Lumberyard Associate - Weekends Needed!

Job Title

Performs a combination of tasks including but not limited to receiving, filling, shipping, and inspecting orders accurately and in a timely manner; efficiently and safely loads, unloads, and conveys materials. Driving gasoline, liquefied gas, or electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, lift beam and swivel hook, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials. Efficiently loads, unloads and delivers supplies and materials to customers in an accurate and timely manner, sorts and stocks materials.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintains C.D.L., forklift certification and or hydraulics licenses as appropriate.
• Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials or hooks tow trucks to trailer hitch, and transports load to designated area.
• Opens containers utilizing hand tools as needed; counts and weighs materials and records information.
• Loads vehicle for delivery and loads or unloads materials onto or off trucks, pallets, skids or lifting device.
• Performs simple vehicle maintenance; cleaning interior of vehicle, checking lights, checking tires, filling fluids, scheduling routine maintenance to keep vehicle running properly.
• Observes all traffic laws and posted speed limits.
• Picks, packs, and ships materials and delivers goods to clients; performs quality inspections on incoming and outgoing materials and products.
• Interacts with customers in a professional manner.
• Collects required signatures for payment, proof of delivery, and gives a receipt to customers.
• Returns all required documentation to appropriate company official.
• Conducts physical inventory counts and replenishes stock from back-up locations as needed; sorts and places materials/items on racks, shelves, or bins according to inventory procedures.
• Processes all packages and returned merchandise for shipping.
• Maintains a neat, clean personal appearance and observes no smoking in delivery vehicles.
• Must get all pertinent information if involved in an accident and inform appropriate company official.
• Unloads vehicle after completing delivery runs.
• Performs required administrative tasks; prepares all required reports and correspondence.
• Unloads loads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.
• Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.
• Weighs materials or products and records weight on tags, labels, or production schedules.
• Lubricates truck, recharges batteries, fills fuel tank, or replaces liquefied gas tank.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Forklift Operator Certification.
• Prior forklift operator experience in a warehouse environment optional.
• Understanding of safety requirements for lifting and equipment maintenance.
• Able to work in a team environment and take direction.
• Able to work calmly and effectively under pressure.