Yard Supervisor

Position: 1 full-time role

Experience: 6–12 years

Location: Little Rock, Arkansas

Job Summary

Manage and coordinate yard activities involving the loading, unloading, storage, transfer, and distribution of materials, including steel coils, steel pipe, parts, and lumber.

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, direct, and control material movements at the facility.
• Promote safety, quality, productivity, and a culture of mutual respect; set performance goals and monitor progress.
• Coordinate the use of materials-handling equipment, including conveyors, cranes, tractors, and trucks.
• Oversee records of materials received and used, and inspect incoming materials and invoices.
• Oversee equipment inspections, maintenance, and repairs.
• Coordinate shift schedules with yard management and monitor company-issued email communications, including on scheduled days off.
• Communicate company policies and safety requirements, assign work, and adjust procedures to meet production schedules.
• Identify and recommend improvements to working conditions, equipment upkeep, department efficiency, and customer support.
• Resolve work problems, maintain time and production records, coordinate with other supervisors, and develop staff for future roles.
• Train employees, direct and evaluate work, appraise performance, address complaints, and resolve problems in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Management or 2–4 years of relevant management or supervisory experience.
• Ability to read and understand instructions and correspondence, write simple correspondence, and communicate effectively with employees and customers.
• Basic math and problem-solving skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel and word processing, and SAP/ERP systems.
• Valid driver’s license.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The role involves occasional standing, walking, sitting, handling objects, climbing, balancing, and stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. It may require lifting or moving up to 25 pounds. Work may involve exposure to wet or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, chemicals, electrical hazards, and loud noise. Conditions may also be dusty, dirty, hot, wet, or confined.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role, provided they do not create undue hardship.

Core Values

The successful candidate is expected to support the organization’s values of customer centricity, technology, inclusive growth, and collaboration.