Warehouse Worker - Lift Truck Operator - 3rd Shift

Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing, and freight management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies across North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

About the role

This is a great opportunity for safety-conscious individuals with a pleasant, outgoing attitude who want to excel in a warehouse environment. The position is designated as safety-sensitive, requiring associates to work in a constant state of alertness and prioritize their own safety as well as the safety of others.

Responsibilities

• Accurately match numbers and letters
• Stage and sort products for loading
• Load and unload trailers
• Open and close dock doors
• Maintain a clean and safe work area
• Sort and place parts in racks or other designated areas
• Pull manual dock chains
• Stack cardboard boxes and pallets
• Move materials within the warehouse
• Comply with all safety requirements
• Package or kit finished product for shipping (shrink wrapping, boxing, labeling)
• Electronically scan products using a warehouse management system
• Perform quality control and identify damaged products
• Complete daily logs
• Communicate with associates from other shifts
• Attach identifying tags to containers or mark them with identifying information
• Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments
• Record numbers of units handled and moved using daily production sheets or work tickets
• Assemble product containers and crates using hand tools and precut lumber
• Pack containers and re-pack damaged containers
• Read production schedules, customer orders, work orders, or shipping orders to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed
• Sort and store perishable goods in refrigerated rooms
• Fill requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials and distribute items to production workers or assembly lines
• Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets, shelves, or convey to packing stations
• Weigh or count items for distribution to ensure conformance to company standards
• Use computers to enter records
• Prepare parcels for mailing
• Maintain inventory records
• Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and other warehouse mechanical equipment (where applicable)
• Transport stored items from warehouse to plant or pick up items from multiple locations for shipment (where applicable)
• Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor

Requirements

• No prior warehouse experience required (preferred)
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred
• Proficient reading skills and ability to follow directions
• Ability to work independently, with strong customer service, multitasking, organizational, and time management skills
• Flexibility to work overtime (preferred)
• Ability to work in non-climate-controlled conditions
• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job
• Willingness to work the required schedule and at the specified location
• Complete a Penske employment application, background investigation (including past employment, education, and criminal history), and drug screening

Skills

• Excellent with numbers
• Flexibility
• Time management
• Customer service
• Multitasking
• Organizational skills

Physical Requirements

• Ability to remember and understand instructions, guidelines, or other information
• Ability to see and verbally communicate
• Specific vision abilities: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Frequent movement, standing, walking, and sitting
• Frequent use of hands to touch, handle, and feel, and reach with hands and arms
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 lbs/23 kg
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 lbs/45 kg

Pay

• $21.14/hr base rate
• $1.00 shift differential
• $1,500 sign-on bonus
• $1,500 retention bonus after 120 days of employment
• $125 boot allowance after 90 days of employment

Schedule

3rd shift: Sunday – Thursday, 10:45 PM – 6:45 AM, with overtime as needed.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K
• Associate Referral Program
• Numerous associate discounts
• Opportunities for career growth within the organization