Seasonal Spotter Truck Driver

Wonderful Citrus is North America’s leading integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementines/mandarins, navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus farms more than 74,000 acres of fresh citrus and has supplier relationships around the world to ensure a year-round supply. Our citrus can be found in all channels of distribution, with our consumer brands most visible in the produce department of grocery stores across the globe under our flagship consumer brands, Wonderful Halos Mandarins, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red Grapefruit.

Overview:

Drives yard truck (spotter truck) not requiring a class A CDL but a CDL is preferred.

Here's what you'll do:

• Inspect trucks per company polices and complete daily inspection sheets.
• Perform minor maintenance to the trucks and trailers as required.
• Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus. Hooks and unhooks trucks to trailer hitch, and transports load to designated area.
• Must be able to back trailers into tight spots and at tight angles.
• Weighs materials or products and records weight on tags, labels, or production schedules.
• Loads, unloads, and moves materials within or near plant, yard, or work site.
• Reads work orders or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
• Opens containers, using steel cutters, grinder, crowbar, claw hammer, or other hand tools.
• Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit, using hand tools.
• Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.
• Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers.
• Required to clean trucks on a pre-scheduled basis.
• Required to add diesel fuel to the trucks at a designated location

FOOD SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES

The employee shall take all reasonable measures and precautions to ensure compliance with 21CFR 110.

Disease Control: Any employee who, by medical examination or supervisory observation, is shown to have, or appears to have, an illness, open lesion, including boils, sores, or infected wounds, or any other abnormal source of microbial contamination by which there is a reasonable possibility of food, food-contact surfaces, or food packaging materials becoming contaminated, shall be excluded from any operations which may be expected to result in such contamination until the condition is corrected.

• Cleanliness: All employees working in direct contact with food, food-contact surfaces, and food-packaging materials shall conform to hygienic practices while on duty to the extent necessary to protect against contamination of food.
• Be aware of and comply with current good manufacturing practices regarding; proper food handling techniques, food-protection principles, the danger of poor personal hygiene and unsanitary practices.

Here's what you'll bring to the table:

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.

Pay Rate: $18.04 Per Hour

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 0-1 years truck driving experience
• Class A CDL with no restrictions is preferred
• must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• may require long hours including working weekends and nights

Wonderful's dedication to you:

• Competitive benefits package including Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k
• Continued training and generous Education Reimbursement Program
• Paid sick, vacation and holiday time
• Wonderful Giving (www.wonderfulgiving.com) -- allowing you to donate company money to a cause of your choice

Why Choose Wonderful?

Wonderful Citrus is part of The Wonderful Company, a privately held $6 billion global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world. Its iconic brands include FIJI Water, POM Wonderful, Wonderful Pistachios, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, Teleflora, and JUSTIN and Lewis Cellars wines. The Wonderful Company’s connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA. 

To learn more about The Wonderful Company, its products, and its core values, please visit wonderful.com, or follow The Wonderful Company on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram. To learn more about the company’s corporate social responsibility impact, visit csr.wonderful.com. 

Wonderful Citrus and The Wonderful Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and with opportunities for advancement. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.

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