Picker Packer 1st Shift

Picker/Packer – 1st Shift

Monday–Friday | 7:00 AM–3:30 PM
Starting Pay: $17.00 per hour

Occasional Saturdays and overtime may be required.
Overtime opportunities may include an early 6:00 AM start time.

Reader Link is a leading full-service distributor of hardcover, trade, and paperback books to non-trade channel booksellers throughout North America. We work with some of the biggest names in retail across multiple retail channels.

We offer competitive pay, great benefits, and opportunities to grow!

• 401(k) with company matching
• 3 weeks of paid time off (PTO) after 90 days, accrued monthly
• 4 weeks of PTO during your second year
• Employee discount
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Retirement plan

Safely perform assigned warehouse functions using established processes, procedures, and tools while meeting performance expectations for productivity, quality, safety, and attendance
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Warehouse functions may include, but are not limited to:

• Unloading
• Put-away
• Sorting
• Labeling
• Picking
• Packing
• Replenishing
• Auditing
• Shipping
• Making boxes
• Other general warehouse duties as assigned

• High school diploma or General Education Development (GED) preferred.
• One to three months of order-pulling experience preferred. An equivalent combination of education and distribution experience may be considered.

The requirements described below 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 position, the employee must be able to:

• Stand for 6–10 hours per day.
• Walk for 6–10 hours per day.
• Frequently reach up and outward.
• Occasionally climb stairs.
• Occasionally push and pull up to 25 pounds and, at times, up to 50 pounds.
• Frequently lift up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally perform repetitive foot movements.
• Frequently perform repetitive hand and arm movements, including reaching, simple and firm grasping, and fine hand manipulation.
• Use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects and reach with hands and arms.

Specific vision abilities required for this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to read and understand simple written instructions and communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in English.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and numbers.
• Ability to perform basic addition and subtraction.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

The work environment characteristics described below are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Work is performed in a distribution center environment. The employee may be frequently exposed to vibrations, dust, and moving machinery. The noise level in the work environment is generally moderate.

The successful candidate must be able to work effectively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, productivity, and attendance.