Lumberyard Assistant

Lumberyard Assistant Full-Time
Location Name: Johnson Madison Great Falls
Johnson Madison / Western Building Center is locally owned and has been in business for over 100 years.
Shift: Day shift, all seasons Monday through Friday
Johnson Madison / Western Building Center is seeking a hardworking person who takes pride in a job well done. This full-time lumberyard assistant position will give you the opportunity to excel in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Feeling strong? Applicants must be able to lift items weighing 80 pounds. Forklift experience is recommended but not required. Materials and equipment training will be provided.

PURPOSE
● Perform duties pertaining to lumberyard maintenance and customer service.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Maintain and organize inventory in lumberyard and associated warehouse
2. Assist customers with loading building materials in all weather conditions
3. Unload freight from vendors and distributors
4. Plan and pace daily tasks efficiency in order to meet daily, weekly, project, or team related productivity goals.
5. Maintain logs of equipment repair status
6. Understand and observe all safety procedures and practices in order to prevent injury to self or co-workers; attend periodic safety meetings as required; may recommend changes to improve safety procedures.
7. Other duties may be assigned

COMPETENCIES
● Knowledge of company products
● Good customer service and communications skills
● High level of organizational skills
● Math skills required
● Ability to work independently
● Ability to read customer orders and follow safety regulations
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
● Clean driving record
● A drug test will be administered prior to employment

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: The work environment and physical activity described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
● Will be required to frequently lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects up to 80 pounds.
● Work environments include lumberyard/warehouse, all seasons, all weather conditions

BENEFITS & OPPORTUNITIES
● Health & life insurance
● Short term disability, vision, dental, accident coverage, & critical care coverage
● 401K
● PTO & vacation
● Paid holidays
● Employee discount
● Excellent opportunity for advancement: Johnson Madison / Western Building Center is proud to promote from within. Over 10% of our more than 300 employees have worked with us for 20 years or more!