Warehouse Team Member / Forklift Driver

Summary

Ships, receives, stores, and distributes material, tools, equipment, and products within establishment by performing the following duties. Works with warehouse leads and supervisor to ensure inventory accuracy, customer satisfaction, and a safe work environment.

Safety and Environmental

All employees are expected to act in a safe manner at all times and ensure that those around them do not put themselves or others at risk. Everyone is personally accountable for his/her own safety as well as their co-workers. Safety and health is a shared responsibility of everyone in the organization and a condition of employment. We value and expect engagement out of all employees.

Co-workers share the responsibility for doing the right thing for the environment and carrying out the stewardship principles addressed in our Environmental Policy. We will provide the resources necessary to implement this policy, and management will conduct periodic reviews to ensure its ongoing effectiveness.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Pulls and stages orders for shipment, filling out the appropriate paperwork and adhering to FIFO and customer requirements
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand and by fork truck.
• Loads materials into trailers or containers and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Loads and unloads cartons and freight into and from trailers and containers by hand or by forklift, and places in designated areas, sorting by sales order and lot number.
• Attaches identifying tags or labels to materials or marks information on cartons, gaylords, totes, or other containers.
• Opens bales, crates, and other containers. Uses computer to enter records and to verify accuracy of work.
• Must maintain forklift certification and operate a forklift to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
• Verifies packing lists from inbound freight.
• Verifies accuracy of inbound and outbound container and trailer loads, ensuring C-TPAT compliance.
• Uses scanners for inventory control.
• Must be verified on all applicable ISO documents.
• Keep warehouse swept and perform other housekeeping duties as needed.
• Drive fork truck through warehouse to get parts from racks to stage orders and/or stack for shipping.
• Weigh parts to be shipped.
• Label all parts being received.
• Fill out paperwork for outgoing and incoming freight and for outgoing UPS shipments.
• Must follow all work rules and policies.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
• One to three months related experience and/or training
• LANGUAGE SKILLS

Additional information

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, percentage, and interpret/draw bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and sit, bend, stoop, twist, kneel, squat, or crawl.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 58 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and is regularly exposed to risk of electrical shock.
• The employee is frequently exposed to vibration.
• The employee occasionally works in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.