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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.

Job title: Load Checker
Pay: $19.97 - $24.23
Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Pasco, Washington
The Load Checker safely and efficiently performs the "checking of loads" for all orders, including both deliveries and large will call orders. Seeks out 100% accuracy of properly tagged orders that have the correct type and size of material, quantity of products, proper sequence of materials in load, (i.e. pressure treated on top, not bottom of underfloor load, sheeting on bottom, not top of framing load), along with goods being sellable and damage free.
This position is essential in larger yards to help ensure that all loads are "on time and in full." To find errors of any kind while the trucks are in the yard saves countless hours of fixing problems and plays a large role in fulfilling PARR's mission of Legendary Service Through Teamwork.
This position reports directly to the General Manager and interacts daily with Load Builders, Receiving Coordinators, Location Supervisor, Customer Service Employees, and Drivers.

Qualifications

• OSHA Certified Forklift license(training provided)
• Minimum of 1 year of load building experiencepreferred
• Ability to speak, write, and read Englishrequired
• Knowledge of how loads need to be properly labeled, protected, and kept damage free
• Ability to tally correct lineal footage totals on orders
• Ability to read and interpret "picking tickets" and invoices
• Ability to load and unload materials in a safe manner
• Must be able to operate forklift, banding machine, tin snips, tape measure, power saws, hand truck, pallet jack, re-fueling stations, and all other equipment necessary for the job
• Ability to utilize all appropriate safety gear required for this position
• Must be able to operate personal computer, smartphone, scanner, and all other equipment necessary for the job
• Two years of load building and/or yard/warehouse experiencepreferred
• Two years of experience working with dimensional lumber, panel products, and other building materialspreferred
• Knowledge of receiving and inventory control principles, practices, and protocolspreferred
• Ability to read grades of lumber and other materialspreferred
• Acceptable driving recordpreferred

Duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure loads are built safely and accurately by correctly reading "pick tickets" and invoices
• Help identify damaged material
• Ensure that appropriate paper work is complete & scanned as per company policy
• Maintain yard cleanliness during course of work
• When mistakes are made, follow through with team to make system corrections as needed
• Perform daily safety audit of forklift and promptly reports any malfunctioning equipment
• Assist with prevention of material damage
• Identify areas of opportunity for best practices pertaining to handling of products, along with packaging for adverse weather conditions
• Perform other related duties as assigned

This position works outside in the lumberyard in all weather conditions

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Must be able to lift/push/pull up to 90 pounds and carry objects 50 feet
• Must be able to work outdoors in all weather conditions
• Must be able to drive a company vehicle when necessary

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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.