Work With Us
We're going to build one of the best places to work in Southwest Louisiana. We're just not there yet, and we're honest about that.
Southern Auction Company is new and we're small. Right now, it's a lot of hard work.
I didn't start this company just to run auctions. I started it to build something worth being part of. My goal is to become one of the best employers in Southwest Louisiana, the kind of place where people are recognized for their potential.
If you get on board early, you're not taking a job. You're taking a position in something that's being built. The people who help build it will be the ones who benefit most when we get where we're going.
These turn on as revenue supports them:
3 Weeks Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Affordable Insurance
Competitive Pay
Retirement Contributions
Flexible Work Schedule
16 Paid Volunteer Hours A Year
Profit Sharing
Paid Development (Licenses & Certifications)
Company Truck
“I can’t give you a date for every one of these. But I can assure you they are not a wishlist.” - Eric
WHERE WE ARE AND OUR DEFINED GOALS
WE INTERVIEW DIFFERENT
I'm not going to hire you off a 30-minute conversation, and you shouldn't take a job off one either. This is a commitment for both of us, so we interview like it matters.
Here's how it works:
Step 1 — Phone Interview. We talk. If it feels right on both ends, we move forward.
Step 2 — In-Person Interview. Plan for 1 to 2 hours. We'll sit down and get into the details.
Step 3 — Spend the Day With Me. This is the part that's different. I'll ask you to spend six hours with me; we start at 9 and hang out until 3. I'll buy you lunch. And I'll pay you $200 for your time, because your time is worth something.
We have to get along. It has to be the right fit. You can't figure that out across a desk in half an hour, but you can figure it out over a full day of real conversation and seeing how we each work.
What to wear: Jeans and a button-down shirt. Dress for the job. I'll make sure we don't get dirty.
Openings:
Outside Sales — Heavy Equipment
Commission-Based | Southwest Louisiana
Your job is to generate new business for our heavy equipment auctions. You'll build relationships with area businesses and help them with their equipment liquidation needs.
Build relationships, not sell. This job is for someone who gets along with people easily. The person your friends describe as the life of the party. You're building friendships, not pushing a pitch. The business follows the relationship, not the other way around.
Compensation:
$250 per unit sold (your consigned lots)
Plus 1.5% of hammer price on every unit
$400/month fuel allowance
A company-funded card for meals and entertainment when you're out building those relationships
Paid after auction settlement, independent contractor (1099). My intent is to bring this role in-house as a full employee position as the company grows.
What that looks like in real money: Consign three units that hammer for $119,000 combined, and you take home $2,535 on that one sale. Consign and sell 3–4 units a month and you're earning $2,500–$3,500 a month plus fuel — and it scales with nothing but your own hustle.
Being 100% transparent, commission-only means there's no base salary and no draw.
POSITION SUMMARY
Outside Sales — Heavy Equipment Consignment
The mission: Get heavy equipment signed to consignment contracts. Dozers, excavators, skid steers, trackhoes, dump trucks, trailers, tractors, forklifts, and support equipment. When your consigned equipment sells at auction, you get paid.
The territory: Home base is Lake Charles. West to Beaumont/Orange/Vidor on the I-10 corridor, east to Lafayette, north to DeRidder with Lake Charles, Sulphur, Westlake, and Iowa as the core. You'll run a structured weekly route covering all four zones, with Fridays reserved for signing appointments and hot follow-ups.
Who you'll be talking to: Dirt work contractors, oilfield and petrochem service companies, logging operations, farmers, rental yards, trucking companies, banks with repos, municipalities with surplus and estates and retirements, the single best source of full liquidations in this business.
What the work looks like: 10–15 physical stops a day; yards, shops, job sites, farm gates. Real conversations with owners and decision makers. Walking equipment, taking photos, logging every stop, and staying in touch until the moment hits. Heavy equipment consignment is a 3–7 touch, 3–18 month cycle. The salesman who wins is the one still showing up in month six.
How you close: Walk the machine, document it, confirm clear bill of sale, and sign the contract on the spot. Never leave a verbal yes unsigned.
The ramp: Your first 60 days are pipeline-building contracts are a bonus. First signed contracts by day 60. By day 90, the target is 2–4 consignment contracts a month, sustained, with settlement checks landing and referrals working.
Requirements: Reliable transportation, valid driver's license, and the ability to walk into a room of strangers and leave with friends. Heavy equipment knowledge helps, but relationships come first, we can teach you the iron.
A full Standard Operating Procedure covering routes, daily standards, objection handling, and the contract process is provided at hire.
Think You're a Fit?
Let's have that first conversation.
Eric Gipe, Owner
337-398-6800
