Yard Associate/Logistics

Southern Irrigation is actively looking for a Full-Time Logistics - Yard Person for our Oliver location. The successful candidate should excel in efficiency, have good communication skills, and a positive attitude.

Job Title: Logistics - Yard

Location: 5830 Sawmill Rd, Oliver, BC

Job purpose: This position’s primary responsibility is to work with the Logistics team, working in the pipe yard organizing and storing inventory.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean and organized yard
• Operate various types of forklifts to unload/load pipe, septic tanks, concrete risers/basins, filter fabric rolls, etc.
• Accept deliveries in yard and stage for receiving team
• Store product in designated location
• Pull items from yard inventory, preparing and staging to load customers’ orders efficiently and accurately
• Assist with warehouse tasks, including but not limited to as needed:
  • Loading and unloading customers and stock deliveries
  • Receiving and putting away goods
  • Pulling and checking orders
  • Band pipes together

Competencies

• A desire to treat customers and coworkers with integrity, honesty and credibility
• A strong task orientation, with attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills and a team player
• Ability to take initiative to identify tasks and do them with minimal supervision
• Efficiency in loading/unloading/staging/packaging inventory with the focus of safety and customer service
• Initiative to identify potential weak points or safety risks and discuss them with the logistics lead

Core Values

• Work ethic; be punctual, intelligent and efficient
• Win as a team; care for your coworkers professionally and personally
• Wow our customers; be respectful, intuitive, personal and efficient

As a provider of intelligent water solutions, Southern Irrigation strives to be best in the industry, and in return we provide amazing opportunities for our people.

Southern Irrigation offers impressive employee benefits such as 100% employer-paid health benefits plan, RRSP matching, culture and community events, and opportunities for employee bonuses.

At Southern Irrigation we know our success is based on having all “A” players rowing in the same direction. Our Work (hard), Win (as a team), and Wow (our customers) attitude makes the environment at Southern Irrigation both challenging and fun.