Location: Santa Cruz, CA
General Description:
Promptly and safely deliver lumber and building materials to customers. Provide excellent customer service. Assist in building orders, yard clean up or other job-related tasks as needed.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Provide reliable, accurate and timely delivery service between branch location and customers.
- Help prepare material for shipment if necessary.
- Maintain the truck in accordance with inspection sheets and from instructions from yard foreman-dispatcher.
- Keep truck clean and orderly.
- Carry necessary equipment such as ropes, corners, flags, flares and release forms always.
- Safely deliver all merchandise without damage to material, vehicle or property.
- Demonstrate safe work habits and safe driving practices.
- Demonstrate flexibility in scheduling, overtime hours worked and tasks performed as business conditions dictate
Characteristics:
- Hold a current Class A California drivers license, medical certification and excellent driving record
- Able to work effectively with others to obtain customer satisfaction and promote Big Creek’s image in a positive way
- Dress in a clean, neat, professional manner that is appropriate for the job
- Display the ability to diffuse difficult customer situations
- Practice good organizational skills
- Able to communicate effectively with others
- Punctual and prompt
- Able to deal with interruptions without losing focus on a specific task that needs to be done
- Able to lift 100 lbs. from the ground into the bed of a standard size pick-up truck
- Possess the basic math skills to count (tally) lumber efficiently.
- Have legible handwriting and understanding of technology with regards to phones, GPS, and our delivery system.
- Demonstrate a high level of safety consciousness.
- Have ability to read maps google/apple and find delivery sites in remote locations; skill in driving rural roads.
- Able and responsible for wearing Big Creek attire. Leather Shoe/Boot, Big Creek Safety Vest, and assigned Big Creek apparel, including hats, shirts always while driving or in the yard
- Look professional, well groomed that meet company grooming standards in our company handbook
Compensation:
- Starting wage range: $24.00 – $26.00 depending on experience
- Full benefits including group medical/dental/life insurance, profit sharing/401(k) plan, Paid-personal time off, paid holidays, EAP, voluntary vision care plan
- Driver retention bonus available
Reports to: Central Dispatcher or Yard Foreman at Location Assigned
Hours: Full-time, day-shift position; local driving; must be flexible to scheduling needs and able to work some Saturdays; hours may vary due to business conditions
If interested in applying, please pick up application at must provide a current DMV printout with application:
Big Creek Lumber Santa Cruz
2801 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz, Ca
95062
Big Creek Lumber, is an equal opportunity employer
Overview of Operation:
Big Creek Lumber Company is a family-owned business that has been serving central California since 1946. Big Creek is vertically integrated – owning and managing sustainable forestlands, manufacturing lumber, selling through wholesale distribution channels, and selling directly to contractors and homeowners through our retail lumber yards.
Our Mission:
“Big Creek Lumber Company is a forest resource manager and a producer/supplier of building materials. In managing our land, we strive to integrate aesthetic value with forest health and productivity. In our business dealings, we strive to achieve long-term, sustainable profitability while conducting ourselves with integrity and creating value for our employees, our customers and our community.”
Big Creek operates six retail lumber yards with locations in Atwater, Half Moon Bay, Paso Robles, Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and Vallejo.
We collect various personal data from employees and applicants for purposes related to employment. Please review our Notice of Data Privacy for Employees and Applicants at www.bigcreeklumber.com/CCPAHR for detailed information concerning what information we collect, the purposes for which information is collected and with whom such information may be shared.
If you are interested in this position, please apply online. Or apply by submitting a completed job application or resume and cover letter to us via email to careers@big-creek.com.