Warehouse Associate
About the role
We distribute high-quality mobile equipment products like hydraulic and pneumatic parts, hoses, fittings, fasteners, adapters, and more. Our solutions, expertise and service excellence empower customer success. From 1949 until today, our successful growth has been driven by our Mission Statement, Customer Growth and Satisfaction through Exceptional Service.
Job purpose
The warehouse associate performs general warehouse duties such as but not limited to, working with heavy equipment like forklifts and pallet jacks to move freight. The warehouse worker completes paperwork, ensures tasks are completed safely with highest quality and on time. They must make decisions regarding the transfer of incoming and outgoing inventory. They work as a team to complete tasks safely with highest quality and on-time to our customers. They must be able to lift and carry heavy objects, and work in hot or cold weather. A warehouse worker should be alert, ambitious, hard-working, detail-oriented, and able to follow instructions while working as a team.
Essential Job Functions
- Order puller - Pulling customer orders, warehouse stock orders, various kits, completing discrepancy sheets.
- Shipping - Packing boxes, labeling and documenting for UPS, FedEx, and motor freight.
- Receiving - Receiving and verifying shipments from vendors via UPS, FedEx, and motor freight. Storing stock appropriately.
- Quality Control - Through visual inspection, verifying accuracy of every order before shipping.
- Dispatch - Dispatching orders including correct quantity, freight costs, tracking numbers, and package weights.
- Inventory/Control/Cycle Counting - Counting, measuring, recording as a team with other warehouse associates.
- Hose Assembly - Assembling and crimping hose and fittings in small and large quantities for customer orders.
- Kitting - Packaging various components to customer specifications.
- Front Counter - Receiving customer inquiries at the front counter and working as a team to identify correct replacements. This may require fabrication of hose, fittings, and other components.
- Year-end inventory - Counting, measuring, recording as a team with other warehouse associates.
- Other Job Duties as Assigned - Housekeeping, preventative maintenance on equipment, team meeting participation resulting in continuous improvement, posting performance metrics, organizing various celebrations, attending training meetings or classes.
Qualifications
- Ability to work independently and safely.
- Warehouse work experience a plus
- High school diploma or GED equivalent
- Certified Forklift Driver a plus
- Knowledge of industry safety standards
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment for long periods.
- Great team spirit
- Excellent attention to detail
- Able to work alone and self-motivated.
- Good math skills
- Basic keyboard knowledge
- Valid driver’s license
- Drug free.
Working conditions
Minimal climate-controlled environment
Physical requirements
- Below waist lift 70lbs
- Above waist lift 50lbs
- Push 100lbs force
- Pull 100lbs force
- Overhead reach occasionally
- Stooping/Work bent over occasionally
- Climbing (Stairs, Ladder, Equipment Step-up) Occasionally
- Repetitive hand movements- stapling, using tape gun, grabbing bags, typing
- Constant Standing Position
Warehouse
Knoxville, TN