Logistics & Yard Person

Southern Irrigation is actively seeking a motivated and reliable individual to join our team in a logistics-focused role, for our Langley location. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on work, helping customers, and wants to build a long-term career in the irrigation and water systems industry.

Job Title: Logistics & Yard Person

Location: 23160 72 Avenue, Langley, BC, V2Y 2K2

Rate of pay: $25-$35/hr depending on skills and experience

Job purpose: This position’s primary responsibility is to work in the pipe yard and warehouse organizing and storing inventory, as well as ensuring customer orders are gathered, packaged and sent/delivered accurately, efficiently and safely while maintaining a high level of customer service.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Maintain a clean and organized yard and warehouse
• Operate various types of forklifts to unload/load pipe, septic tanks, concrete risers/basins, filter fabric rolls, etc.
• Accept deliveries in yard and receive incoming PO’s and transfers
• Store product in designated locations, stock shelves
• Assist with warehouse tasks, including but not limited to:
  • Loading and unloading customers and stock deliveries
  • Pulling and checking orders
  • Verifying incoming shipments for accuracy
  • Band pipes together
• Gather and package customer orders, and will-call orders
• Process customer orders and take payments, tracking shipments as needed
• Assist in the preparation of inter-company transfers
• Schedule outgoing shipments with couriers
• Clear snow, mow lawns, and maintain an aesthetically pleasing landscape

Competencies

• A desire to treat customers and coworkers with integrity, honesty and credibility
• A strong task orientation, self-driven 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 Hard  

Be punctual, dependable, knowledgeable, and efficient.

• Win as a Team 

Support your coworkers professionally and personally, and contribute to the success of the whole team.

• Wow Our Customers 

Treat customers with respect and provide personal, practical, and efficient service.

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.