Yard Equipment Operator

Dealer Spike; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a dynamic team as a Yard Equipment Operator where your outdoor passion meets customer service! In this role, you'll efficiently load landscape materials into customer vehicles and assist with deliveries, ensuring safety and satisfaction. This position offers a unique opportunity to work outside in a vibrant environment, interacting with customers and making a lasting impact on their experience. With a commitment to innovation and collaboration, you’ll thrive in a supportive atmosphere that values your contributions. If you’re looking for a rewarding job that combines physical work with customer engagement, this is the perfect fit for you!

Benefits

Health/Dental Insurance

Paid time off

Paid holidays

401(k) matching

Employee discount

Professional development

Opportunities for advancement

Closed on Sundays

Qualifications

• Ability to interact positively and friendly with customers.
• Experience with heavy equipment like wheel loaders is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Operate wheel loader and skid steer to load trucks and trailers.
• Hand load customer vehicles with landscape materials.

Skills

Customer Interaction

Clear Communication

Safety Awareness

Physical Stamina

Tools

Wheel Loader

Skid Steer

Forklift

Job description

Landscapers Supply, Inc.

Department: Yard

Job Title: Yard Equipment Operator

Reports To: Store Manager

Full/Part Time: Part

Direct Reports: No

Salary/Wage: $17 and up, based on experience

About Landscapers Supply and Hardware (affiliated with ACE Hardware and Do It Best Hardware)

Are you an outdoor enthusiast? Do you love gardening, landscaping, or DIY home projects?

At Landscapers Supply, we take pride in revolutionizing the traditional shopping experience for landscaping professionals, weekend warriors, and outdoor enthusiasts. Our stores offer a unique spin on traditional mom-and-pop hardware stores by providing a full line of commercial-grade power equipment, bulk landscaping materials, and a full-service power equipment shop. With multiple locations in the Upstate of South Carolina, we cater to homeowners and professionals alike who seek better quality, service, and selection.

Join the Landscapers Supply Team!

As part of our team, you share our values geared toward the ongoing success of our customers and fellow associates:

• Innovate – Strive to be the best in space and inspire a growth mindset
• Motivate – Develop all employees and instill a common purpose
• Praise – Love our customers and teammates via open communication
• Amaze – Exceed the expectations of every customer!
• Collaborate – Work together in a positive, flexible, and efficient way
• Trust – Have respect for all customers and teammates – integrity matters!

Landscapers Supply is a place where you can make an IMPACT every day!

Benefits (some benefits may vary based on FT / PT availability):

• Health/Dental Insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401(k) matching
• Closed on Sundays
• Employee discount
• Professional development
• Opportunities for advancement

Job Description

As our Yard Equipment Operator, you will play a critical role in supporting Landscapers Supply’s ability to serve our customers with high efficiency. Your role is to load landscape materials (such as mulch, rock, etc.) into customer vehicles and trailers using loader equipment and by hand. You will also work with our Drivers to load our delivery trucks. Safety is key in this role working with this equipment around people and vehicles.

This role is an advanced level position that requires physical outside work as well as some customer contact. You are assisted at times in the yard by a Yard Attendant. Often, you are the last person that our customer has contact with, so your friendly interaction with them will be remembered.

Responsibilities

• Operate a wheel loader and skid steer to load trucks and trailers
• Operate a forklift to unload supplier deliveries
• Hand load customer vehicles with landscape materials (straw, bagged mulch, etc.)
• Cleanup and maintenance in the yard
• Check in supplier deliveries of bulk landscape materials
• Assist with moving or loading customer vehicles with large store products such as grills or mowers
• Ability to fill propane tanks for customers, if of lawful age
• Assist with special requests from management

Required Qualifications

• Ability to have positive and friendly interactions with customers
• Ability to have clear communication with colleagues in person and over radio
• Ability to work steady and safely around people and vehicles

Desired Qualifications

• Experience working with a wheel loader or other heavy equipment

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift and handle up to 70 lbs.
• Ability to work outside in all weather conditions