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Yard Driver CDL

The Home Depot

McCook, ILFull-time$30/hrPosted 3mo agoStill listed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$30/hr
Location
McCook, IL
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Class A CDL, required

Job overview

The Home Depot is hiring a Yard Driver CDL. As a Yard Driver, you will be responsible for maintaining yard organization and safely spotting trailers at dock doors and throughout the yard. CDL licensed Yard Drivers may be asked to move trailers to offsite locations and neighboring distribution centers. In this role, you will also update trailer moves or any yard activity via a hand-held device.

Key focus areas include Perform general warehouse tasks as needed, Conduct daily inspections on yard equipment, and Drive yard trucks and spot at designated locations.

Successful candidates bring Legally Permitted To Work In The United States, Must Be 21 Years Of Age Or Older, and Class A CDL. Important skills include Yard Management System. Preferred (not required): Action Oriented, Communicates Effectively, Customer Focus, and Drives Results.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Yard Management System, requiredAction Oriented, nice to haveCommunicates Effectively, nice to haveCustomer Focus, nice to haveDrives Results, nice to have

Qualifications

Legally Permitted to Work in the United States, requiredMust Be 21 Years of Age or Older, requiredClass a CDL, requiredAbility to Load and Unload Heavy Items, requiredHigh School Diploma or GED, required1 Year of Work Experience, required

Full job description

With a career at The Home Depot, you can be yourself and also be part of something bigger.

Position Purpose:

As a Yard Driver, you will be responsible for maintaining yard organization and safely spotting trailers at dock doors and throughout the yard. CDL licensed Yard Drivers may be asked to move trailers to offsite locations and neighboring distribution centers. In this role, you will also update trailer moves or any yard activity via a hand-held device.

Key Responsibilities:

  • 10% Perform general warehouse tasks as needed

  • 80% Conduct daily inspections on yard equipment; Driving yard trucks and spotting at designated locations

  • 10% Ensure yard accuracy by leveraging the Yard Management System Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

  • This position reports to Operations Manager

  • This position has 0 Direct Reports Travel Requirements:

  • No travel required. Physical Requirements:

  • Requires intermittent periods during which continuous physical exertion is required, such as walking, standing, stooping, climbing, lifting material or equipment, some of which may be heavy or awkward. Working Conditions:

  • Usually in a comfortable environment but with regular exposure to factors causing moderate physical discomfort from such things as dust, fumes or odors.

  • Travel between locations is required Minimum Qualifications:

  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

  • Other requirements of the Yard Driver include:

  • Must be 21 years of age or older

  • Valid, active Commercial Driver's License Class A CDL

  • Ability to load and unload heavy items Preferred Qualifications:

  • No additional qualifications Minimum Education:

  • The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED. Preferred Education:

  • No additional education Minimum Years of Work Experience:

  • 1 Preferred Years of Work Experience:

  • No additional years of experience Minimum Leadership Experience:

  • None Preferred Leadership Experience:

  • None Certifications:

  • None Competencies:

  • Action Oriented

  • Communicates Effectively

  • Customer Focus

  • Drives Results

For California, Colorado, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Nevada, New York City, Ithaca (NY), Westchester County (NY), and Washington residents:

The pay range for this position is between $30.00 - $30.00

How this job compares

Set against the 2,731 open Driver jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$30/hr
  • Illinois median$24–26/hr121 hourly ranges
  • US median$23–26/hr1,473 hourly ranges

This rate, $30/hr, is 20% above the Illinois median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the middle half of Driver hourly ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 158 open Driver jobs in Illinois and 2,731 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Driver postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,014 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 731 of the 2,731 open Driver jobs (27%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Pay, requirements and demand for Warehouse jobs

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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