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Terry D. Johnson

Lawrenceville,GA

Summary

Adept at yard management and freight organization, I leveraged these skills at FedEx Ground and MacPherson's to enhance warehouse efficiency and safety. My proactive approach and adept use of equipment inspection techniques significantly improved operational workflows. Skilled in both team coordination and truck maneuvering, I consistently ensure timely and secure load handling.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Yard Jockey Specialist

FedEx Ground
Norcross, Georgia
03.2008 - Current
  • Performs a full range of warehousing activities, including storing, receiving, selecting, and shipping bulk and bin materials and equipment.
  • Ensures formal accountability when receiving, storing, or issuing.
  • Assists in the development of plans for the storage and arrangement of stock to determine warehouse configuration, movement, setup, rearrangement, and traffic flow.
  • Insures the safe receipt, storage, and movement of hazardous items, such as ammunition, explosives, chemicals, or radioactive materials, in accordance with facility and regulatory requirements.
  • Participates in developing storage and space utilization plans in accordance with materials storage areas.
  • Ensures that special documentation remains with materials throughout the storage and issue process.
  • Performs quality assurance inspections of materials in storage.
  • Coordinates incoming and outgoing shipments, and placement of materials within the docking area.
  • Checks stock numbers and part numbers in supply catalogs to adequately identify property.
  • Operates numerous hand and stationary power tools.
  • Determines the physical condition and serviceability of material and property.
  • Performs other related duties as required.

Dock Forklift Driver

MacPherson's Art Supply
Suwanee, Georgia
08.2020 - 02.2025
  • Prepared orders for shipment by loading onto trailers or containers ensuring secure placement of items.
  • Unloaded incoming items from trucks and rail cars and transported materials to staging area.
  • Communicated with supervisor and other warehouse staff to coordinate work.
  • Inspected product load for accuracy to foster timely and complete delivery.
  • Maneuvered forklift over and around loaded pallets, boxes and other materials.
  • Identified damaged products upon receipt from vendors or customers for return or replacement purposes.
  • Inspected and maintained the operating condition of equipment.
  • Noted and recorded receipt of materials on drivers' paperwork.
  • Relocated goods from dock area to appropriate storage locations.
  • Organized warehouse space for efficient storage of goods.
  • Checked shipments for damaged or incorrect items.
  • Secured loads on pallets to minimize damage and worker injuries.
  • Trained new personnel in safe operation of forklifts, order pickers and other warehouse equipment.
  • Collaborated with team members to ensure quality customer service was provided at all times.
  • Moved freight, stock and other materials to and from storage and production areas and loading docks.
  • Moved levers or controls of lifting devices to load, unload or stack material.
  • Operated forklifts to transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.

Loop Man (laborer)

H&H Paving Contractor
Buford, Georgia
01.2007 - 06.2013
  • Repaired and resurfaced damaged blacktop and concrete areas with the replacement of asphalt
  • Responsible for keeping the asphalt even by adding or removing asphalt with the use of a loop rake
  • Responsible for making sure the seams created by the pavers were straight and neat
  • Assisted in laying asphalt on commercial parking lots, residential driveways, state highways and streets as well as doing patch work and filling potholes
  • Helped in getting designated area prepped to be paved or resurfaced by assisting in the removal of trees and shrubs, blowing out dirt and debris, saw-cutting jagged edges, busting up concrete with the use of a 90lb jack hammer as well as marking out specific area with a string line
  • Excavated the area with the use of New Holland Tractor, also used the New Holland to remove big chunks of asphalt and concrete
  • Used a CAT roller machine to compact the soil and sub-base (crush & run) to ensure proper paving
  • Assisted the foreman on a daily basis by performing light maintenance on the equipment to ensure proper usage and longer usage
  • Maneuvered forklift over and around loaded pallets, boxes and other materials.
  • Positioned lifting devices to secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
  • Transported material to correct locations and documented inventory changes.
  • Ensured safe operation of the dock forklift at all times.
  • Operated power material handling equipment to accurately select and palletize loads.
  • Unloaded containers from flatbeds using dock forklift safely and efficiently.
  • Moved freight, stock and other materials to and from storage and production areas and loading docks.
  • Relocated goods from dock area to appropriate storage locations.
  • Received incoming shipments and inspected for accuracy against bill of lading documents.
  • Operated forklifts to transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.

Education

Associates - Business Computer Software

ASHER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
Norcross, Georgia
01.2004

Bachelor of Science -

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
Natchitoches, Louisiana
01.1998

Skills

  • Freight organization
  • Pallet jack use
  • Truck maneuvering
  • Container loading
  • Load securing
  • Warehouse coordination
  • Trailer hitching
  • Cross-docking operations
  • Equipment inspection
  • Yard management

Timeline

Dock Forklift Driver

MacPherson's Art Supply
08.2020 - 02.2025

Yard Jockey Specialist

FedEx Ground
03.2008 - Current

Loop Man (laborer)

H&H Paving Contractor
01.2007 - 06.2013

Associates - Business Computer Software

ASHER SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Bachelor of Science -

NORTHWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

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