Lumber Yard Helper

Description

Job responsibilities include ensuring yard and warehouse operations run smoothly, supporting logistics, assisting customers, and upholding safety standards. Candidates will help maintain yard cleanliness, pick orders, load/unload trucks, assist forklift operators, install protective devices, navigate and unload trucks on job sites, verify inventory counts, and perform other assigned tasks.

• Help maintain yard cleanliness and neatness of lumber materials.
• Pick orders, load and unload trucks (vendor and BGS) when directed.
• Assist customers in yard, shed or warehouse.
• Help forklift operators as directed.
• Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being stored or transported.
• When assigned to a truck, help the driver navigate to the job site and unload the truck at the job site.
• Follows company safety policies and procedures and encourages other employees to do the same.
• Assist with inventory and verify computations against physical count of stock.
• Other duties as requested directed or assigned.

• Previous lumber or building supplies experience strongly desired.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Excellent communication skills are required.
• Experience using various third party building supplier system applications desired.

• The position could involve standing, walking, reaching, lifting, bending, crouching, climbing, pushing, pulling and sitting for long periods of time throughout the day.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Exposed to cold weather in the winter and hot weather in the summer.