Store Associate - Yard

Forge & Build is Hiring a Store Associate - Yard

Forge & Build is immediately hiring a Store Associate - Yard to join our Ava, MO team.

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and offers overtime pay after working 40 hours. (On call during the weekend only in special circumstances)

Why We're a Better Place to Work

• Competitive salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits coverage for full-time employees
• Generous paid time off (PTO) plus company paid holidays
• 401(k) and company match
• Annual tool and boot reimbursements for those in applicable jobs
• Fitness Membership stipends plus seasonal and year round wellness challenges
• Company sponsored events (annual family gatherings, food truck nights and more). Monthly family dinner nights
• Volunteering and local charity initiatives that help you nurture and grow the communities you call home. Employees receive 16 hours of paid volunteer time per year
• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development

About Forge & Build

Forge & Build is a place contractors and customers can access all the materials and hardware they need to get the job done, as well as tech-powered equipment rentals.

At its foundation, Forge & Build was started by contractors for contractors. Its leadership team is different from our competitors because they know what it feels like to be a builder. They remember walking into a hardware store hoping to find everything in one place, but many times having to head to another store.

As a partner of EquipmentShare, Forge & Build is backed by one of the largest construction equipment buyers in the country, a nationwide support team and T3 technology that helps builders of America increase overall productivity, efficiency, and visibility. EquipmentShare is building connectivity for all verticals in construction including materials – which means having accurate and up-to-date information around inventory and location of materials to ensure our customers always have what they need.

Primary Responsibilities

• Service and maintain positive relationship with current customer base
• Work in yard and with other sales and yard persons to ensure quality customer service
• Assist and wait on customers while in yard
• Report all incorrect orders/deliveries to manager and help resolve in timely manner
• Understand the operations of the store computers, registers, and other equipment.
• Assist in counting and maintaining inventory, and keeping yard neat, clean and orderly
• Observe all safety rules and regulations, and take prompt corrective action concerning any safety hazards.
• Assemble customers' loads in accordance with loading list for delivery to job site at the time and date required by customer
• Assist with receiving and loading trucks
• Operates forklifts and vehicles according to applicable state and federal transportation laws.
• Transport loads safely and in a timely manner over required routes, obeying all traffic laws and observing all safety regulations.
• Deftly maneuvers truck and trailer into loading and unloading areas; follows loading crew signals.
• Assists with loading of or loads and unloads goods and materials, using specialized equipment when warranted; unloads empty skids and returns all equipment to designated area.
• Maintains signed invoices, shipping bills of lading, and other required paperwork in a timely manner; delivers documentation to shipping office or other appropriate staff when delivery route is complete.
• Facilitates routine service on trucks, which may include checking oil, water, gasoline, and air; reports maintenance malfunctions to the Shipping Supervisor.
• Arranges trailers in shipping yards for optimum loading patterns.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Must have knowledge of lumber and building products
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills with the ability to speak professionally and courteously with customers and staff at delivery points.
• Must be prepared to work alternate weekends
• Must have good communication skills
• Experience operating a forklift and straight truck
• Ability to remain focused in busy environment.
• Must hold either a commercial drivers license or chauffeur's license depending on state, appropriate for weight of vehicle to be operated.
• Must pass background and drug testing as required by federal and/or state department(s) of transportation regulations
• Must pass DOT physical, as trucks driven are over 10k lbs.
• Inherent desire to learn and develop on an individual basis
• Strive for continuous improvement

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to walk and stand 8 hours a day and the ability to lift 50 lbs by self
• Must be able to bend, stoop, push, pull and reach above head and climb flight of stairs while carrying material
• Must be able push and pull material from bin
• This is a safety sensitive position and any offer of employment will be contingent on passing a 10 panel drug screen

EquipmentShare is an EOE M/F/D/V