Gatehouse Associate - J.D. Irving, Amherst

About this opportunity

At Kent, people do not just take jobs. They build careers. Whether you are leading a team, serving customers, creating content, managing projects, or building expertise in your field, you will find opportunities to learn new skills, take on new challenges, and grow your career. Many of our leaders started in frontline roles and advanced through experience, development, and hard work.

We are currently looking for a Gatehouse associate to work in a fast-paced retail environment. This position requires working outside and to be extremely knowledgeable about building materials to ensure that each customer’s order is correct. Due to the Loss Prevention aspect of the position you need to ensure all products are accounted for and paid for before leaving the premises, so you need to be efficient, tactful, and thorough to excel at this position.

What you'll do

As a Gatehouse Associate, your responsibilities include:

• Collect payments
• Operate registers, scanners, and credit card/debit card terminals
• Check customer loads for accuracy
• Clear all loads coming in and leaving the yard
• Report any violations, theft, accidents, or injuries to the store manager
• Provide excellent customer service
• Ability to lift light to heavy merchandise

Skills and experience

To succeed in this role and grow your skills, candidates should possess the following qualifications:

• Lumber knowledge is an asset
• Ability to perform physically demanding work as needed
• Ability to work in all weather conditions and a fast-paced environment
• Great verbal communication skills
• Basic computer knowledge