Material Handler – Lumberyard
About Brookdale Lumber:
Brookdale Lumber is a small, family-owned lumberyard and hardware store specializing in contractor sales and do-it-yourself projects. We have been part of the Tacoma community since 1943 and distinguish ourselves from other building material distributors by offering unbeatable customer service, quality products and the ability to source specialty materials in a timely manner.
What:
We are seeking timely, motivated and detail-oriented individuals to join our growing team of customer service professionals at our 4-acre lumberyard. Ideal candidates will be goal-oriented individuals with outstanding customer service abilities, a high level of attention to detail and ambitions for professional growth within the company.
Responsibilities:
- Provide outstanding customer service while showing/pulling/loading customer materials in the lumberyard.
- Examples: Accurately locating and loading customer materials, processing customer returns, timely pulling/staging of will-call and delivery orders, showing products to customers, answering customer questions, performing quantity checks for store staff, etc.
- Assist with inventory maintenance duties throughout the lumberyard.
- Examples: Unloading and receiving incoming products, restocking product stockpiles, performing cycle counts, culling lumber from stockpiles, product manufacturing, etc.
- Maintain the visual appeal, cleanliness and overall organization of the lumberyard.
- Examples: Flat-stack lumber piles, pick up trash, consolidate trash cans to dumpster, sweep warehouse/drive-through area, fill potholes, weed around lumber piles and border fence, ensure correct product labels, ensure products are in correct locations, etc.
- Perform all services offered to customers in the lumberyard.
- Examples: Filling propane and kerosene, cutting materials for stock/customers, small emergency deliveries, etc.
- Safely operate forklifts and other company equipment daily.
- Examples: Forklifts, skid steer, excavator, boom lift, delivery trucks (non-CDL), etc.
- Maintain communication with Yard Manager and store staff regarding operational issues and daily duties.
- Examples: Arrival of customer special orders, daily operational issues, completion of time sensitive tasks, ordering needs, missing product labels, etc.
- Assist with any tasks handed down from management.
- Required Skills:
- Preferred Skills:
- Position Schedule:
- Shift 2: Tuesday 10:30am – 7:00pm, Wed.-Fri.11:00am-7:00pm Saturday 7:30am – 5:30pm
- Compensation & Benefits:
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- Fluent in English
- Basic computer skills
- Ability to perform basic math calculations
- Ability to perform job responsibilities with high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Conversational in Spanish
- Forklift experience
- Customer service experience
- General lumber and building material knowledge
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Offering 40hrs per week at $23/hour DOE
- Healthcare benefits package (medical, dental, vision & life insurance)
- Paid holidays
- Paid vacation
- 401k matching program
- Employee discount
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