Warehouse Assistant ; W​/Forklift

Starting rate: $18 per hour

Long-term employment with opportunities for growth

• 401(K) Retirement Saving Plan w/ Employer Match
• Low-Cost Health, Dental & Vision insurance (Starting DAY ONE)
• Tuition & Certification Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off – (15 Days; prorated before 1st year)
• Parental Leave
• Paid holidays

Manually unloads containers and stages them in the proper area, operate forklift and move cargo from warehouse staging area to containers. Receive, scan, verify cargo quantities based on customer requirements. Identify and transport cargo to and from warehouse into containers. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

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

Please note applicants out of the geographic region for position applied will not be considered.

• A minimum of six (6) months of recent, hands-on warehouse experience involving operational tasks.
• Experience operating a forklift per OSHA standards. Authorization to operate heavy equipment will be provided by the company.
• Must be able understand English at a basic level.
• Must be able to accurately process alpha/numeric information.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, extended hours, holidays, and/or weekends as needed.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and strong initiative.
• Possess organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers, vendors and fellow employees.
• Ability to think logically, follow procedures, instructions and make sound decisions.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, extended hours, holidays, and/or weekends as needed.

• High School diploma or equivalent

• Operates forklift to move cargo from warehouse staging area and fill containers continuously
• Set up pallets in staging area, completing shipments using forklift to obtain items from shelves throughout warehouse
• Manually pick and pull items from racks based on pick tickets or Loading guides to complete orders.
• Receive, scan, and verify cargo quantities based on company procedures and customer requirements
• Identify and transport cargo to and from warehouse into containers, palletize cargo, scan and wrap manually
• Utilize forklift to move palletized cargo to final staging area
  
  Load and unload containers, delivery trucks manually and/or with lift/dolly and verifies incoming and outgoing cargo by weighing, counting and documenting
• Inform supervisor immediately of any discrepancies, damages and/or spoiled cargo
• Conveys materials and items from receiving areas to storage or to other designated areas
• Ensure that cargo is loaded in appropriate container or trailer for shipment
• Obtain boxes for repackaging items and labeling
• Checks and arranges for regular maintenance of forklift.
• Changes propane tanks, oil and water, etc. Reports electrical and/or mechanical difficulties to warehouse mechanic
• Maintain awareness of all surroundings (i.e. trucks, people etc.) at all times in order to avoid collisions.

• Obtains work assignments from supervisor and determines if additional tools are needed
• Marks materials with identifying information
• Ensure that cargo is placed in the corresponding area out (for the port destination)
• Removes empty skids or pallets and stacks in designated area for future usage
• Sweeps work area for cleanliness as needed
• Perform additional related duties as assigned

• Subjection to physical and/or DOT Screening may be required along with other tests as applicable.
• The employee is frequently required to sit while operating the forklift but it is intermittent
• The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, twist, reach forward, and exercise repetitive foot and wrist motion and finger dexterity.
• The employee must frequently lift and carry up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and carry up to 75 pounds,…