Loader Operator

Knife River Corporation; Harrisburg (SD); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction materials producer is seeking a Loader Operator for seasonal work in Harrisburg, SD. The role involves operating loaders and forklifts, maintaining inventory, ensuring safety protocols, and assisting customers. If you have a high school education/GED and a commitment to safety, we welcome your application for this rewarding opportunity.

Qualifications

• High school education/GED or up to one month related experience.
• Ability to operate forklifts and loaders safely.
• Experience in customer service is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate rubber-tired loaders and forklifts for loading materials.
• Maintain safety protocols and inventory control.
• Assist customers in loading materials into their vehicles.

Skills

Safety Procedures

Inventory Control

Customer Service

Education

High school education/GED

Job description

Good pay! Good benefits! Good people! Knife River is a PEOPLE-first company. Our team members are key to our success, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and go home safety each day. Please consider joining our growing team today!

At Knife River, we take care of our team because we know it’s our people who make us successful. We are one of the 10 largest construction materials producers/contractors in the country, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and go home safety each day. Our goal is to build strong teams that, in turn, build strong communities. We are also a publicly traded company on the NYSE with the ticker symbol KNF and part of the S&P MidCap 400 index.

This position is responsible for operating straight or articulated rubber-tired compact loader equipped with front mounted hydraulically powered bucket or scoop to lift and transport bulk materials and palletized material to and from dump trucks, pickups, and or flatbed type trailers. Position will also operate forklift and assist in ticketing and customer service as needed.

EDUCATION AND/OR WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

1. High school education/GED, or
2. Up to one month related experience or training, or
3. Equivalent combination of education and experience.

DUTIES AND/OR RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Uses safe work procedures that comply with safety policies and regulations. (Federal, state, local and company policies.)
2. Starts engine, shifts gears, presses pedals, and turns steering wheel to operate loader.
3. Moves levers to lower and tilt bucket and drives front end loader forward to force bucket into bulk material or pallet forks into a pallet.
4. Moves levers to raise and tilt bucket or pallet forks when filled, drives vehicle to safely load a truck or trailer.
5. Be able to drive a forklift and payloader and load material onto customers equipment safely.
6. Obey all safety rules and work in a safe manner.
7. Responsible to maintain a neat and accurate inventory.
8. Assist in inventory control and ordering with sales staff.
9. Performs routine maintenance on loader such as lubricating, fueling, and cleaning and reports anything unsafe to the Location Lead.
10. Learn the various landscaping products by styles, colors and sizes to be able to load the correct product for our customers.
11. Work directly with customers to load material into their vehicles.
12. Accurately palletize pavers or retaining wall products for customers.
13. Will be involved with machine loading and hand loading specific natural stone products.
14. Will be asked to clean, sweep, dust, and maintain overall yard and shop cleanliness.
15. Receive incoming inventory and store correctly.
16. Performs other duties as assigned, such as computer work, ticket creating, answering phone calls, taking notes, etc.
17. Will be cross trained as back up to the customer service representative.
18. Other duties as assigned.

This position is seasonal with a winter layoff and a spring recall. The typical schedule is M-F 7am-5pm and 2-3 Saturdays per month from 8am-12pm.

The starting wage is $22.35 and up, depending on experience.