Employee-Owned Forklift & Warehouse Operator

Weekes Forest Products Inc; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 33,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Ownership Program

Excellent Benefits Package

PTO & 8 Paid Holidays

Job summary

Weekes Forest Products Inc is seeking a Warehouse & Yard Crewmember in Sioux Falls, SD. You will process and prepare orders for engineered wood and building materials, working in inside and outside environments while prioritizing safety and accuracy.

This role emphasizes teamwork, consistency, and following a daily schedule, with opportunities to learn new tasks and grow within an employee-owned company.

Qualifications

• Ability to operate material handling equipment including a counter-balance forklift.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in order processing.
• Comfort with following safety policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently & accurately organize building materials using a variety of equipment
• Attention to detail, with better-than-average accuracy in quality of the work
• Follow daily operations schedule, with an ability to adjust to customer needs
• Help to continually organize both warehouse and yard work areas
• Decision making within clear guidelines & with support of the fellow team and management
• When there is change in the structure of work or scope of responsibility, ample time will be provided to learn the new work thoroughly with opportunity for repetitive practice
• Utilize hand tools and power tools used to secure and prepare orders of building materials
• Read paperwork work orders, yard pick tickets and other details specifically detailed for customer orders
• Calculate various units of measure for shipping building materials including calculations of board feet, linear feet, square feet, pieces, or various other units of measure used each day
• Ability to use warehouse management system and enterprise system inventory control tools used to verify stock availability and inventory accuracy
• Load and unload train rail cars containing materials
• Sort, move and organize product departmentally while operating and using a variety of material handling equipment including a counter-balance forklift, side loading lift truck or other material handling equipment

Skills

Forklift operation

Teamwork

Attention to detail

Safety compliance

Reading orders

Tools

Counter-balance forklift

Material handling equipment

Job description

Weekes Forest Products Inc is seeking a Warehouse & Yard Crewmember in Sioux Falls, SD. You will process and prepare orders for engineered wood and building materials, working in inside and outside environments while prioritizing safety and accuracy.

This role emphasizes teamwork, consistency, and following a daily schedule, with opportunities to learn new tasks and grow within an employee-owned company.