Yard Associate, Building Materials

Yard Associate

Responsible for the safe, accurate, and timely assembly of orders, loading and unloading of building materials and products as specified by customer orders and Company standards.

Key Activities:

• Visualize, fulfill, and implement the company vision and core values.
• Efficiently and accurately assembles and stages customer orders to prepare them for delivery, inner-yard transfer, or customer pick-up.
• Accurately check in delivery orders and verify products received. Complete any necessary paperwork associated with incoming/outgoing materials.
• Keeps management apprised of any delays or out of stock items for orders.
• Safely operates yard equipment, including power tools and forklift.
• Perform routine pre and post inspections to ensure suitable working nature of equipment. Maintain necessary equipment logs and inform supervisor of deficiencies.
• Perform/prioritize work activity according to business needs and as directed by supervisor.
• Maintains storage areas, entry/exit points and yard areas.
• Assist customers as they enter the yard for material pick-ups or returns.
• Keeps lumberyard, clean, well-organized and safe.
• Deliver materials to commercial and residential customer, loading and unloading of materials.
• Load lumber and other merchandise into customer vehicles.
• Answer customer's questions about merchandise and advise customer's on merchandise selection.
• Maintain a clean and professional working environment.
• Attend and participate in all Company sponsored training programs as required.
• Adhere to all safety protocols and Company policies and procedures.
• Perform any other duties, responsibilities or tasks as assigned.

Knowledge and

Skills:

• Maintain product knowledge on items carried in the store/yard.
• Professional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong customer service and problem-solving abilities.
• Basic math and measurement skills.
• Basic computer navigation skills.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks.
• Provide regular and predictable attendance.
• Demonstrate initiative and reliability with minimal supervision.
• Safety conscious attitude.

Education/

Experience:

• Must be a minimum of 18 years old.
• Prior lumber yard experience a plus.

Physical Requirements:

• Physical Work - Heavy: exerting up to 50 - 90 lbs. of force regularly.
• Operate pallet jacks, hand trucks, and other yard equipment.
• Repetitive motion associated with operating retail equipment.
• Frequent bending, standing for extended periods, and lifting required.
• Outdoor working conditions, sometimes in extreme climates.
• Ability to communicate with customers and team members verbally.

This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or work conditions associated with this job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the principle job elements essential for making employment decisions. Duties associated with this job and the corresponding job specification may be changed at any time to accommodate Company business needs.

Sunpro is an Equal Opportunity Employer.