Warehouse Operator

Position Overview

This position is responsible for communicating and supporting JM core values and delivering the JM experience. Warehouser receives, stores, and distributes material, tools, equipment, and products. Also reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.

Responsibilities

• Show initiative in supporting safety, plant wide.
• Participate on committees as required.
• Identify and report any mechanical or operational difficulty with truck, car or other equipment.
• Uses safe work practices and always reports hazardous conditions.
• Achieve company objectives and both internal and external customer expectations.
• Achieve orders meet shipping and receiving deadlines.
• Maximize FIFO and reduce scrap cost.
• Maximize storage space for finish good materials and staging area.
• Achieve department's continuous compliance with internal and external policies and procedures.
• Complete special projects directed by distribution center manager and senior management.
• Assist with all receiving and shipping functions.

Requirements

• High School Diploma required.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in warehouse and distribution.
• Forklift experience required, sit down, propane preferred.
• Ability to load and unload flatbeds and dry vans.
• Good communication skills.
• Integrity.
• Time management.
• Organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Understanding of appointment system.

Physical Requirements

• The ability to stand for extended periods.
• The ability to manually lift, push or pull at least 50 pounds safely and with proper body mechanics, sometimes while in awkward positions.
• Use of hands (repetitive motion, grabbing, feeling, sensing, pulling).
• The ability to work safely in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful work environment.
• The ability to safely and effectively work in an often-dusty work environment that experiences a broad range of temperatures (very hot to very cold).
• The ability to withstand the rigors of working a 12(or 8)-hour rotating shift schedule.
• The ability to bend, stoop or kneel repetitively.
• The ability to reach or work above the shoulder.

Benefits

• Health benefits include a choice of comprehensive medical plans, a dental plan, vision plan, wellness program and critical illness insurance.
• JM sponsors a 401(k) plan which includes a sizeable company match.
• Paid vacation and also provides paid sick and parental leave for eligible employees.
• Basic life Insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and business travel accident coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement program for undergraduate and certain graduate programs.
• Supplemental life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance are available as well.
• Various tax saving accounts; health spending account, traditional flexible spending account, and a dependent care spending account.

Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to retaining, developing and attracting a diverse workforce that fosters an inclusive work environment in which all employees are treated with dignity and respect. This is the right thing to do for our employees, our company and our communities.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.