Warehouse Operator - 1st Shift

About the role

Since 1890, New York Air Brake has been an innovative leader in the heavy-haul railroad industry. As a member company of Knorr-Bremse Group—the world’s leading manufacturer of braking systems for rail and commercial vehicles—New York Air Brake is recognized worldwide as a Center of Competence for heavy-haul freight railroad control systems serving customers around the globe. Our talented, diverse, and dedicated teams develop innovative solutions to the challenges facing our customers.

Responsibilities

• Understand the receiving process and how to store customer and in-house material.
• Be able to complete receiving reports accurately.
• Understand how to read “pick” lists and be able to select correct material for shipping.
• Be able to pack, band, and wrap material for shipping.
• Understand all shipping functions in SAP and be able to use UPS World Ship and customer database (LTL).
• Understand all customer routing guides and adhere to procedures.
• Understand and support all Quality, Product Safety, and Health/Safety/Environmental/Energy policies.
• Understand and adhere to all relevant statutory or regulatory compliance obligations.
• Understand, support and adhere to the Integrated Management System policies, procedures and instructions.
• Understand and support relevant key performance indicators (KPIs), as defined in the goal tree.

Qualifications

• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Must be qualified and certified to operate a forklift and stand up.
• Must be able to operate equipment in a safe manner.
• Must understand safety policies and rules.
• Must have technical capacity including basic knowledge of quantitative methods/statistical procedures and graphic skills.
• Must have communication proficiency.
• Must have organization skills.
• Must have time management skills.

Skills

• Technical Capacity: Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds. Must be qualified and certified to operate a forklift and stand up. Must be able to operate equipment in a safe manner. Must understand safety policies and rules. Basic knowledge of quantitative methods/statistical procedures and graphic skills.
• Communication Proficiency: Must have communication proficiency.
• Organization Skills: Must have organization skills.
• Time Management: Must have time management skills.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment

The employee will be exposed to shop floor conditions, i.e. noise, heat, cold, dust/dirt etc. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Required Education and Experience

• A high school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• One to two years of related experience.