Rental Yard Person

JA Riggs Tractor Company•Little Rock, AR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Yardperson is responsible for general maintenance and logistics of the Yard, as well as supporting the Rental, Parts, and Service Departments as needed. This role involves preparing tools for shipment, assembling/disassembling tools, maintaining yard cleanliness, assisting various departments, and interacting with customers and delivery drivers. The Yardperson will also be involved in washing and performing light maintenance on tools, conducting final inspections before rental, and verifying equipment condition upon return. They will also be responsible for moving equipment, providing operating instructions to customers, and installing service tags.

Requirements

A pro-active, problem-solving attitude.
Ability to manage a varied workload with constantly changing priorities.
Detail-orientation, well organized and ability to work effectively under pressure.
Excellent listening, verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills by demonstrating the ability to develop and maintain positive rapport with a diverse employee/customer population.
Ability to accomplish assignments.
Ability to work overtime as a job requirement dependent of department needs, as well as occasional weekend, holiday or evening work.
High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training.
Regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
Occasionally do heavy lifting up to 50 pounds.
Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions.
Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles.
Moderate noise level in the work environment.
Required travel up to 5%.

Nice To Haves

Good working knowledge of all work tools.

Responsibilities

Prepare tools for shipment to other stores and dealers.
Properly dispose (check-in) all tools that are received for factory, vendors, and other locations.
Assemble and disassemble work tools as required and ensure proper labeling of all tools.
Maintain good order and cleanliness of the yard.
Assist Rental, Parts, and Service Departments when instructed to do so.
Greets customers in yard, helping direct them to office or unloading areas.
Assists delivery drivers in loading and unloading work tools.
Washing and/or performing light maintenance on work tools.
Makes final inspection of equipment before customer receives it, verifying inventory ID number, fuel level, and “rental ready” condition.
Verifies fuel consumed and inspects all “detail” of equipment when returned.
Installs “service tags” on equipment returned from rental.
Moves “rental ready” equipment back to proper storage areas following routine maintenance procedures by service shop.
Assists customers and delivery drivers in loading and unloading rental equipment.
Gives customers start/stop and general operating instructions on rental equipment.
Washing and/or performing light maintenance on rental equipment.