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Yard Associate - Load Builder

Lezzer Lumber

Butler, PA

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Cargo/Freight, Commercial Construction, Construction, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Support/Service, Dental Insurance, Forklift, Health Insurance, Housekeeping/Cleaning, Loading/Unloading, Manufacturing, Mathematics, Operations Management, Order Delivery, Physical Demands, Preventative Maintenance, Property Maintenance, Residential Construction, Retail, Shipping/Receiving, Waste/Garbage/Recycle Collection
LOCATION
Butler, PA
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Yard Associate - Load Builder

Who We Are

Lezzer Lumber, family-owned and operated company, began in 1927 and has remained a leader in the building supply materials industry. Lezzer Lumber has grown over the decades into the 30th largest lumber dealersin the country. We are currently comprised of 11 retail stores, 4 commercial door facilities, and a truss manufacturing plant, all located in Pennsylvania.

What We Do

Lezzer Lumber is a building materials supply company for both commercial and residential building projects. Our commitment to providing quality products to our customers is a constant priority in our business. Lezzer employees are specifically trained to understand the importance of customer service; therefore, Lezzer employees strive to meet the needs of their customers to ensure satisfaction. Our employees have a wealth of knowledge which customers have come to rely on for order accuracy and job completion.

Benefits that Matter:
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Performance Incentive Bonus
  • Medical Insurance (Dental & Vision)
  • Career Opportunities for Advancement
  • 401K Plan with Both Traditional and Roth Options Available
  • Employee Discount
  • Recognition and Rewards for a Job Well Done!


Summary:
Uses pick ticket to pre-build loads for customer delivery orders and performs general yard duties such as freight receiving, customer loading, unloading customer returned orders, and general yard housekeeping.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Prepares customer delivery orders or loads customers in the yard as assigned using specified Pick tickets
• Loads delivery vehicles with pre-built customer orders.
• Unloads incoming freight merchandise, verifies counts and puts stock away in pre-designated areas.
• Properly identifies, tags, and stores incoming special-order merchandise.
• Corrects and brings to the attention of the Yard Foreman any unsafe physical plant, yard, or storage condition.
• Performs basic yard housekeeping duties such as leveling lumber units and picking up trash in the yard and related storage facility areas.
• Unloads and returns customer returned merchandise to pre-designated storage area.
• Performs daily preventative maintenance checks following company guidelines on forklift vehicles.
• Follows safe vehicle and equipment operation and general yard practices.
• Assists in the delivery of customer orders as required.
• Immediately reports all accidents, injuries and incidents of damage, to merchandise, buildings and equipment and customer property to the Operations Manager.
• Knows and practices safe and proper lifting, carrying and material maneuvering practices.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Basic reasoning concepts such as proper and safe loading practices.
• Ability to work with moderate mathematical concepts such as calculating quantities, conversion of board footage and calculating weights.
• Knowledge of basic building materials.
• Knowledge of basic construction techniques in order to assemble customer orders in the proper usage-order.
• The person in this position must be able to complete a forklift operator's certification.

Physical Demands / Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include normal vision.
• The noise level in the work environment is quiet to noisy.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is almost always exposed to outside weather conditions.
• The employee in this job is frequently required to lift and carry for a moderate distance item over 100 pounds.
• The employee in this position is frequently exposed to heavy equipment such as delivery vehicles or fork trucks.
• The employee in this position is frequently required to walk distances over 200 yards

About the Company

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Lezzer Lumber