Location: Roanoke,VA, USA
**Yard / Warehouse Person (Block) - Roanoke, VA (Roanoke, VA)**
* Assist customers in selecting the inventory they need.
* Load inventory items on company and customer vehicles for shipment out of the yard. Use forklift, bobcat and handcart or hand-load as required or directed.
* Perform last quality control inspection on inventory leaving the yard.
* Maintain work area in orderly and hazard-free condition.
* Maintain the landscaping in the display yard.
* Develop very good knowledge of inventory sizes, types, colors and pallet/package counts
* Perform frequent arithmetic operations to calculate quantity of units per tier and per pallet, and other calculations as required.
* Operate a forklift and other mobile equipment efficiently and safely and perform daily maintenance of same.
* Occasionally deliver material on pick up truck.
* Understand and follow directions as required by safety and job performance standards.
* Understand and consistently follow procedures.
Perform other functions and duties as required or directed, such as reporting inventory quantities, removing and inspecting returned inventory, preparing makeups, ordering and restocking resale items, consulting with customers on the proper loading of their vehicles, reporting shortages and quality problems immediately, monitoring traffic flow through the yard and reporting problems immediately, reporting customer comments about quality and service, reporting forklift and handcart malfunctions, and performing simple forklift maintenance tasks such as checking fluid and fuel levels.
**Minimum Requirements:** Good oral and written communication skills
**Physical Requirements:**
Must be able to:
1.) Lift concrete products and other objects weighing up to 100 pounds each, at heights from floor level to 4 feet high. Sacked cement up to 100 lbs. each may also be moved as required.
2.) Provide assistance to others in moving heavier or bulky objects.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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to lift, climb, and crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include distance vision, depth perception and color discrimination.
Applicants must be 21 years of age to drive a commercial vehicle and 20 years of age for all other vehicles; valid driver's license and company approved driving record is required if authorized to drive either a company or personal vehicle for business purposes.
**WORK ENVIRONMENT:** The work environment characteristics described here 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.
The noise level of work environment is usually moderate and includes exposure to vibration. The work environment also includes exposure to dust and irritating atmospheres. Employee will be exposed to existing weather conditions.