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General Sandblasting & Painting is currently seeking motivated, self-starting individuals with excellent communication and organizational skills to join our team as a Yard Operator.
The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent communication and organizational skills, as well as their ability to operate powered mobile equipment (e.g. forklift, front end loader, zoom-boom) in a safe and efficient manner.
The candidate will demonstrate:
- Proven experience as a competent equipment operator.
- Ability to solve problems and work independently with little or no supervision,
- Ability to offload and reload product without causing damage to surfaces.
- Ability to follow tasks safely and efficiently.
Job duties include, but are not limited to the following:
- Offload all incoming jobs from delivery trucks.
- Loading all outgoing jobs onto delivery trucks.
- Maintaining a safe and orderly storage arrangement for all jobs handled, as well as tracking all pieces of each specific job.
- Setting up jobs for abrasive blasters.
- Loading jobs into paint shops for painters.
- Unloading jobs from paint shops without damaging finished surfaces upon completion of job.
- Maintain cleanliness in assigned areas.
- All other duties as assigned.
Position is subject to unscheduled overtime.
We are searching for individuals who are committed to being a productive member of our team. If you feel that this job would be the right fit for you, please apply by email to infogensand@sasktel.net
**Only experienced equipment operators will be considered for this position.
Essential Skills
- Document use
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Additional Skills
- Calculate weight, distance, volume and length measurements
Specific Skills
- Operate two-way radios and other communication equipment
Type of Heavy Equipment Operated
- Forklift
- Front end loader
Type Of Work Experience
- Material handling
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Attention to detail
Own Tools/Equipment
- Steel-toed safety boots
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors