About us!
Our mission is to provide the best in vintage and antique reclaimed/salvaged materials while strongly supporting historic preservation, sustainable building practices, and the creation of new markets for repurposed and reusable items. Our highest priority is creating a positive, friendly, and helpful shopping experience for the Aurora Mills customer, whether the customer is visiting our web store, social media pages, or our main physical location. Our business is located in the historic town of Aurora and is housed in an 1890’s hops, grain and feed mill built from old growth fir. Bring your resume in person and check us out! If you like cool old stuff, you’ll feel right at home here.
Overview of the position:
Lumberyard Associates help orchestrate sales of one of our mainstay products that becomes more popular by the day, reclaimed wood. We salvage barns and buildings locally and buy from other deconstruction crews around the area so most of our material is old growth douglas fir. The ideal candidate has the ability to work in a physically demanding job, provide good customer service and work well with the rest of our crew. We are a close-knit group and look for team players with a good sense of humor!
Experience/Education:
-Experience with hand tools
-Familiarity with power tools i.e. table, hand & chainsaws
-Forklift certification is a plus, but can be acquired in house.
-Experience in deconstruction or salvage work a plus
Qualifications and Required Skills:
-Ability to lift 50+ lbs repeatedly
-Maneuver effectively around gravel lumber yard and multi-level warehouse
-Must be able to work outdoors and in a non-temperature controlled environment
-Able to stand and work on hard surfaces for extended periods of time
-Ability to multitask between customer service and processing duties
-Must be able to follow work orders, safety procedures and protocols
Duties, including but not limited to:
-Processing incoming lumber, i.e. brushing, de-nailing, trimming
-Assisting customers and pulling orders
-Sorting, stacking, & organizing stacks in the lumberyard
-Assisting on deconstruction & salvage jobs
-Cleaning & minor restoration of antique & industrial items
-Help build crates for larger scale shipments
-Assist in moving items in and out of the store
Primary Duties:
Assisting the Reclaimed Lumber Manager in:
-Helping customers and filling orders
-Sorting, stacking, and organizing reclaimed wood in our lumberyard
-Processing reclaimed wood (de-nailing, trimming)
-Assisting on deconstruction and salvage jobs
-Cleaning and minor restoration of antique and industrial artifacts
-Assisting in building crates and preparing items for shipping
Required Abilities:
-Must be able to show experience in the use of simple hand tools, such as but not limited to hammers, pry bars, and screw drivers
-Experience with power tools such as a power miter saw, band saw, table saw, sanders, and chainsaws are a plus (not mandatory) but an in-house safety certification is required before use
-The strength and stamina to load and unload units of reclaimed wood
-Must be able to read and follow work, and safety procedures, and policies
-Maintain a clean and organized lumberyard, workstation, and shop space
-Ability to multi-task between many different projects, both large and small
Physical Requirements/Work Environment:
-Must be able to lift items up to 50 lbs. regularly and repeatedly
-Maneuver effectively around gravel lumber yard and multi-level warehouse
-Must have the ability to work in a non-temperature controlled warehouse
-Standing and working on hard surfaces for long periods of time
-Work conditions that will contain dust and particles from cutting various materials
-Noise levels that may be higher than the normal work environment
Qualifications:
-Strong verbal, electronic, and written communication skills
-Basic math skills
-Basic computing skills
-Reading comprehension
Bonus Qualifications:
-Forklift or other heavy machinery operating experience and/or certification
-Knowledge of, education, or a passion for, historic preservation, historic architecture
-Work experience in general construction and restoration techniques or sustainable building practices
-Work experience in the salvage, deconstruction or demolition of structures
Attributes:
-Works well with other team members in a harmonious, friendly, and efficient manner
-Courteous, outgoing, and positive demeanor
-Detail oriented with strong organizational skills
-Safety conscious
-Ability to work independently once given a task
-Ability to foster a cooperative work environment and work well with other employees (team player)
-Ability to be patient and tactful when dealing with a wide variety of customers
-Must be punctual
-Demonstrated high level of reliability and integrity