🗺 Location & Routes
- Base city: Savannah, Georgia
- Route type: Local home-daily yard operations
- Freight: Container chassis moves, trailer spotting, yard swaps
- Schedule: Fixed shifts with day / night rotation in port cycle
📋 Job Description
- Move trailers and containers inside Garden City Terminal yard system
- Spot trailers at docks, staging lanes, and cross-dock zones
- Handle empty and loaded container swaps between yard stacks
- Coordinate with port dispatch for continuous container flow
- Maintain tight yard movement cycles with minimal downtime
- Operate yard tractor equipment safely in high-density traffic zones
✅ Requirements
CDL Class A
Valid CDL-A license required
Experience
6+ months tractor-trailer experience preferred
Age
Minimum 21 years old
MVR
Clean driving record, no major violations
Physical
tight yard maneuvering, occasional light coupling
Endorsements
None required
🚛 Equipment & Fleet
- Truck assignment: Yard tractor assignment with Freightliner Cascadia-based yard units and Volvo VNL rotation support
- Fleet average age: newer yard tractors mixed with mid-cycle Freightliner and Volvo units
- Features: Cascadia-heavy rotation, Volvo VNL presence, partial assigned truck system, maintenance rotation through shop cycles
🏠 Home Time
- Home every shift, back to yard after clock-out
- Schedule stays consistent, shifts rotate between day and night depending on port flow
📍 Real Routes Our Drivers Take
- Garden City Terminal → Pooler GA distribution yards (I-95 corridor connectors)
- Port of Savannah yard → Savannah rail intermodal ramps (I-16 corridor movement)
- Garden City Terminal → cross-dock warehouses near Savannah I-16 / I-95 interchange
🎁 Benefits & Bonus Structure
💰 Bonus Structure
📝 Hiring Process
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is this really home daily or do shifts run long sometimes?
You’re back every shift, but port surges can stretch hours a bit depending on vessel timing and yard volume.
What kind of freight am I actually moving?
Mostly containers, chassis swaps, and trailer spotting between dock doors and staging lanes inside the port system.
Do I stay in one truck or switch units?
Usually you stick with a unit, but yard tractors rotate if maintenance or dispatch flow requires it.
How busy does the yard get during shifts?
It can move fast during ship arrivals, with tighter spacing and constant trailer repositioning cycles.
Is overtime common here?
Yes, especially when port activity spikes and container flow increases through the terminal.
Do I need experience in port work?
Not required, but yard or tight-space driving experience helps you settle in quicker.
📊 Local Market Insights
Most of the movement around Savannah runs through the I-95 and I-16 corridors feeding straight into Garden City Terminal. Yard tractors stay busy cycling containers between staging rows and dock doors without long idle gaps. When vessel arrivals stack up, trailer flow tightens and coordination between dispatch and yard teams becomes constant. Outside peak windows, movement settles into repeat container swaps across familiar yard lanes tied to the same rail and warehouse connections.
🔗 Yard Jockey CDL-A Driver – Savannah, Georgia
Savannah yard jockey work is all about constant movement inside the port system rather than highway miles. Inside Garden City Terminal, drivers stay locked into short shuttle cycles moving containers between stacks, rail ramps, and dock doors. The flow connects tightly with I-95 and I-16 freight corridors feeding into the port, so yard activity rises when inbound ships hit the terminal schedule. Most shifts stay structured, but the pace changes fast when container volume spikes. You’ll see repeat cycles through the same yard lanes, especially during peak import windows. This role stays local, predictable in structure, but active throughout the shift with continuous repositioning and tight-space maneuvering inside one of the busiest port environments in Georgia.
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