Storeperson / Yard Hand

**About the Company**

Ahrens is a fifth-generation, South Australian family-owned company, with 120 years’ experience in delivering a diverse range of high-quality and cost effective products and projects across Australia, with footprints overseas.

We have become a full Construction, Engineering, Mining Services, Sheds & Silos and Water Storage company which provides complete turnkey project solutions, supported by 26 divisions and backed by 1000-plus people.

Wheatbelt Steel (WBS) is a division of the Ahrens family of brands and has been operating for the past 40 years; specialising in the design, fabrication, and installation of quality steel sheds. Wheatbelt Steel builds sheds of the highest quality, including machinery sheds, fertiliser sheds, grain sheds, hay sheds, shearing sheds and poultry sheds for farms across Western Australia, with further growth taking sheds to the rest of Australia.

**About the role**

An opportunity has become available for a Store person / Yard Hand to join our dynamic team at our Northam location. We are looking for a hard-working individual, to fill an important all rounder position in our yard with primary responsibility for stores inventory, yard receivals and dispatch.

**Duties**
- Work as part of a team to plan optimal transportation of goods between suppliers, our factory, and construction sites;
- Load and unload trucks optimally and safely to ensure space and weight optimisation, and ease of safe unload operations;
- Conduct materials movements into and out of workshops and yards via forklifts, telehandlers, and truck and trailer combo as required by production personnel;
- Receive and destuffing of transport container freight;
- Record and monitor incoming and outgoing goods and cataloguing into stores inventory;
- Performance of basic maintenance checks and pre-starts on moving machinery
- Undertake general housekeeping of the plant and yard and perform basic maintenance items;
- Assist in the workshop when additional labour is required to ensure optimal production workflow.

**Skills & Experience**
- Forklift license;
- Ability to be trained and VOC’d on Scissor Lift, Telehandlers, and EWP’s;
- Rigid truck license (HR), and ability and willingness to upgrade to MC;
- Able to plan and organise priorities and tasks;
- Keen industry experience and demonstrated capability in OH&S practices;
- Willingness to help with a team mindset;
- A bias towards tidiness and organisation, and able to perform basic computer entries into stock sheets and dispatch notes;
- Ability to capture photographic dispatch and receivals evidence in stores data base;
- Driver’s license with reliable vehicle;
- Be organized, efficient & productive;
- Have the right attitude towards any issue/problem that may arise; and
- Be willing to travel when required.

**Why Work at Ahrens**

We are continually evolving and investing in our people and facilities to achieve satisfying outcomes.

We strive for a positive and supportive team culture which embraces diversity and innovation, and aligns with our core values including commitment, integrity and safety. In return we reward those who passionately work towards realising our vision.

**Benefits**
- Employee Assistance Program, supporting you and your family’s health & wellbeing
- Discounts to some of Australia’s leading corporate partners in private health insurance, gyms, travel, clothing, vehicles and more
- Generous paid parental leave entitlements to support you and your family
- Annual Employee Donation Scheme to support a charity/cause of your choice
- Family, social and team building events
- Opportunities for career progression

**How to Apply