Lead Yard Worker
About The Position
Perform work outdoors in the yard, removing parts from cars. Serves in a lead capacity by reviewing work, allocating resources, and providing solutions to staff issues. This role involves dismantling tires, cleaning debris from cars, and pulling batteries for resale. The Lead Yard Worker will also operate a forklift or loader to assist in moving cars and work with the Loader Operator to properly stage or pull cars in the yard. Maintaining a safe and clean work environment, ensuring compliance with EPA and OSHA regulations, and wearing required PPE are crucial. The position also requires initiating and supporting continuous improvement of the company's quality improvement system.
Requirements
- 3+ years of related experience required
- Fully competent in job requirements
- In-depth knowledge and experience
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs.
- Frequent use of Outlook, Word, Excel, graphics, etc.
- Ability to create, maintain, and incorporate functions into Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, databases, and PowerPoint presentations to support business objectives.
- Regularly uses moderately complex oral and written skills.
- Handle multiple tasks or projects simultaneously with moderate complexity.
Nice To Haves
- High School Diploma/GED
Responsibilities
- Serve, as needed, in a lead capacity to peers by reviewing work, accepting special assignments, and solving routine issues.
- May operate a forklift or loader to assist in moving cars from processing to the yard.
- Clean out debris from cars before they go into the processing area.
- Pull out batteries to be tested and resold. Bring charged batteries to the retail area.
- Work with the Loader Operator to properly stage or pull cars in the yard.
- Walk the yard and place debris in the cars being removed from the yard.
- Dismantle tires.
- Maintain a safe and clean work environment.
- Ensure all EPA and OSHA regulations are being met.
- Wear all required PPE.
- Comply with established company policies and procedures.
- Initiate and support the continual improvement of LKQ’s quality improvement system.
- Assume other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
