Yard Worker

Laborer Position

Glen-Gery Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brickworks Limited. Brickworks Limited ("The Group") is a large Australian-listed group of companies. The Group has been in operation since the early 1900s, has a market capitalization exceeding $2.5 billion, and operates across 3 core business segments: Building Products, Land & Development, and Investments. The Group employs more than 2,000 FTE employees and operates nationally across Australia, recently acquiring Glen-Gery Corporation to add operations in the USA.

Founded in 1890, Glen-Gery Corporation is one of the nation's largest brick manufacturers and operates eight brick manufacturing facilities. Glen-Gery products are sold nationally through a network of over 500 distributors as well as in Canada. Since entering the USA in 2018, Brickworks have acquired Sioux City Brick, Redland Brick and the distribution business of Southfield Corporation in Illinois and Indiana (Illinois Brick, Indiana Brick). The combined North American business now has more than 900 employees, operates across 40 locations, including 8 brick plants, 26 masonry supply/retail locations and 3 design studios.

The primary function of a laborer is to work on a variety of tasks involving physical labor that may include working with materials, building orders, loading and unloading trucks, working with inventory, and keeping work areas clean and safe.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to those listed below:

• Build orders based on customer requests, ensuring materials and quantities are correct.
• Provide service to customers by retrieving and loading product, answering questions, and displaying proper attitude.
• Experience with operating a forklift.
• Staging materials and supplies to be loaded onto delivery trucks.
• Unload semi and preparing outgoing orders; put away inventory.
• Set-up and clean-up of the work area each day.
• Follow OSHA rules and regulations.
• Other duties, as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• A minimum of 1-2 years working in a manual environment.
• An understanding of proper ways to load trucks and secure materials.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Knowledge of various materials used on the job.
• Ability to lift heavy objects.
• Good communication skills.
• Problem solving.

A High School diploma or equivalent.

Experience operating a fork truck.

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