Yard Supervisor

Satellite Shelters Inc.; Commerce (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Satellite Shelters, Inc. is seeking a motivated Yard Supervisor to lead daily yard operations and support the Detroit-area branch project opening.

You will supervise yard staff and work alongside them to keep operations efficient and safe, coordinating personnel, equipment, and yard activities in a fast-paced environment. The role emphasizes strong organizational skills, accountability, and a hands-on leadership style, with duties spanning fleet coordination, repairs, and on-site collaboration

Qualifications

• This position requires a high school diploma and 4+ years of related experience in construction, maintenance, or similar fields.
• Experience directing a team and following a plan is essential.
• Demonstrates technical capacity and ability to collaborate with teammates.
• Thoroughness and detail orientation are required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate daily yard operations and supervise yard personnel.
• Direct tasks for cleaning, repair, delivery, and maintenance.
• Order parts and manage inventory per policy.
• Ensure units are repaired, prepared, and delivered to Satellite quality standards.

Skills

Team leadership

Written & verbal communication

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Schedule flexibility

Driver's license

Construction experience

Carpentry & electrical experience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

4+ years of related experience

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

We Don’t Cheat at Solitaire!

Satellite Shelters, Inc., a recognized leader in mobile office and storage solutions, is seeking a motivated, hands‑on Yard Supervisor to lead daily yard operations and support our Detroit‑area branch.

Satellite Shelters, Inc., a recognized leader in mobile office and storage solutions, is seeking a motivated, hands‑on Yard Supervisor to lead daily yard operations and support our Detroit‑area branch (opening in early November). This role requires a proactive leader who can balance supervising yard staff with working alongside them to keep operations running efficiently and safely. The ideal candidate brings strong organizational skills, a commitment to safety and accountability, and experience coordinating personnel, equipment, and yard activities in a fast‑paced environment.

Position Summary

40% - Yard Supervisor:

This position is responsible for coordinating the everyday running of the working yard. The yard supervisor directs the yard technicians in the day‑to‑day scheduled activities and projects. They assign tasks to yard technicians, field service technicians, drivers, and themselves to ensure that units are repaired, prepared, and delivered in a timely manner in accord with Satellite’s quality standards.

60% - Unit Repairs:

This position is responsible for maintaining the fleet, monitoring units, and making repairs and modifications as needed. In addition to this, the yard supervisor inspects all units before and after they are rented to a vendor’s location.

Yard Supervisor

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintains, coordinates, and monitors fleet schedule and repair.
• Coordinates schedules and assigns tasks to yard personnel for cleaning, repair, delivery, maintenance, and other necessary projects and task
• Orders parts and supplies to ensure the necessary parts are on hand
• Manages inventory per company standards
• Ensures standards for cleaning, repair, and refurbishment of each unit to follow company policy.
• Maintain a favorable working relationship with all other company employees to foster, aid, and promote a cooperative and harmonious working climate.
• Maximizes employee morale, productivity, and efficiency/effectiveness.
• Manage the training of all yard personnel and drivers in Satellite’s safety policies and programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Unit Repairs

• Performs all duties and responsibilities in a timely and effective manner in accordance with established company policies to achieve the overall objectives of this position.
• Preparing units for rental in a timely manner according to Satellite quality standards
• Making repairs and modifications to units as required
• Maintaining proper storage of units
• Inspects all units, both incoming and outgoing
• Performs a physical write up of the unit in detail
• Takes necessary photographs of unit as required
• Interface with customers at job sites
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Under direction from the Branch Manager and/or Operations Manager, this position coordinates and leads yard personnel in daily activities of the branch.

Education And Experience Requirements

• This position requires a high school diploma and 4+ years of related experience in areas such as construction work, commercial cleaning, maintenance, etc. or equivalent combination of work and educational experience.
• Experience directing a team and directing work from a plan.
• Technical Capacity
• Shown ability to collaborate with other team members to accomplish tasks.
• Thoroughness and detail oriented.

Required Skills

• Team leadership
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Excellent problem‑solving skills
• Strong Interpersonal communications skills
• Schedule flexibility to respond to emergency situations
• Current driver’s license and ability to operate vehicles.
• Entry level to intermediate level construction experience required.
• Light carpentry and electrical experience.

Physical/Mental Demands

• Position requires a high degree of concentration to manage frequent interruptions while meeting strict deadlines.
• Wears personnel protective equipment as required
• Demonstrated ability to perform rigorous outside and indoor duties including walking, standing, climbing, stooping, squatting, bending, twisting, kneeling, reaching, sitting, lifting, grasping, pushing, pulling, manual dexterity, etc.
• Ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds.
• Good fine motor skills, coordination, range of motion and grip strength
• Ability to work in all climate conditions.
• Ability to be exposed to loud noise levels.
• Ability to operate hand and power tools
• Ability to work in an environment containing dirt, grease, and dust.
• Ability to work safely around heavy machinery and heavy equipment.
• Ability to hold air impact tools up to 30lb.

Other Duties

Please note this job posting is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.