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Job Description
ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.
Hourly
Job Description
Ignite your career at Builders FirstSource, America’s largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. The #1 name in our industry, we help make the dream of home ownership more achievable every day. At BFS, you’ll be equipped with all the tools, training, and resources you need, and you’ll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons.
Looking for a hands-on career? We're hiring a Forklift Operator/Material Handler to support our truss manufacturing team. Competitive pay, reliable hours, and room for advancement in a people-first culture where teamwork, safety, and employee growth matter.
PURPOSE
Under general supervision performs routine loading and unloading of materials within yard or work site; assembles load packages into truck for delivery to customer job sites.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trucks or customer vehicles and installs strapping, bracing or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
Performs load-building, determining the appropriate weight, composition, and placement of load based on customer order and capacity of delivery vehicle to ensure load is balanced and safe for hauling.
Reads work order or follows oral instructions to determine materials to be moved or loaded.
Conveys materials to or from storage to designated area using hand truck, electric dolly, forklift or other device.
Opens containers, units, slings and loads, using steel cutters, crowbar, claw-hammer or other hand tools.
Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales or other containers so as to provide for correct identification of items.
Understands and observes all safety procedures and practices in order to prevent injury to self or co-workers; attends periodic safety meetings as required; may recommend changes to improve safety procedures.
Other duties may be assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.of the operation.
Auto req ID
478012BR
Minimum Education Required
High School/GED
Job_Category
Equipment_Operator
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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.
High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and three (3) months experience performing these or similar tasks; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Forklift certification required.
COMPETENCIES
Requires forklift operator certification
Knowledge of company products sufficient to take into account weight, shape and handling requirements
Ability to read and write to handle work orders and labeling tasks
Manual dexterity
Ability to use simple hand tools
Knowledge of safety procedures while performing forklift driving and materials handling tasks
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
Ability to count items and verify against prepared lists.
WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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 functions.
Work is performed within a production or yard environment, subject to temperature variations, hazardous chemicals, mechanical parts, equipment noise and dust.
Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently and on occasion up to 80 pounds.
May be required to perform specific tasks that involve climbing, lifting, pushing or kneeling.
City*
Salt Lake City
State*
Utah
Job Code
Operations_ Specialist
Affiliate Sponsor
Builders FirstSource
ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps. Unless specifically stated otherwise, this role is "On-Site" at the location detailed in the job post.
Hourly
Job Description
Ignite your career at Builders FirstSource, America’s largest supplier of building materials, value-added components and building services to the professional market. The #1 name in our industry, we help make the dream of home ownership more achievable every day. At BFS, you’ll be equipped with all the tools, training, and resources you need, and you’ll be empowered to try new things, gain new experiences, and build a career with unlimited horizons.
Looking for a hands-on career? We're hiring a Forklift Operator/Material Handler to support our truss manufacturing team. Competitive pay, reliable hours, and room for advancement in a people-first culture where teamwork, safety, and employee growth matter.
PURPOSE
Under general supervision performs routine loading and unloading of materials within yard or work site; assembles load packages into truck for delivery to customer job sites.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trucks or customer vehicles and installs strapping, bracing or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
Performs load-building, determining the appropriate weight, composition, and placement of load based on customer order and capacity of delivery vehicle to ensure load is balanced and safe for hauling.
Reads work order or follows oral instructions to determine materials to be moved or loaded.
Conveys materials to or from storage to designated area using hand truck, electric dolly, forklift or other device.
Opens containers, units, slings and loads, using steel cutters, crowbar, claw-hammer or other hand tools.
Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales or other containers so as to provide for correct identification of items.
Understands and observes all safety procedures and practices in order to prevent injury to self or co-workers; attends periodic safety meetings as required; may recommend changes to improve safety procedures.
Other duties may be assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.of the operation.
Auto req ID
478012BR
Minimum Education Required
High School/GED
Job_Category
Equipment_Operator
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
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.
High school diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and three (3) months experience performing these or similar tasks; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Forklift certification required.
COMPETENCIES
Requires forklift operator certification
Knowledge of company products sufficient to take into account weight, shape and handling requirements
Ability to read and write to handle work orders and labeling tasks
Manual dexterity
Ability to use simple hand tools
Knowledge of safety procedures while performing forklift driving and materials handling tasks
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
Ability to count items and verify against prepared lists.
WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
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 functions.
Work is performed within a production or yard environment, subject to temperature variations, hazardous chemicals, mechanical parts, equipment noise and dust.
Must be able to lift and carry up to 25 pounds frequently and on occasion up to 80 pounds.
May be required to perform specific tasks that involve climbing, lifting, pushing or kneeling.
City*
Salt Lake City
State*
Utah
Job Code
Operations_ Specialist
Affiliate Sponsor
Builders FirstSource