Warehouse Associate

Job Summary:

The Warehouse Associate position will stock, gather, distribute, assembles orders, and loads various products of the warehouse to fulfill customer orders for pickup and/or delivery.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Essential Job Functions:

• Safely move freight, stock, or other materials to and from storage or production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, ships, or containers, by hand or using trucks, tractors, or other equipment.
Reads customer order, shipping order or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed
Loads and unloads trucks
Sorts and places items on racks according to predetermined sequence
Operates fork lift truck or hand truck to move or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to warehouse storage or work area
Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves or conveys orders to shipping department
Stacks lumber in yard or in shed
Drives diesel or gasoline powered industrial trucks equipped with lifting devices such as forklift to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials
Performs other duties as required

Requirements

Required Skills and Abilities:

Seeks to learn products and the applications
Knows product locations in yard and warehouse
Ability to read a measuring tape
Keeps forklift clean
Maintain yard cleanliness during course of work
Safety Requirements:

Wears high visibility, safety PPE, and proper uniform
Performs daily lift inspections
Always looks behind/honks horn when backing/rounding blind corners
Safely operates equipment
Promptly report all accidents/incidents and damaged products
Perform daily safety audit of forklift and promptly report any malfunctioning equipment
Keep aisles and exits clear
Participates on safety committee if needed
Environmental Demands:

Exposure to year-round outside weather conditions, including excessive heat, humidity, rain, cold, dust, ice/snow.
Employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
The noise level is usually moderate.