Shag Truck Driver

Jack Link's Protein Snacks; Underwood (IA); On-site; USD 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay plus bonus plan

Medical, dental & vision benefits

PTO & holidays

Job summary

Jack Link's Protein Snacks is seeking a Shag Truck Driver for our Underwood, IA distribution center. The role focuses on moving semi-trailers using a shag truck, backing into docks, and supporting loading/unloading as needed.

Starting pay ranges from $18.60 to $22.50 per hour, with benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans, plus PTO and holidays. The position requires safety awareness, valid driver's license, and 3+ years of DC experience with shag truck.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 3 years of distribution center experience with shag truck operation.
• Ability to read, write, comprehend, follow instructions, and perform basic math.
• Above-average communication skills, typically via radio.
• Experience with yard switching and tractor-trailer operations.
• Must have a current valid driver’s license.
• Basic mechanical aptitude and tool usage.

Responsibilities

• Maintain safety and ergonomic processes to ensure a safe workplace.
• Adhere to GMPs, sanitary conditions, and food safety standards.
• Perform daily shag truck inspections and USDOT-compliant checks.
• Conduct daily yard checks for loaded and empty trailers.
• Ensure correct temperature storage per guidelines and spot trailers at docks.
• Keep equipment clean and organized; assist on the dock as needed.
• Support efficient distribution center flow and operate with limited supervision.

Skills

Read & write

Radio communications

Stress management

Material handling equipment

Organizational skills

Valid driver license

Yard switching

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Shag truck operation

Job description

• Compensation: USD 18.50 - USD 22.50 - hourly

Company Description

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands: Jack Link’s® , Lorissa’s™ Organic Snacks, Golden Island®, BiFi®, Peperami®and KOOEE!® to name a few, there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just bee a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

We offer:

• A passionate team
• Strong family values
• Career opportunities with a goal to promote from within
• Competitive pay including a bonus plan
• Great benefits including a medical plan, dental plan and vision plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday pay
• Discounted product

Job Description

2nd Shift Hours: Monday-Thursday, 4:30pm - 3am, with a shift differential of $1.75

Link Snacks is seeking a Shag Truck Driver to add to our team at the distribution center in Underwood, IA. The Shag Truck Driver plays an essential role within the Link Snacks Distribution Center.

This position is responsible for maintaining a smooth and accurate flow of trailers to the docks while maintaining a safe work environment and adhering to company policies and procedures. It requires using a shag truck to move semi-trailers and backing them into designated loading docks and parking areas. This position will also assist on the dock, loading, and unloading as needed or as time permits.

The Shag Driver will also keep the drop/staging lot organized, including maintaining a correct inventory within the lot and ensuring all trailers are sealed within the lot. This position will also perform other duties, as directed by leadership, as well as participate in various areas to ensure the overall effective function of the distribution center.

ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

The responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Maintain required safety and ergonomic processes to ensure a safe working environment and meet the company goal of an injury free workplace.
• Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP’s, maintain sanitary conditions, and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to leadership any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality, or personnel safety.
• Performs daily maintenance check / equipment inspection of the shag truck as required by USDOT rules and regulations. This involves written documentation that is turned into the supervisor.
• Performs daily yard check as directed for loaded and empty trailers.
• Ensure product is stored at the appropriate temperature following the company’s guidelines.
• Moves/spots all trailers as directed. Must be able to spot the correct trailers in the correct docks.
• Keeps equipment clean and orderly, assisting with general housekeeping to maintain food safety standards.
• Assists on the dock, loading and unloading trailers as time permits.
• Has proficient knowledge of the process to facilitate and assist with the optimal flow in and out of the DC.
• Must be courteous, cooperative, and respectful always. Contact the immediate supervisor to manage any conflicts that may occur.
• Maintain a high focus on providing excellentcustomerservice to our internal and external customers.
• Self-reliant and able to accurately work under limited supervision.
• This is a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shift dedicated position although flexibility to work all shifts, including weekends, is required when necessary.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 3years ofexperience in a distribution center with an emphasis on equipment operation, material handling, and shipping/receiving, and shag truck experience. Overall understanding of distribution center processes.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Ability to read, write, comprehend, follow verbal and written instructions, and acquire basic mathematical skills.
• Above average communication skills, typically utilizing a radio.
• Experience working in a challenging environment with the ability to manage stressful situations while maintaining company guidelines.
• Experience with material handling equipment.
• Organizational skills
• Must have a current valid driver’s license.
• Experience yard switching and/or tractor trailer experience required.
• Requires mechanical aptitude and the understanding / use of basic hand tools.

Additional Information

The starting rate for this role is $18.60 - $22.50 (Hourly). Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack Link’s Total Rewards package for Team Members. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program-specific awards. Jack Link’s provides a variety of benefits to eligible Team Members, including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401k participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Jack Link's is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify
Jack Link's provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We may not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that your employer has violated its responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

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