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AUCTION YARD ASSISTANT - RITCHIE BROS AUCTIONEERS

Posted	Thursday January 14th, 2010
Occupation Type	General
Industry Type	Professional Services/Consulting
Locations	Ontario Greater Toronto Area Brampton North York Toronto
Employment Type(s)	Part-time Contract

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About this Job

Auction Yard Assistant (part-time) with the world's largest industrial auctioneer
About the Job

The Company
Established in 1958, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers is the world's largest auctioneer of industrial equipment, operating through over 110 locations in more than 25 countries around the world. We sell, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused construction equipment and trucks to people in all sorts of industries (such as construction, mining, forestry, petroleum, marine, real estate, and agricultural). We are a public company listed on both the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges, under the trading symbol RBA. For 50 years we have been known for our innovative auction methods, attention to detail and our total commitment to the unreserved auction. For more information about Ritchie Bros. visit our website at: www.rbauction.com.

The Role
The Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Bolton, Ontario sale site has an immediate opening for a regular part-time on-call Auction Yard Assistant. In this role, you’ll be assisting our yard staff with photographing our equipment for advertising plus interacting regularly with customers and other sale site staff.

This is on-going, part-time work and applicants should be available to join the crew for each of the five scheduled sales per calendar year at our Bolton, Ontario location.

The Key Requirements
· Comfortable using technology such as computers and digital cameras.
· An eye for photography and the ability to take great photos of construction equipment.
· Ability to create descriptive text for the equipment photos used on our website and in our brochures.
· Able to work under pressure and to meet strict deadlines.
· Thrive working as part of team, pitching in wherever needed.
· Excellent verbal communication skills in English. Fluency in a second language would be an asset.
· Solid work ethic - you take pride in a job well done.
· Knowledge of construction equipment and trucks would be an asset.
· Legible handwriting.

In this role you will be required to:
· Work regular overtime, including weekend hours at each of our five auction sales in a year. You can expect to work extra hours for three weeks prior to each sale, during each sale, and for one week after each sale.
· Work outdoors in every season.

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