Yard Jockey - Material Support Person

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your Role at Baxter

This is where my hands make life-sustaining products

As a Material Support Person (Yard Jockey), you will play a critical role in ensuring the efficient movement of materials, products, and equipment throughout our operations. You will be responsible for receiving, storing, transporting, and distributing inventory while maintaining accuracy, safety, and quality standards. This position requires operating a variety of vehicles and material handling equipment, loading and unloading shipments, completing required documentation, and ensuring products and parts are delivered to the right place at the right time to support business and manufacturing needs.

Your Team

You will be part of a collaborative warehouse and logistics team dedicated to maintaining the smooth flow of materials across the supply chain. Working closely with production employees, warehouse personnel, transportation teams, vendors, and plant operations, you will help ensure the timely movement of products, parts, supplies, and equipment. Together, the team is committed to safety, operational excellence, inventory accuracy, and delivering outstanding support to internal and external customers.

What You'll Be Doing

• Perform all required duties in connection with receiving products and parts into warehouse
• Pull products and parts from location and move them to appropriate areas
• Drive tractor/trailer, van, straight truck, lift truck or other vehicles to pick-up and deliver parts, product, scrap, supplies, dies, equipment etc. between company plants, vendors and other designated destinations.
• Load, unload trucks arranging load for proper space and weight distribution, block and secure load as the need arises to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Complete loading documents, and follow verbal instructions.
• Perform various material handling duties including, but not limited to: counting, weighing, sorting, locating, stocking and delivering parts, materials, fabricated in-process stock, supplies, tools or equipment to required areas.
• Determine location and accurate identification of parts and products.

What You'll Bring

• Must have current, valid driver’s license, Class A CDL license and pass tow motor physical
• High School Diploma or (GED) General Education Degree

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all our employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. To that end, this position has a salary pay rate of $23.32. The pay rate is based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one, as well as insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount, and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP), with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts, educational assistance programs, and time-off benefits such as paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits, the Employee Discount Program, the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our employees. For additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits, please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits | Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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Reasonable Accommodations

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