Trailer Spotter

**Location**: Ingersoll, ON **Department**: Dot Transportation, Inc. **Reports To**: Director of Transportation

**Your Role**: A trailer spotter / yard jockey at Dot Transportation is responsible for safely and efficiently spotting trailers on the yard or at the dock door per instructions from the operations clerks.
- Safely and efficiently drives trailers between pads, doors and buildings on a timely basis.
- Slides tandems effectively to meet state bridge laws.
- Accurately weighs loaded trailers.
- Inspects spotter tractor, performs basic maintenance and fueling, and reports equipment problems.
- Checks refrigerator unit operations to ensure adequate product and temperature integrity.
- Perform lot and /or yard checks
- Applies lean thinking and tools to identify and eliminate waste in all areas of the position.
- Transfer trailers between Ingersoll and the DOT Terminal yard in the GTA as needed.

**Role Specifics**:

- _Schedule_- Full-time - Specific schedule TBD
- _Work Environment - _Temperature extremes (summer and winter conditions) working in both indoor and outdoor weather conditions.

**What Can Dot Offer You?**

As a family-owned and -operated company for the past 55 years, Dot Foods has created a strong family culture within the business. As a vital part of that family unit, we want to ensure you feel included and respected for any differing ideas. We appreciate those opinions and count on them to make us successful. In addition to an inclusive working environment, we will provide you with:

- Highly competitive compensation and benefits package
- Family-friendly work environment
- Ongoing training and development

**We Need You To Have**:

- High school diploma or General Equivalency Degree.
- Ability to pass physical abilities test to meet standards of job and DOT requirements
- Sufficient hearing and vision necessary to operate powered equipment safely
- Safe driving record.

**We’d Like You To Have**:

- Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) with HAZMAT Endorsement.
- Experience in a fast-paced, safety-sensitive environment

This position assumes responsibility for the workplace safety of self and co-workers, and for the safety conditions of the work locations, exercise and promotes safe behaviors and show unyielding support of programs, rules and policies regarding safety.

We believe all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunities. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment because of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status or other basic classes protected by applicable federal or provincial law provided they are qualified for employment or for existing positions.