Yard Hand Jobs

Purpose

The Yard Hand position plays a key role in keeping the grounds and the truck yard looking exceptional. The position’s main responsibility is general yard maintenance, but it is not limited to that role. A Yard Hand is self-motivated, disciplined, quality-of-work oriented, and safety conscience and takes pride in the job at hand in a professional and courteous manner to support the operations of LuGreg Trucking, so that we can ultimately provide a superior oilfield service to our customers. We will strive daily to exhibit our core values in all areas of business to achieve the company’s goal of Operational Excellence for HIS Glory in all we do. This in turn benefits the company’s team members, customers, and the communities it serves. We should never forget that our greatest assets are the grace of God and our people.

Organizational Relationships

This position reports primarily to the Yard Manager on site.

Education & Experience Qualifications (Minimum)

• None

Essential Functions

Daily

• Mechanic Shop by picnic table
• Walk around all buildings, parking areas, fences and perimeter of yard with trash bag and pick up trash from grounds (this includes the creek bed).
• Refill or top off water softening salt in accounting building
• Check for any vehicles that need washing, this includes semi-trucks and company pickup trucks*
• Check sidewalks and water drains for debris such as bugs, grass, ice, etc. and clear as needed
• Keep parts put away & organized
• Empty Trash (if needed)
  • Accounting building garage (2)
  • Diesel tank area
  • Washout pit area
  • Mechanic Shop by picnic table
  • Truck row
• Washout pit area
• Diesel tank area
• Accounting building garage (2)
• Truck row

• Note: Washing vehicles includes washing engine & engine compartment, washing undercarriage & full interior detail

Weekly

• Wash down & straighten up washout pit & pump house
  • Pile up any junk on the side
• Keep soda machine stocked in Operations building
  • Purchase as needed from Wal-Mart using credit card or United using charge account
• Empty trash in Office/Breakroom of operations building
• Hot Oil Chemical
• Pile up any junk on the side
• Packer Fluid
• Biocide
• Keep back shop swept and organized
• Purchase as needed from Wal-Mart using credit card or United using charge account
• Rock Salt
• KCL
• Clean up buckets around storage tanks
  • Stack empty buckets and lids on south side of Shop
• Stack empty buckets and lids on south side of Shop
• Inventory chemicals at yard and give report to Yard Manager
  • KCL
  • Rock Salt
  • Packer Fluid
  • Hot Oil Chemical
  • Biocide
  • Corrosive Inhibitor
• Corrosive Inhibitor

Periodically

• Repair any damaged dikes
• Check for any burned-out light bulbs and ballasts around facilities. Change if needed
• Assess needed repairs and report to Yard Manager
• Pickup & deliver parts to various locations and to the field as needed
• Box blade gravel parking lot and gravel yard
• Rake and keep nice
• Assist drivers as needed with spill cleanup, tank cleaning, etc.
• Ensure all dikes are up to SPCC plan standards
  • Rake and keep nice
  • Repair any damaged dikes
• Carpentry, minor electrical, plumbing, HVAC, machine repair, light metal weld work if needed.
• Evaluate painted surfaces and repaint as needed
  • Rails, poles, parking blocks, etc.
• Rails, poles, parking blocks, etc.

Monthly

• Spray back shop and washout shed for insects
• Add treatment to washer coils
  • Ask mechanics for assistance
• Ask mechanics for assistance
• Lubricate overhead doors

Quarterly

• Maintain an inventory of filters and purchase as needed
• Change air filters in all air conditioners (see list)
  • Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st
  • Maintain an inventory of filters and purchase as needed
• Jan 1st, Apr 1st, Jul 1st, Oct 1st

Seasonally

• During mowing season: Mow, weed eat, & cleanup of lawns, which includes pasture
• Clean gutters
• Trim shrubs and lower branches on trees in front of and behind the Accounting building and around the property
• Spray grounds with weed & grass killer where needed for weed control

Reporting

• Special projects may be periodically assigned by executive management.
• Report to Yard Manager for special job assignments

Work Schedule & Environment

• Some overtime will be required due to changing work load
• Normal schedule will be 5 days a week, Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM with one hour for lunch
• Schedule is not set in stone with the flexibility to satisfy the company’s needs

Physical Requirements

• Pull up to 150 lbs.
• Lift/Carry up to 100 lbs.
• Team member Works: Inside 30% Outside 70%
• Kneel, Squat, Climb Ladders/Stairs
• Amount of Each Day Spent: Laying 15%, Sitting 20%, Standing 40%, Walking 25%
• Push up to 60 lbs.
• While Performing the Job, Team Member will be Required to:
  • Lift/Carry up to 100 lbs.
  • Push up to 60 lbs.
  • Pull up to 150 lbs.
  • Kneel, Squat, Climb Ladders/Stairs

Disclaimer

This job description indicates in general terms, the type and level of work performed as well as the typical responsibilities of team members in this classification. The duties described are not to be interpreted as being all-inclusive to any specific team member. Management reserves the rights to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified team members can perform the essential functions of the job. Nothing in this position description changes the at-will employment relationship existing between the Institution and its team members.