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Yard Associate

Mead Lumber
Beatrice, NE Full Time
POSTED ON 3/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/26/2026
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Description

Company Overview: Mead Lumber Company, is a leading provider of products for professional contractors, builders, and remodelers. With 50 operating locations across nine Midwestern states, we are proud to be 100% employee-owned and ranked as the 12th largest building material supplier to professional builders in the U.S. At Mead Lumber, we strive to create a team that works and succeeds together every day in an authentic, team-oriented setting.

Why Join Us?

  • Employee Ownership: As a 100% employee-owned company, you will have a stake in our shared success.
  • Work-Life Balance: Enjoy flexible scheduling options that support your lifestyle.
  • Career Growth: We are committed to your professional development, providing ongoing learning and advancement opportunities.

Job Summary: Primary responsibility is to drive company vehicles to deliver merchandise to customer jobsites and physically unload the materials to the customer's satisfaction. Help load and unload trucks, put merchandise away, clean up the yard.

Key Responsibilities

  • Learn company products, procedures, culture, and customer service philosophy.
  • Load trucks according to the list of materials on the sales invoice.
  • Delivers and unloads materials to customer’s satisfaction and on a timely basis.
  • Maintain inspection of each vehicle you drive for safe driving.
  • Accurately record all merchandise returns on a credit memo.
  • Listen and work with customers to solve customer needs.
  • Assist customers inside and outside of the store.

Desired Skills, Knowledge, And Qualifications

  • Valid driver’s license and a good driving record.
  • Must be able to operate a forklift.
  • Ability to drive a manual transmission.
  • Desire to learn and grow professionally.
  • Be self-motivated and productive.
  • Physical strength to lift and carry 75 pounds consistently.
  • Ability to follow directions.
  • Customer-oriented self-starter who is a quick learner and adapts easily to new tasks.

Additional Benefits Include

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:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Plans
  • 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) Plan
  • Scholarship & Tuition Assistance Programs
  • Employee Assistance Program

Equal Employment Opportunity: Mead Lumber Company is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We consider 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.

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