Warehouse Associate

Company Overview

Come join a winning Team! Since 1970 Plastic Express has met the bulk trucking, bulk terminal, packaging, and warehousing needs of the plastics industry. Our strategic locations, modern systems, and dedicated employees allow us to provide custom tailored logistical solutions to fulfill the most challenging needs of our customers. Plastic Express operates from 22 full service facilities, more than 40 bulk terminals, and 52 railcar terminals offering more than 8,500 railcar spots across the country.

We are located near 9 major ports in the U.S. and rely heavily on our rail infrastructure to handle imports /exports as well as regional distribution. At many of the Plastic Express sites, we also handle some non-plastic commodities, which include paper rolls, steel, building materials and other dry bulk materials. Plastic Express owns and operates roughly 250 trucks, with approximately 250 trailers performing full bulk truck distribution business.

Plastic Express is headquartered in Houston, TX and has over 600 employees nationwide. Our goal has always been to exceed our customer's expectations, and our can do-attitude is what differentiates us from the competition.

With reporting responsibilities to the Warehouse Manager, this position is directly responsible for performing essential warehouse functions in a safety sensitive and production environment. To include;
Warehouse Operations, Shipping/Receiving, Packaging Operation, Maintaining Inventories and Performing Light Maintenance, Training new staff when requested, Record keeping and Communication of issues with Management. Additional duties and responsibilities may be added or deleted at any time.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Unloads goods and material received, enters appropriate information into system, labels and locates material.
• Separates customer orders, pulls and stages orders, repacks material if required to meet customer specifications, makes boxes, packs, labels and locates materials.
• Ensures all products are properly labeled.
• May perform functions/transactions in designated system to receive or ship material.
• Participates in cycle counting, enters and verifies information, researches and makes adjustments as necessary.
• Reviews preventative maintenance check sheets for forklifts and ensures good working order of machines.
• Conducts daily equipment inspections and ensures inspection paperwork is done correctly and turned in daily.
• Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations, and maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Participates in daily safety briefings and monthly safety meetings.
• Participates in operations training and development programs.
• Demonstrates a positive and healthy attitude at all times while performing job functions.
• May be required to handle the accumulation, disposal and transportation of hazardous waste, and if required participates in prerequisite RCRA training.
• Operates forklifts, scissor lifts, reach trucks, railmovers or other heavy duty material movers when properly certified.
• Never operates any equipment without documented certification.
• Reviews all receipts and shipments with actual incoming or outgoing material.
• Ensures all documentation matches product being shipped or received.
• Performs relocation of goods and records the relocations as necessary.
• Performs meticulous records of shipping and receiving documentation.

• Monitors and conducts the day-to-day operation of the packaging operations.
• Makes sure all inventories related to the packaging and warehouse operation are maintained through communication with management.
• Reports any operational problems to the Warehouse Manager.
• Ensures all related production documentation is correct and turned in timely.
• Ensures all safety and production procedures are followed.
• Maintains a clean work environment and keeps excellent housekeeping practices.

• Performs routine and/or required light maintenance on all related packaging equipment.
• Supervises outside…