Assistant Yard Manager

Job title: Assistant Yard Manager

Job description: Move, Build, Grow your career!

As the premier global asset management and disposition company, Ritchie Bros. helps thousands of people around the world buy and sell heavy equipment, trucks, and other assets every month. With our multiple onsite and online selling platforms and commitment to first-class customer service, Ritchie Bros. is trusted worldwide for making buying and selling easy, efficient, fair, and transparent. If you’re an innovator with an entrepreneurial spirit, we want you to join our growing team – employed in a wide variety of positions from sales to operations to corporate functions –as we transform the global used equipment market.

Join us on our journey and move forward with us, build your success, and grow your career.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has an immediate opening for an Assistant Yard Manager at our Montreal, Quebec, site. We’re looking for a hands-on, hard-working manager who can juggle many things at once! In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing all aspects of the auction yard, including occupational and environmental health and safety, yard team management, financial accountability, and organization of the yard.

No prior auction experience is needed to work in this role, and lots of training will be provided.

The Opportunity:

Our Yard Managers ensure that the main auction site and off-site locations run smoothly and safely.

Key Functions:

Hires and supervises competent and experienced operators and stickmen

Coordinates site preparation, auction ramp, and loading ramp

Oversees yard layout and equipment line up

Ensures sale site safety

Ensures adherence to environmental regulations of the sale location

Plans the refurbishing schedule and budget; controls purchase orders and cost sheets

Liaises with subcontractors

Ensures equipment is in sale-ready condition

Coordinates security including check-in, coding, and layout

Arranges directional, parking, and yard signs

Ensures proper attachment removal

Ensures equipment has fuel, oil, and anti-freeze

Responsible for selling the site sound system

Affixes lot numbers

Organizes yard supplies per checklist

Performs other various duties as required from time to time

Ensure ongoing compliance with all corporate and legislated health and safety and environmental policies, regulations, and laws

Arrange for and schedule all sale day casual staff

Assist the Yard Manager with any other auction yard duties when required.

Here’s what you bring:

Previous experience managing or supervising multi-disciplinary teams

Experience with industrial and/or agricultural equipment, trucks, and trailers

Previous cost management experience and a background in business fundamentals and business financial knowledge is preferred

Excellent organizational and time management skills

Proven experience providing excellent customer service to customers and colleagues

Strong computer skills, including the ability to learn new programs

Top-notch written and verbal communication skills (on this job your most valuable tools will be the 2-way radio, a cell phone, and a desk phone)

Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment

You like to work hard, but still have fun on the job.

This job will require you to:

Heavy Travel up to 50-75% to other auction sites within the region

Maintain a valid driver’s license and a clean driving abstract, and a passport (or passport eligibility)

Work both indoors and outdoors year-round, and climb on and off large equipment and trucks

Because we are an event-driven company, we need you to be able to work regular overtime, including weekend hours, at 4-5 onsite auction sales. You can expect to work extra hours for 2 weeks prior to each sale, during each sale, and for 1 week after each sale.

What we offer:

Our success is built on the drive and dedication of our people. As we grow around the globe, there will be many opportunities to advance your career – we’ve proven this throughout our 55+ years in business. Here’s how:

Base salary + paid overtime and comprehensive benefits

RRSP and an Employee Share Plan, both with company match

Ongoing training, professional development and tuition reimbursement

Safety equipment subsidy

Meals catered at auction time.

To get an idea of what our auctions are like, you can check out some auction videos on YouTube right here: .

Want to learn more about the company? Visit our , or connect with us today through or .

Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. (NYSE and TSX: RBA) is a global asset management and disposition company, offering customers end-to-end solutions for buying and selling used heavy equipment, trucks and other assets. Operating in a multitude of sectors, including construction, transportation, agriculture, energy, oil and gas, mining, and forestry, the company’s selling channels include: , the world’s largest industrial auctioneer offers live auction events with online bidding; , an online marketplace with featured weekly auctions and providing its exclusive IronClad Assurance® equipment condition certification; , an online marketplace offering multiple price and timing options; , a leading European online equipment listing service; and , offering privately negotiated sales. The company also offers sector-specific solutions including , , , and Cat® auctions, plus equipment financing and leasing through . For more information about the unprecedented choice provided by Ritchie Bros., visit .

Ritchie Bros. is an equal opportunity employer and ensures nondiscrimination in all activities in accordance with all applicable laws. This position is open to all qualified applicants who are legally entitled to work in the country in which this job is located. Candidate selection is made by Talent Acquisition. Only electronic applications can be accepted. No agency calls, please.

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