Job Description
Knecht Home Center of Gillette, a Mead Lumber Company, is a leading provider of products to professional contractors, construction builders and remodelers. We have 52 Operating locations across 9 Midwestern states. 100% employee-owned, we are the 12th largest building material suppliers to professional builders in the country. We continue to grow and are in search of driven individuals who desire an opportunity to apply and strengthen their skills.
Primary responsibility is to drive company vehicles to deliver merchandise to customer jobsites and physically unload the materials to the customer’s satisfaction.
- Learn company products, procedures, culture, and customer service philosophy.
- Load, organize, and secure trucks according to the sales invoice.
- Responsible for accuracy of each load leaving the yard.
- Deliver and unload materials according to directions and on a timely basis.
- Record delivery information on sales invoice and relay messages from customers on jobsites.
- Maintain Pre-Trip inspections daily on all trucks, forklifts, and delivery vehicles.
- Follow all yard loading and delivery, and yard security procedures.
- Accurately record all merchandise returns on a credit memo.
- Listen to and work with customers.
- Housekeeping in yard and areas assigned to you.
- Loading customer merchandise.
- High School diploma required.
- Physical strength to lift and carry 80-100 pounds.
- Boom certificate is a plus!
- Desire to learn and grow professionally.
- Ability to react quickly to problems and respond to them accurately and professionally.
- Ability to stand/walk for 4 -10 hours daily.
- Ability to operate office equipment.
- Valid driver’s license, current automobile insurance, and a good driving record.
- Ability to stoop, kneel and crouch.
- Must be self-motivated and dependable.
Once eligible, you will participate in our ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), a unique benefit that can provide a financial source for your future/retirement that very few companies offer. We also offer our employees competitive pay as well as the benefits listed below:
- Employee Stock Ownership
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- 100% Employer Paid Group Term Life, AD&D, and STD
- Additional Voluntary Life, AD&D, and LTD
- Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401(k)
- Scholarship & Tuition Assistance Programs
- Employee Assistance Program
- Merchandise Discounts
- Put People First
- Think Like an Owner
- Integrity
- Invest Where you Live
- Unmatched Customer Service
- Continuous Improvement
We are an equal opportunity employer. Mead Lumber considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, sex, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, age, pregnancy, marital status, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or any other protected basis prohibited by law.
An Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
This job description may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the job described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of the Employer.