Warehouse Shipping & Distribution Technician

Join AMACO’s Distribution Team

Reports to: Shipping Supervisor

Help a century-strong, family-owned leader in ceramic materials keep creativity moving. Since 1919, AMACO has pioneered products like ceramic and non-ceramic clays, lead‑free glazes, electric kilns, and potter’s wheels, and helped establish children’s art safety standards in 1936 as a founding ACMI member. We thrive on continuous improvement, innovation from floor to office, and a shared commitment to safety, quality, customer care, teamwork, respect, and growth.

• Be the link between production and the customer by preparing accurate, on-time shipments.
• Keep our warehouse humming by flexing across Pick/Pack, Dock, International, and UPS/Fed‑EX stations.
• Protect product integrity through careful staging, counting, labeling, and compliance with standards.

• Stage and sort products for trailer load/unload.
• Pick, pull, and prep orders with strong organization.
• Backfill as needed across all shipping stations.
• Maintain a clean and safe workspace.
• Pull the manual dock chain correctly and safely.
• Shrink wrap, box, and label materials; move inventory within the warehouse.
• Use NAV with an RF scanner to process transactions accurately.
• Operate forklift, cherry picker, pallet jack, RF scanner, computers, and printers.
• Assemble customer orders from stock; palletize/shelve or send to packing/shipping.
• Weigh or count items to meet company distribution standards.
• Conduct cycle counts.
• Assist with show coordination and sample preparation.
• Support product and shipment labeling.
• Complete other tasks/projects assigned by leadership.

• High School Diploma or Equivalent (required);
  Forklift Certification (preferred).
• Able to regularly lift/move 50 lbs. and occasionally up to 100 lbs.
• Comfort reading tickets and processing work instructions.
• Basic MS Office capability (Outlook, Excel, Access, PowerPoint).
• Safe forklift operation; tolerant of hot and cold environments.

• Full‑time, Monday–Thursday, 40+ hours; occasional evenings/weekends as needed.
• No travel required.
• Extended standing; frequent walking, reaching, handling.
• Occasional sitting, climbing/balancing, stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling.
• Frequent lifting/moving of 50+ lbs.; vision: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth, focus.

• Continuous Improvement, Kaizen
• Quality Control, SOP adherence, Visual Inspection Aids
• Shipping/Receiving;
  Warehouse, Distribution, and Material Handling experience
• Forklift Licensed;
  Meets Physical Requirements;
  High School/GED
• Basic Computer Skills

• Forklifts and other common warehouse equipment

Note: Responsibilities listed reflect the role’s scope but may change with business needs and without prior notice.

Classification: Hourly/Non‑Exempt

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

EEO Statement: AMACO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: AMACO is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at AMACO are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the location where we operate.

AMACO will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.