Part-Time Warehouse Associate

Job Summary

The Warehouse Material Handler plays a vital role in maintaining the flow of donated goods throughout the warehouse. This position ensures donations are efficiently sorted, processed, and prepared for distribution or recycling. The role is highly physical and requires operating warehouse equipment safely and effectively while working in a fast‑paced, production‑driven environment.

• Unload and load trailers with donated goods using forklifts, pallet jacks, and other equipment in accordance with OSHA safety standards.
• Expedite the movement of goods between processing, storage, and dock areas.
• Provide excellent customer service to donors, offering assistance and education about Goodwill’s mission and programs.
• Ensure all donations are handled carefully and respectfully.
• Sort and process donations, ensuring items are appropriately categorized for retail, recycling, or disposal.
• Operate a baler to compact recyclable goods, preparing them for shipment.
• Organize and stack recycled materials and dispose of metals for recycling.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized warehouse environment by sweeping floors, labeling boxes, and keeping work areas clear.
• Monitor and perform preventative checks on warehouse equipment.
• Identify and report unsafe conditions, damaged equipment, or potential hazards to leadership.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to support overall warehouse operations.

• Knowledge of Warehouse Processes – familiarity with receiving, putaway, storage, picking, packing, and shipping to ensure continuous efficient warehousing operations.
• Experience with pallet jack, double stacker, baler, and/or tipper.
• Communication Skills – articulates thoughts and expresses ideas effectively using oral, written, visual, and non‑verbal communication skills, and listens to comprehend customers’ needs.
• Customer Focus – ability to see, comprehend, and relate with customers in an impartial, unbiased, yet effective manner; builds and maintains customer satisfaction.
• Mathematical Aptitude – adds and subtracts two‑digit numbers and multiplies and divides with 10s and 100s, using units of American money and weight, volume, and distance.
• Reasoning Ability – applies common sense to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram form and handles problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Teamwork – works well with others and makes valued contributions to group outputs.
• Ethical – adheres to procedures and protocol, including maintaining confidentiality in passwords, logging on and off procedures, and adherence to Goodwill’s values.
• Attention to Detail – attends to details and pursues quality in accomplishing tasks, including safety awareness.
• Time Management – manages one’s own time and the time of others effectively.
• Preferred Technical Knowledge – familiarity with computers and relevant software, including basic computer and Internet navigation skills.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform essential job functions.
• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Physical Work – able to spend time in excess of 8 hours sitting, standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, and crouching; use hands to grasp, carry, feel, or touch products and machinery; lift up to 50 pounds; manage frequent exposure to moderate noise and temperature variations.
• Visual Acuity – has close, distance, peripheral, color vision abilities, depth perception, and can adjust focus.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and free mental health counseling services.
• Robust discount and wellness programming.
• Financial education program.
• Sabbatical leave.
• Daily pay options available.

Goodwill is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.