Lead Warehouse Worker - 1st Shift
About the Role
Penske Logistics is seeking warehouse associates to join an excellent team. This opportunity is ideal for safety-conscious individuals with a pleasant, outgoing attitude who want to excel in a warehouse environment. The role provides support and some supervision to regular and temporary warehouse associate functions, working closely with Operations Supervisors to ensure productivity expectations are met.
Responsibilities
- Stage and sort products for loading
- Load and unload trailers
- Execute and provide process and project visibility to Operations Supervisor
- Lead shift huddles and conduct one-on-one check-ins with warehouse team members
- Move materials within the warehouse
- Problem-solve and complete daily logs
- Communicate with associates from other shifts
- Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments and material/equipment needs
- Read production schedules, customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed
- Fill requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distribute them to production workers or assembly lines
- Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets or shelves, or convey orders to packing station or shipping department
- Use computer to enter records
- Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and a variety of warehouse mechanical equipment (where applicable)
- Transport stored items from warehouse to plant or pick up items from several locations for shipment (where applicable)
- Perform other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor
Requirements
- 4 years of warehouse experience required
- 2 years of inventory or materials management experience preferred
- 2 years of supervisory experience preferred
- High School diploma or equivalent preferred
- Prior forklift certification preferred
- Basic computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint preferred
- Ability to learn and use proprietary software required
- Flexible to work overtime preferred
- Ability to work in non-climate controlled conditions
- Ability to lead a small team, work independently, and demonstrate customer service, multitasking, organizational, and time management skills
- Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
- Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, and work at the specified location
- Must complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (including past employment, education, and criminal history), and drug screening
- This position is designated as safety-sensitive; ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required
- Must accept responsibility for personal safety and the safety of others
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to remember and understand instructions, guidelines, or other information
- Must be able to see and verbally communicate; specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- Must be able to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medical codes or alarms)
- Must frequently move, stand, walk, and sit
- Must frequently use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and reach with hands and arms
- Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lbs/23 kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs/45 kg
Pay
$20.87 per hour with a $1,500 retention bonus after 120 days.
Schedule
Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM.
About the Company
Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing, and freight management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies. With operations in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs.
Location: 1081 West McPherson Highway, Clyde, OH, USA.