Yard/Warehouse Helper - Building Supply

The Lester Group•Christiansburg, VA

55d•Onsite

About The Position

Loads, unloads, and moves materials within or near plant, yard, or work site by performing the following duties. Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Forklift Certification
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Responsibilities

Reads work order or follows oral instructions to ascertain materials or containers to be moved.
Opens containers and loads/unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
Secures lifting attachments to materials and conveys load to destination or signals crane or hoisting operators to move load to destination.
Counts, weighs, and records number of units of materials moved or handled on daily production sheet.
Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers.
Loads truck for Industrial Truck Operator.
Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together.
Clamps sections of portable conveyor together or places conveyor sections on blocks or boxes to facilitate movement of materials or products.
Removes samples of materials, labels with identifying information, and takes samples to laboratory for analysis.
Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power hoist, and cleans work area, machines, and equipment to assist machine operators.
Makes simple adjustments or repairs such as realigning belts or replacing rollers.
Assembles crates to contain products such as machines or vehicles.
Shovels loose materials such as sand, gravel, metals, plastics, or chemicals, into machine hoppers or into vehicles and containers such as wheelbarrows, scrap truck, or barrels.
Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.