,000 customers through our footprint of 125+ branches.

**All correspondence will come directly from Imperial Dade and not a personal email address.**

You will:

• Organize and move trucks in the yard to 
• set up for loading. Moving trailers from bay to bay.
• Local deliveries when requested.
• Complete adherence to all safe driving and safe working practices as well as DOT regulations.
• Warehouse work is required during down times.
• This position works night shift, 4pm-12am with the possibility for overtime.

You have:

• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent
• Clear MVR
• A valid commercial driver’s license
• 1+ years of recent CDL A experience
• Route delivery experience (a plus)
• Manual pallet jack and hand truck experience (a plus)
• Lift gate experience (a plus)
• Ability to lift 50+ pounds comfortably and unassisted
• Ability to work in any weather condition, as most work is completed outdoors
• 1-2 years verifiable driving experience with a valid DOT
• Class A Driver’s license and an excellent driving record (2 years with a clean driving record).
• Knowledge of distribution and transportation industry.

We offer a dynamic environment for our more than 7,500 employees to work, learn, and grow professionally. We value our people and strive to create rewarding career opportunities by offering competitive salaries and benefits (medical, dental, vision), a 401(k) program with company match, a shared ownership program, life insurance, a generous paid time off package, educational reimbursement, paid family leave, and adoption assistance. We are excited to invite talented individuals with a passion for excellence to join our team.

Imperial Dade is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history, or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.