Warehouse Operator

About the role

This hands-on role involves safely and efficiently handling liquid and dry chemical products, ensuring accuracy, quality, and compliance throughout all warehouse and transfer operations. You will work with a variety of products, equipment, and processes in a fast-paced environment where attention to detail matters.

Responsibilities

• Receive/unload and prepare/load liquid and dry chemical products from/to trucks, tankers, and railcars
• Maneuver and connect/disconnect transfer hoses
• Climb up tanks, tankers, and railcars to open/close top hatches and monitor load
• Inspect tanks, tankers, and railcars before and after loading/unloading operations
• Verify product against receiving/shipping documents, noting and reporting discrepancies and damages
• Perform product sampling and quality control in conjunction with lab personnel
• Maintain accurate receiving/shipping logs and record amounts of product received or distributed via computer program
• Pick and stage product for delivery in accordance with customer orders or instructions
• Operate powered and manual industrial lift trucks (with certification) and maintain daily forklift checklist
• Move raw materials to production areas and finished products to the warehouse
• Lift and carry bags, pails, boxes, and pallets varying distances
• Stage and remove product packaging in complex storage racking
• Repackage product into proper containers for storage or shipment:
  • Fill cylinders, drums, totes, pails, or tankers with product and route to prescribed storage locations
  • Ensure proper labeling, storing, stacking, or palletizing according to company and regulatory requirements
  • Give special attention to packaging, loading, and storing of food grade and USP items
• Operate electronic scale and process devices
• Carefully store hazardous waste drums in compliance with hazardous waste regulations
• Examine stored product and report deterioration and damage
• Rearrange stored materials and assist in counting physical inventory
• Ensure warehouse is clean, accessible, and safe for all visitors and workers
• Report and clean up spills immediately
• Protect property from theft or damage
• Perform other duties as assigned, including mixing and blending as required

Requirements

• High school diploma, general education degree (GED), or US military experience
• Candidates with prior experience in chemical operations (2+ years) may be considered if education or service requirements are not fully met
• Possess or able to obtain Forklift Operators certification and demonstrate safe forklift operation
• Ability to read, comprehend, and carry out detailed and simple instructions in English and write simple correspondence
• Basic math skills: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure
• Ability to learn and operate technology-based devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers, PLCs, and operational technology equipment
• Meet or exceed production requirements based on information or equipment used
• Wear safety equipment as prescribed by the company and comply with placarding rules when loading or unloading trucks
• Participate in ongoing safety programs, including safety meetings and trainings
• Available to work any days of the week, any assigned 8-12 hour shift, including overtime or weekends as needed
• Good safety and attendance record
• Ability to work cooperatively with other departments and personnel
• Observe, follow, and enforce all company policies and procedures
• Pass pre-employment drug screen and background check
• Pass E-verify check
• Capable of attaining a TWIC (Transportation Workers Identification Credential) card for participating MTSA facilities (applicable to MTSA sites only)

Physical Requirements

• Able to pass company physical and all training requirements, including wearing Personal Protective Equipment, which may include a respirator
• Able to perform all functions of loading, unloading, packaging, stacking, palletizing, storage, and movement of material
• Able to utilize tools and equipment as necessary to perform job tasks
• Standing and walking for long periods of time, up to 95% of the day
• Able to operate standing and sit-down forklifts, pallet jacks, and drum pickers
• Able to climb stairs and ladders to the top of tanks, tankers, and railcars
• Frequently exposed to outside weather (from 10% to 75% of the time), sometimes in extreme conditions

Benefits

• Individual development and on-the-job training programs
• Paid parental leave
• Education assistance program
• Employee assistance program
• Various healthcare plan options
• 401(k)