Yard Supervisor

Jensen-Infrastructure; Sparks (NV); On-site; USD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jensen Infrastructure in Sparks, NV is seeking a Yard Supervisor to lead yard operations, oversee loading for delivery and will-call, and ensure on-time, accurate product handling. You will supervise a team, coordinate with dispatch, sales, and fleet, and uphold safety policies.

You will train staff, optimize yard layout, and continuously improve efficiency throughout daily activities, driving reliability and customer satisfaction in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of supervisory/dispatch/logistics experience.
• Experience with ERP systems is preferred.
• Strong communication and leadership skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Lead yard operations and supervise yard staff.
• Coordinate with dispatch and sales to resolve issues and ensure on-time loading.
• Ensure safety procedures, training, and policy compliance.
• Schedule shifts and manage loading, will-calls, and deliveries.
• Maintain organized yard layout and efficient part storage.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Documentation

Decision-making

Tools

ERP system

Dispatch software

Job description

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOINGThe Yard Supervisor is a key position at Jensen Infrastructure. You’ll lead the yard operations directly or indirectly loading products for delivery or for will call to ensure customers receive products on time and are satisfied with the services provided.Reporting to our General Manager, you’ll lead a team of delivery and yard personnel. You’ll work with commercial drivers, forklift drivers, dispatch, sales, and plant leadership to ensure on schedule, safe delivery of Jensen products.A highlight of your day-to-day will include:Leading the activities of employees; providing assistance to workers engaged in yard activities; troubleshooting worker and materials handling problems and recommending solutions. Engaging in interactive communication. Training workers in materials handling methods, operation of equipment, safety procedures, and company policies. Monitoring comprehension and re-training as necessary.Supervising other employees, which includes: interviewing, hiring, training, planning, assigning, and directing work; motivating, evaluating, rewarding and disciplining employees.Ensuring that the yard is organized and product is easily accessible to load trucks or pull orders as requested by customers. Storing new product produced from production in yard area. Setting up process where oldest manufactured product is delivered first. Assisting in designing the yard storage layout and organizing the storing of parts. Offering suggestions for improvement of yard functions and implementing processes that ensure efficiency and accuracy.Coordinating with dispatch and sales to ensure any quality problems or customer service issues are resolved. Coordinating incoming truckloads of deliveries to synchronize the timing of having personnel available to unload and store loads. Scheduling start times to cover shifts for loading, will calls, deliveries, and unexpected changes to load schedules.Following all Jensen Infrastructure safety policies and outlined company procedures. Holding safety meetings to review training, department meetings to direct daily activities for completion, and directs activities during the day-to-day operations of the yard. Coordinating with fleet to review and coordinate inspection program for trucks, and ensuring forklifts are properly maintained through preventative maintenance program. Coordinating paperwork, logs, etc. with appropriate managers for review.Operating all tools and equipment based on safety procedures and specified guidelines. Maintaining organized area and properly storing tools, materials, etc. Sweeping excess debris on a continuous basis to ensure a safe work area.WHO WE ARE LOOKING FORYou’re enthusiastic and motivated in a fast-paced, team environment. You have demonstrated leadership skills, decision-making abilities, strong communication, organizational and documentation skills and the ability to handle multiple assignments preferably in an industrial or manufacturing environment. You’re a lifelong learner with at least five (5) years of solid on-the-job experience including prior supervisory, dispatch, logistics, and Enterprise Resource Planning experience.We’re open to individuals who aren’t just looking for their next job, they’re looking to build a career. You want an opportunity to showcase your skill set with a solid company who will invest in you. In our culture – everyone matters.ALL ABOUT JENSEN INFRASTRUCTUREMuch like you, our founder, Don Jensen was looking for a way to support his family, so he started his Company in 1968. Since founded, we’ve been supporting communities across Nevada, California, Arizona, Washington, and Hawaii.Jensen Infrastructure likely has an impact on your daily life. We build culverts to take water away from your neighborhoods, underground utility boxes to hold cables, and manholes to allow workers access to the sewers deep below the roads we drive on. And that’s just a small sample of what we do at Jensen on a daily basis.When you work at one of Jensen’s many locations, you will enjoy the close relationships and camaraderie of a small company while being part of a larger, well-established, growing company.We are committed to ensuring employment practices that promote equal opportunities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodations during your interview process.