Heavy Equipment Operator
Job Description
Positions Available
Position: Heavy Equipment Operator
Company: Lezzer Lumber
Company: Lezzer Lumber
Job Brief
Heavy equipment operator who we are lezzer lumber, family-owned and operated company, began in 1927 and has remained a leader in the building supply materials industry.
Experience
Employment Track Record is required
Job Detail
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Performance Incentive Bonus
- Medical Insurance (Dental Vision)
- Career Opportunities for Advancement
- 401K Plan with Both Traditional and Roth Options Available
- Employee Discount
- Recognition and Rewards for a Job Well Done! Summary: The Heavy Forklift Operator is responsible for safely and efficiently loading, unloading, and moving roof trusses, lumber, and other building materials within a fast-paced yard environment. This role requires strong attention to safety, accuracy, and equipment maintenance. The operator will work closely with yard personnel and delivery drivers to ensure materials are handled and organized properly for storage, staging, and shipment. Candidates should have experience operating heavy forklifts and handling oversized or irregular loads in an outdoor construction supply or lumber yard setting.
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Safely operate heavy forklifts to load/unload roof trusses and lumber.
- Inspect materials and equipment for damage or safety issues.
- Unloads incoming fr8merchandise, verifies counts and puts stock away in pre-designated areas.
- Corrects and brings to the attention of the Yard Foreman any unsafe physical plant, yard, or storage condition.
- Performs basic yard housekeeping duties such as leveling lumber units and picking up trash in the yard and related storage facility areas.
- Performs daily preventative maintenance checks following company guidelines on forklift vehicles.
- Follows safe vehicle and equipment operation and general yard practices.
- Assists in the delivery of customer orders as required.
- Immediately reports all accidents, injuries and incidents of damage, to merchandise, buildings and equipment and customer property to the Operations Manager.
- Knows and practices safe and proper lifting, carrying and material maneuvering practices. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Basic reasoning concepts such as proper and safe loading practices.
- Ability to work with moderate mathematical concepts such as calculating quantities, conversion of board footage and calculating weights.
- Knowledge of basic building materials.
- Knowledge of basic construction techniques in order to assemble customer orders in the proper usage-order.
- The person in this position must be able to complete a forklift operator’s certification.
- Physical Demands / Work Environment: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to talk and hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include normal vision.
- The noise level in the work environment is quiet to noisy.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is almost always exposed to outside weather conditions.
- The employee in this job is frequently required to lift and carry for a moderate distance item over 100 pounds.
- The employee in this position is frequently exposed to heavy equipment such as delivery vehicles or fork trucks.
- The employee in this position is frequently required to walk distances over 200 yards
