Warehouse Person - Graveyard Shift - Vancouver

About Farwest

Farwest Steel Corporation has been the preeminent metal solutions choice within the greater Western United States since 1956. Farwest’s products and services offer customers the ability to consolidate many suppliers into one effective solution. We have over 600 employees in 7 Western States. As a company, Farwest strives to offer our employees a safe, innovative, creative, fun, diverse, and team-based atmosphere that supports our vision: to be the preeminent metal solutions provider in the Western United States. Our goal is to create a performance-based culture staffed with highly motivated and satisfied employees. We are a full-line steel service center with product line distribution, flame, plasma, and laser processing, welding, forming, rolling, and reinforcing steel capabilities.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance and Disability
• 401K with up to a 3.5% match
• Safety bonus of up to $0.60 per hour paid quarterly on branch safety goals
• Career development opportunities
• Paid vacation, sick, and holidays

About This Position

Job Type: Full Time
Schedule: Graveyard, 10:30 PM – 7:00 AM
* Initial training will occur on Day Shift.
Wage Range: $19.25 - $30.00 per hour, depending on experience. Plus a shift differential of an additional $2.00 per hour for night shift hours worked.

Farwest’s Vancouver location seeks a driven and dependable individual to join their team as a Warehouse Person. In this role, you will safely and accurately fill orders with stock material or processed parts, load and unload trucks and rail cars, assist machine operators, and operate various machines and equipment necessary to service customer needs and add value to sales.

Responsibilities

• Pulling material, filling orders, preparing material for delivery, with emphasis on safety while enhancing customer satisfaction through accuracy and product quality.
• Keeping orders filled to ensure on-time deliveries.
• Efficiently move material from trucks and railcars, restocking racks utilizing Farwest procedures and equipment to protect personal and material quality. Every effort will be made to track material and heat numbers for certification. Material will be rotated and kept accessible.
• Assisting machine operators, preparing parts for packaging and delivery per customer requirements and safe transport.
• Ability to operate all machines in the warehouse and drive trucks around bays.
• Required maintenance and safety duties, including attending safety and production meetings, and constant monitoring of tools and equipment to ensure safe operation and minimal downtime.
• Assisting will-call customers by filling and loading their material in a professional manner.
• Assisting sales staff with warehouse and inventory questions and issues.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least one (1) year of warehouse experience, including forklift and/or overhead crane operation preferred.
• Basic understanding of warehouse functions and equipment operation.
• Dependable and ready to work daily.
• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English.
• Ability to work in a team environment, treating employees and customers with respect, courtesy, and tact.
• Perform routine office support, understand written and oral instructions, and make mathematical calculations.

Join a growing, dynamic company with operations across the western US! Learn more at www.farweststeel.com/careers.

As a condition of employment, all applicants are required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check. Farwest adheres to federal regulations regarding drug testing, which includes THC. Pre-employment drug screen and background check must be completed post-offer of employment. Farwest participates in E-Verify and confirms each candidate’s eligibility to legally work in the US.