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- Yardman/Load Builder - Shrub Oak, NYJob Type: Full-timeLocation: Shrub Oak, NY
Description
Why INTERSTATE?
When you join INTERSTATE, you join a team of friendly and professionals who are committed to delivering customer satisfaction and helping each other grow!
About INTERSTATE
For over 100 years, Fairfield & Westchester County Architects & Builders have trusted INTERSTATE to supply building materials & custom millwork for the area's finest homes. We specialize in custom moulding and offer a variety of building material products. With design centers in Greenwich, Westport, CT, and various retail locations, we proudly serve clients throughout Stamford, Westport, Norwalk, Fairfield, New Canaan, CT, and surrounding Scarsdale, Rye, Port Chester, and Shrub Oak, and other NY communities.
Summary/Objective
The Yard Person is responsible for handling, storing, and moving building materials while ensuring a safe and organized work environment. Duties include loading and unloading trucks, assisting customers, managing inventory, and operating forklifts. This role requires a strong focus on efficiency, customer service, and workplace safety.
Essential Job Functions
Yard Operations
Load and unload trucks, ensuring accuracy in materials received and dispatched.
Move materials to and from storage areas, delivery vehicles, and freight containers using hand labor or forklifts.
Maintain an orderly and clean yard, ensuring materials are stored and covered appropriately.
Receive and process warehouse stock products while performing inventory controls.
Assist customers with selecting materials in the yard
Check and inspect customer vehicles for order accuracy before departure.
Report inventory shortages, waste, damage, and safety concerns to the appropriate personnel.
Keep all machinery and tools clean and in good working order.
Operate gasoline chainsaws and other standard equipment safely.
Count and write-up orders accurately.
Assist in maintaining a safe, efficient, and professional work environment.
Prepare and complete orders for pickup or delivery per schedule.
Inspect paid receipts and merchandise leaving the yard to ensure order accuracy.
Accompany drivers for deliveries when necessary.
Forklift & Equipment Operations
Safely operate forklifts and other material-handling equipment in the yard, warehouse, and delivery areas.
Secure materials on delivery trucks using metal straps and other safety measures.
Maintain proper certification and comply with all safety regulations.
Safely operate power tools as needed, including circular saws and chain saws, to cut and prepare lumber or other materials.
Customer Service
Assist customers in locating and loading purchased materials.
Provide excellent service by understanding and addressing customer needs.
Maintain professional and courteous interactions with customers, coworkers, and management.
Other Duties
Understand customer requirements and ensure order fulfillment accuracy.
Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.
Requirements
Qualifications & Competencies
Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
Experience:
Minimum of 2 years in a lumber yard, distribution center, or warehouse.
Preferred: 5+ years in a similar environment with building materials knowledge.
Skills & Certifications:
Must be at least 18 years old.
Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English.
Forklift certification (or ability to obtain within three months).
Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
Proficiency in basic math and measurement calculations (including reading tape measurements).
Ability to operate a gasoline chainsaw safely.
Bilingual proficiency in Spanish is preferred.
Working Conditions & Physical Demands
Exposure to fumes, airborne particles, moving forklifts, noise, vibration, and extreme weather conditions.
Frequent lifting, carrying, standing, kneeling, walking, loading, and unloading.
Ability to lift and carry up to 80 pounds unassisted.
Position Type & Expected Hours
Full-time position.
Typical schedule: Monday-Friday, 6:30 AM – 3:30 PM, with occasional Saturday shifts (as needed).
Travel: None
Supervisory Responsibility: None
