Warehouse Associate I
About the role
At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most. Job Summary The Warehouse Associate I is an entry level position. The Warehouse Associate I should be familiar with all areas of the fork truck driving procedures for safely loading and unloading trucks to maintain efficient, safe operations. The Warehouse Associate I is responsible for all order picking, order verification and loading of customer or carriers' vehicle in a safe manner. The ideal candidate thrives in environments where safety, quality, service and cost are the highest priorities.
Responsibilities
- Practices incident and accident prevention, demonstrating safe behavior in all activities
- Obtains and maintains fork-truck certification by attending in-house training, and completes daily fork truck check sheets
- Ability to learn to troubleshoot work related issues and communicates issues with maintenance, and Shipping Lead
- Works safely, and is responsible for housekeeping in his/her work areas at all times
- Prioritizes work assignments by meeting with Shipping Lead every morning and throughout the day
- Drives the fork truck safely through the warehouse mindful of pedestrian traffic at all times
- Ability to learn the cycle counting events and participates when needed, able to adjust schedule to meet inventory deadlines
- Ships according to FIFO principles on all items in the warehouse to ensure shelf-life efficacy
- Prepares product for shipping by reviewing the packing slip, hand picking the product and assembling the pallet
- Arranges pallets on flatbeds according to weight restrictions and driver input when loading
- Ensures correct product delivery by reviewing packing slip and product on truck