Job Description Job Description
Yard Driver / Yard Hostler, Food Distribution Warehouse
Rancho Cordova, CA $28/hour 12 openings AM and PM shifts 12-hour shifts
Epic Personnel Partners is hiring Yard Drivers (Yard Hostlers / Yard Jockeys) for a busy food distribution warehouse in Rancho Cordova. You'll keep the operation moving by shuttling loaded and empty trailers between the yard and dock doors so product gets in and out on time.
What you'll do
- Operate a yard truck (terminal tractor / spotter) to move, hook, and drop trailers at dock doors and assigned yard locations
- Verify trailer and seal numbers and confirm moves with dispatch and yard leadership by radio or handheld device.
- Keep dock doors supplied so loading and unloading teams stay on schedule
- Complete pre- and post-trip inspections; report damage, maintenance issues, or unsafe conditions
- Connect air lines and glad hands, raise and lower landing gear, and check reefer units as directed
- Follow site safety, sanitation, and food handling procedures
What you bring
- Experience operating a yard truck / hostler and moving trailers
- Strong safety awareness in a high-traffic yard with pedestrians and over-the-road drivers
- Ability to work 12-hour shifts, outdoors in all weather, with a flexible schedule
- Valid driver's license
Nice to have: Class A CDL, reefer trailer experience, food/grocery distribution background.
