Warehouse Associate & Backup Driver

There’s a Place for You at World Electric

A career at World Electric is more than a job. You’re investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. World Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate throughout Florida and Georgia and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.

Being “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. Within World Electric we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.

We are hiring a Warehouse Associate/Back-up Driver to join our team!

Job Type: Full Time

What You’ll Do

The Warehouse Associate / Back-up Driver is responsible for supporting daily warehouse operations, including receiving, storing, and distributing materials, tools, equipment, and products. This role also serves as a back-up delivery driver, ensuring timely and safe transportation of goods to customers or job sites when needed.

You Will

Warehouse

• Receiving:

• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, packing slips, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.

• Marks materials with identifying information.

• Opens bales, crates, and other containers.

• Verifies and records amounts of materials or items received or distributed.

• Drives equipment to transport items within the warehouse.

• Uses computer to enter records.

• Compiles worksheets or tickets from customer specifications.
• Put away:

• Sorts and places material or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, style, or product code.

• Sorts and stores stocked goods in warehouse.

• Marks materials with identifying information.

• Weighs or counts items for distribution within warehouse to ensure conformance to company standards.
• Picking:

• Fills requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes items to customers and sales.

• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department.

• Compiles worksheets or tickets from customer specifications.
• Packing:

• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.

• Verifies the product that has been picked and documents discrepancies on an error log and has correct product re-picked.

• Confirm tickets.

• Uses computer to enter records.
• Loading

• Consolidates freight for shipping.

• Communicate with sales associates or managers through problem solving to meet customer needs.
• Acts in a helpful and cooperative manner towards customers and World associates.
• Ensure truck is in safe operating condition and maintains a clean appearance.
• Ability to frequently lift, push, and slide packages that typically weigh up to 75 lbs.
• Construct pallets based on delivery area preventing stock from being damaged on delivery.
• Participate in processes and programs aimed at promoting a safe work environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Clean Motor Vehicle Record Required

• Ability to:

• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

• Write routine reports and correspondence.

• Add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units to measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Knowledge of warehouse technology including the use of RF guns and warehouse inventory software.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, the Internet
• Previous forklift/cherry picker experience
• Basic safety knowledge (i.e., proper lifting techniques, etc.)