Equipment Yard Specialist: Customer Training & Loading

First Place Rental Inc.; Oswego Township (IL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 Paid Holidays

PTO 1st year 6 days

PTO 2nd year 12 days

IRA with 3% match

BCBS Health Insurance

Vendor discounts

Job summary

First Place Rental Inc. seeks an Equipment Yard Tech to assist customers, prep and display equipment, and help with loading and unloading. The role is very physical, including walking, lifting, and operating yard machinery, indoors and outdoors in variable weather.

You will greet customers, verify rental contracts, demonstrate equipment, and ensure safety. The position requires reliability, basic math, English communication, and the ability to pass a drug screen.

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred but not required.
• Must be able to lift approximately 70 lbs on a moderate to frequent basis.
• Must possess customer relation skills.
• Must be able to use mathematics to solve problems related to counts, inventory, costs etc.
• Must speak English clearly and write legibly.

Responsibilities

• Greet customers entering facility and refer them for pricing & sales agreement prep.
• Check rental contracts to ensure correct equipment goes out.
• Prep equipment prior to loading and test operation before loading.
• Set out equipment in outdoor display area each morning and remove in evening.
• Instruct customers in proper use of equipment and demonstrate operation when necessary.
• Load and unload equipment and secure for transport; inspect in transit if possible.
• Clean and service vehicles and equipment per procedures.
• Maintain a clean and professional appearance.
• May assist delivering/picking up equipment as needed.
• Check equipment for damage upon return and report it.
• Assist in parts and inventory stocking and monitor low inventory.
• Organize equipment in yard and maintain facilities.

Skills

Customer relations

English proficiency

Mathematics for counts/inventory

Heavy lifting

Education

High school diploma

Job description

First Place Rental Inc. seeks an Equipment Yard Tech to assist customers, prep and display equipment, and help with loading and unloading. The role is very physical, including walking, lifting, and operating yard machinery, indoors and outdoors in variable weather.

You will greet customers, verify rental contracts, demonstrate equipment, and ensure safety. The position requires reliability, basic math, English communication, and the ability to pass a drug screen.