WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE 2nd Shift

Shipping and Receiving

• Unload and load trailers and verify proper stacking and freight not being mixed on pallets, one item to a pallet as required.
• Tape or stretch-wrap pallet as required to ensure product stability.
• Prior to product storage, count all product, compare counts to the drivers’ manifest and check all shipments for damage, infestation and production code dates.
• Report shortages, damages, and misplacements to your immediate supervisor who will forward the information to the appropriate parties.
• Must be able to move product to the storage locations, stack and store the product in the appropriate areas, and verify receipt of product at appropriate temperature.
• Identify and recover any received or shipping damage consistent with Company policy.
• Report all shortages and overages to your area supervisor.
• If needed, assist in physical inventories with use of scanners.
• Ensure proper stock rotation by following lot number identification.
• Pull and prepare product for shipment, ensuring the exact number and type of product is located and shipped.
• Perform picking duties in an efficient manner that meets customer service standards.
• Load, unload, move, stack and stage product and materials using a forklift, clamp truck, slip-sheet or other power equipment.
• Maintain the facilities, equipment and materials in a neat, clean, orderly fashion.
• Daily inspections and verify equipment is operating prior to the start of the day’s activity.
• Advise your supervisor of any problems encountered.
• Operate all equipment in a safe and efficient manner following prescribed work methods.

Checking

• Count all product before storage and compare counts to the drivers’ manifest.
• Check all shipments for damage, infestation, and production code dates.
• Report shortages, damages, and misplacements to your immediate supervisor.

Inventory

• If needed, assist in physical inventories with use of scanners.
• Ensure proper stock rotation by following lot number identification.

Order Picking

• Pull and prepare product for shipment, ensuring the exact number and type of product is located and shipped.
• Make sure product comes from the proper locations and the lot numbers correspond to the picking documents.
• Perform picking duties in an efficient manner that meets customer service standards.

Loading

• Efficiently move product from the staging or storage areas into railcars or trailers.

Equipment

• Load, unload, move, stack and stage product and materials using a forklift, clamp truck, slip-sheet or other power equipment.
• Maintain the facilities, equipment and materials in a neat, clean, orderly fashion.
• Daily inspections and verify equipment is operating prior to the start of the day’s activity.
• Advise your supervisor of any problems encountered.
• Operate all equipment in a safe and efficient manner following prescribed work methods.

What We Are Looking For

• Education: High School Diploma, GED or equivalent.
• Experience: Previous high reach forklift and/or warehouse training.
• Other Abilities: Must be able to bend and lift up to 50 lbs. regularly, lift up to 70 lbs. occasionally with assistance, stand and walk for extended periods of time, use hands to handle objects, tools, or controls, speak and hear for safety and productivity, use scanners, tablets, radio, phones, and other warehouse machinery, lift overhead when required, have acceptable and/or correctable vision, work in a temperature range of +50 to -30 degrees F with moderate noise levels, have good arithmetic and reading skills, understand and follow verbal and written instruction, have a self-starter attitude that can work independently and coordinate with others, work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to manage stress and productivity guidelines, maintain a professional demeanor in appearance and communications at all times, participate in staff and/or customer meetings as required, identify and record any issues relating to product, processes and/or quality, propose and implement solutions through appropriate channels, ensure solutions are effectively implemented, follow posted security procedures at all times while in the building, participate in safety and educational training programs.

The Standard Details

• Maintain a professional demeanor in appearance and communications at all times.
• Participate in staff and/or customer meetings as required.
• Take initiative to prevent non-conformities related to product, process, and quality of systems.
• Propose and implement solutions through appropriate channels.
• Ensure solutions are effectively implemented.
• Follow posted security procedures at all times while in the building.
• Participate in safety and educational training programs.

What's In It For You

• Full-time employees not under contract are offered: 401K and Educational Assistance after 1 year.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield available after 30 days of service, if elected.
• Company Life Insurance.
• A variety of additional benefits and perks.