🗺 Location & Routes
- Base city: Mobile, AL
- Route type: Local yard switching (no highway driving)
- Freight: Port-connected warehouse trailers, industrial freight staging
- Schedule: Night shift, 8–12 hour yard operations
📋 Job Description
- Move trailers between dock doors and staging lanes inside yard
- Position inbound/outbound trailers for warehouse loading
- Support continuous port-connected freight flow
- Coordinate with dispatch for yard sequencing
- Maintain tight-turn trailer spotting operations
- Work in active industrial yard environment
✅ Requirements
CDL Class A
Valid CDL-A license required
Experience
6+ months experience preferred
Age
Minimum 21 years old
MVR
Clean driving record, no major violations
Physical
Light unloading when needed
Endorsements
None required
🚛 Equipment & Fleet
- Truck assignment: Assigned yard tractors (no road tractors)
- Fleet average age: Older but regularly serviced yard rotation fleet
- Features: Terminal spotting units, tight-turn chassis, inverter-equipped tractors, proximity safety sensors
🏠 Home Time
- Home every shift
- Night schedule with daily return to home base
📍 Real Routes Our Drivers Take
- Mobile Industrial Park yard lanes → Port warehouse staging zones (I-10 corridor access points nearby, no highway driving)
- Dock rotation cycle: inbound trailer drop → staging lanes → outbound loading doors
- Cross-yard movement between distribution terminals along I-65 logistics belt connectors
🎁 Benefits & Bonus Structure
💰 Bonus Structure
📝 Hiring Process
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Do I ever leave the yard or hit the highway?
No highway driving here. You stay inside the industrial yard moving trailers between docks and staging lanes.
How fast does the night shift move?
It can get busy during inbound and outbound waves, then slow between cycles. It’s more about timing than miles.
Do I keep the same yard truck?
Most drivers stay with one unit, unless it goes into maintenance rotation or swap is needed.
Is this physically demanding?
Mostly driving and spotting trailers. Light activity around coupling and inspections, nothing heavy.
How consistent is the weekly pay?
It stays fairly steady, usually depending on overtime and how active the yard is that week.
What’s the hardest part of this job?
Night rhythm and tight yard space. It’s repetition and precision more than distance.
📊 Local Market Insights
Most freight movement around Mobile runs through port-connected industrial corridors feeding into the I-10 and I-65 logistics network. Yard operations here stay tied to continuous trailer cycling between warehouse docks and staging lots. During night hours, activity concentrates around inbound shipments arriving for early-morning distribution waves. The flow isn’t about long distance—it’s about constant repositioning inside tight industrial zones where timing matters more than miles.
🔗 CDL-A Yard Jockey – Mobile, AL
Yard work in Mobile runs steady through port-linked industrial parks where trailers never really stop moving. This CDL-A yard jockey role keeps you inside controlled facility grounds, working night dispatch cycles that feed warehouse docks and staging lanes. Most of the activity follows tight rotation patterns near I-10 and I-65 logistics corridors, where inbound freight gets staged and pushed back out for early distribution runs. It’s repetitive work, but predictable once you settle into the rhythm of the yard. Pay sits around $18–$24/hour depending on shift flow and overtime, with home daily return after each night cycle.
🚀 Apply for This CDL-A Position
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