Load Builder Puget Sound

PARR is the total source for homebuilding supplies, solutions, and services. We focus on supplying building materials and solutions to professional home builders of all sizes including custom builders, large production builders, and multifamily builders. Our customers and community members know that they can rely on us for Legendary Service and quality products.

Qualifications

• OSHA Certified Forklift License
• Knowledge of receiving/inventory control principles, practices and protocols
• Knowledge of dimension lumber and panel products and other building materials
• Ability to read and interpret "pick tickets" and invoices
• Ability to concentrate and attend to detail amidst a busy work environment

Duties and Responsibilities

• Builds safe and efficient loads of building materials by correctly reading "pick tickets" and invoices
• Reads SKUs and identifies material types to accurately build loads
• Load and off-load company trucks with building materials both by hand and with a forklift
• Completes inventory adjustments
• Puts stock away
• Tags loads
• Receive delivered inventory by properly inspecting paperwork for accuracy and by depositing inventory in designated locations
• Opens and closes yard as needed
• Keeps forklift clean
• Ensures that appropriate paperwork is completed as per company policy
• Maintain yard cleanliness during course of work
• Knows product substitutions, shares that knowledge, and always applies the knowledge to building the load
• Cross trains as backup driver, receiver, counter sales, and dispatcher if needed
• Proactively seeks to learn products and applications for the end user
• Regularly attends product knowledge meetings
• Understand weight limits and length limits for the company's fleet of trucks as to safely and lawfully load trucks
• Wears proper high visibility and safety gear
• Safely operates equipment and always honks horn and looks before backing or rounding blind corners
• Perform daily safety audits of forklift and promptly report any malfunctioning equipment
• Participates in safety committee when necessary
• Reviews and completes Hold Harmless form with customers

The load builder primarily works outdoors in all weather conditions

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit and/or stand for extended periods of time
• Must be able to grasp, talk, hear, and operate a computer and keyboard
• Must be able to lift/push/pull up to 50 pounds and carry objects 50 feet
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Both local and overnight travel may be required
• Ability to cover different shifts when necessary

We know that without great people, we can't be a great company. Voted as one of the "Top Places to Work" by the Oregonian for the 3rd year in a row, we offer industry-leading benefits:

• Everyone starts earning 2 weeks of vacation per year on day 1, and gains an additional day every year worked up to 4 weeks off

• Employee paid sick days

• 7 holidays

• Standard medical plan with a very low $1,000 deductible

• Dental, Vision, EAP (Employee Assistance Program)

• Massage, Chiropractic and Acupuncture coverage

• FSA (Flexible Spending Account) and Childcare pretax spending programs

• Footwear subsidy through boot vendor after 90 days of employment

• Up to 50% match on the first 6% you contribute to your 401(k) after 1 year of employment and fully vested at the end of your 3rd year

• In addition to the 401(k) match, there a 3% profit share contribution to the 401(k), with Board approval

• Tuition reimbursement (up to $2,500/year)

• Annual profit sharing (every full time employee who worked the full year earned a minimum of $525 for the 2024 year)

• $1,000 referral bonus

PARR Promotes!

We have a transparent pay structure, and love to promote from within. Our current CEO started with the company as a driver and by being open to change and a self-starter he climbed the ranks to the role he has today. There are many members of our management team who started their careers in our entry-level positions. If you're willing to work hard, there's no reason you won't earn regular merit increases and promotions. There is A LOT of opportunity - PARR is growing fast!

We value our employees like family and are constantly working to provide a safe place to work for our employees. Most of our locations are not open past 5 and all our locations are closed on Sundays.

Our company mission is Legendary Service through Teamwork, and we take that seriously. When you join our team, you're joining a family owned company that's been in business for 90 years, with a well-established reputation as a leader within the building material supply industry in the United States.