Yard Worker

Yard Worker

Responsible for providing safe, accurate, and orderly assembly of customer orders and for effectively loading materials on Company and customer trucks.

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.
• Completes any necessary paperwork associated with incoming/outgoing materials.
• Keeps management apprised of any delays or discrepancies.
• Safely operates yard equipment, including power tools and forklift.
• Performs 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.
• Assists customers as they enter the yard for material pick-ups or returns.
• Keeps lumberyard, clean, well-organized and safe.
• Unload lumber deliveries from suppliers and compare invoices to items actually received to ensure that shipments are correct.
• Load lumber and other merchandise into customer/salesman vehicles.
• Occasional delivery of materials with company vehicles.
• Answer customers' questions about merchandise and advise customers on merchandise selection.
• Communicates with customers, coworkers, and supervisors in a courteous, effective, and respectful manner.
• Adhere to all company policies and procedures as outlined in the employee handbook.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and

Skills:

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship skills.
• Ability to achieve performance objectives in a time-sensitive and quality-centered environment.
• Demonstrate initiative and reliability with minimal supervision. Safety conscious.

Qualifications /

Education / Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Experience operating a forklift, able to obtain certification.
• Valid Driver License, with good driving record.

Physical Requirements:

• Physical Work Requirements - Heavy: exerting up to 75 lbs of force regularly.
• Repetitive motion associated with operating equipment.
• Regular exposure to the elements.
• Frequent bending, standing, lifting, and ongoing physical activity.

Sunpro is an Equal Opportunity Employer.