Adam Keppen
Severn,MD
Summary
14 years experience in warehouse production, operation of forklifts and yard trucks 10 years experience in operation of machinery in dairy pasteurization
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Yard jockey
Wagner and son
Glen Burnie, Maryland
08.2026 - Current
- Positioned trailers for efficient refrigerated loading at Wagner and son loading dock, optimizing loading processes.
- Shuttled refrigerated trailers across Wagner and son yard and loading docks to ensure timely deliveries.
- Inspected yard equipment, trailer conditions, and coupling points before moves to maintain safety and operational standards.
- Performed pretrip inspection on all commercial vehicles
Yard jockey
Maryland And Virginia Milk Producers
Laurel, MD
07.2011 - 06.2026
- Shuttled trailers to loadout bay and placed organized in the yard
- Used hand trucks and forklifts to unload, load and transport items.
- Operated equipment supporting employer production schedules.
- Transported trailers to loading bay and organized them in the yard
- Inspected materials before processing to maintain employer quality standards.
- Reduced health and safety risks with strict adherence to safety protocols and PPE requirements.
- Used daily system logs to document production information, discussing issues with management.
- Performed pretrip inspections on commercial vehicles
Finished Side Operator
01.2011 - 01.2024
- 10 years operation of separators and cream pasteurization
- Documentation of USDA certified charts practices of SQF and HACCP practices of Executed cleaning protocols for equipment and facilities to ensure sanitary conditions.
- Executed loadout operations of finished products using forklifts and yard trucks to transport empty and full tankers
- Responsibilities of CIP and sanitation with floors silos and production area documentation of USDA certified charts
- Production of Bill of Lading for dairy transport drivers
Education
Class A Commercial Vehicle Combination
Advance CDL Driving Academy
08.2026 - 10.2026
No degree -
RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL
Skills
- Trailer positioning
- Load securement
- Yard management
- Dock operations
- Shipping and receiving
- Refrigerated trailers operation
- Cross-docking experience
- Pretrip inspections
- Vehicle inspection
- Maintaining safety
- Safety protocols
- Safety compliance
- DOT compliance
- Regulatory compliance
- Commercial driving
- CDL
- Class A license
- Class A CDL
- Defensive driving
- Safe driving
- Time Management
- Forklift operation
- Operating forklifts
- Pallet jack operation
- Pallet jack use
- Truck coupling
- Load inspection
- Damage prevention
- Staging trailers
- Trailer maneuvering
- Hand-eye coordination
- Air brake systems
- Equipment operation
- Safety practices
- Effective communication
- Leadership
- Critical Thinking
- Stress management
- Damage prevention
- Flexible availability
- Self-motivation and discipline
- Professional demeanor
- Adherence to regulations
- Emergency response
- Traffic regulations
- Safety practices
- Damage prevention
- Equipment operation
- Refrigerated trailers operation
- Cross-docking experience
- Flexible availability
- Self-motivation and discipline
- Safety compliance
- Brake certification
- Traffic regulations
- Class A CDL
Timeline
Yard jockey
Wagner and son
08.2026 - Current
Class A Commercial Vehicle Combination
Advance CDL Driving Academy
08.2026 - 10.2026
Yard jockey
Maryland And Virginia Milk Producers
07.2011 - 06.2026
Finished Side Operator
01.2011 - 01.2024
No degree -
RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL