Warehouse Associate

Job Description – Warehouse Associate

Tasks

• Move goods, product, or other freight to and from storage, loading docks, delivery vehicles, lift vans, or containers, by hand or using forklift, pallet jacks, hand trucks or other equipment.
• Sort items before loading and unloading.
• Attach identifying tags to containers or mark them with identifying information.
• Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs.
• Stack goods or product in locations such as vaults or trailers, using pallets or cargo boards.

• Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported.
• Pack containers and re-pack damaged containers.
• Receive information or instructions for performing work assignments.
• Load shipments, belongings, or product.
• Safely operate moving or lifting equipment.
• Record operational or production data.
• Verify all items are received per shipment inventories.
• Document existing damage to items as it is unloaded from trailers, containers, lift vans, etc.
• Pack, seal, and label to prepare materials for shipping, using hand tools, power tools
• Examine shipment contents and compare with records, such as manifests, invoices, or orders, to verify accuracy.
• Record shipment data, such as weight, charges, space availability, damages, or discrepancies, for reporting, accounting, or recordkeeping purposes.
• Document locations of storage items in the warehouse using storage locator cards.
• Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
• Job requires accepting critique and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
• Ensuring cleanliness, tidiness and safety of work environment.

Warehouse Labor Qualifications / Skills:

• Teamwork
• Ability to lift heavy objects.
• Coordination
• Organization
• Planning
• Time management
• Reporting skills
• Inventory control
• Documentation skills
• Equipment maintenance
• Ability to perform basic computer skills/Data entry skills.  Use of Warehouse Management System programs highly preferred. 
• Dependability

Essential Requirements for the position:

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Work experience as general laborer, preferably in warehouse.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to work overtime as required.
• Strong reading, writing, and math abilities.
• Previous shipping/receiving or material handling experience preferred.
• Prior forklift experience preferred.
• Physically strong, agile and dexterous, and undeterred by adverse climatic conditions.