What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Associate position at Activar Incorporated?
Job Details
Description
POSITION PURPOSE:
This position is responsible for receiving, storing, packing, and picking materials and product within the establishment by performing the following duties.
Principal Accountabilities
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk throughout the building. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand and/or walk for prolonged periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel or crouch.
The employee must regularly lift up to 60 pounds and move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The employee may be required to work with hazardous materials. The employee may be exposed to hot surfaces, hot air, electrical hazards, and flames. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works with moving machinery and occasionally in outside weather.
Benefits;
Description
POSITION PURPOSE:
This position is responsible for receiving, storing, packing, and picking materials and product within the establishment by performing the following duties.
Principal Accountabilities
- Reads backlog reports, customer orders, pick tickets, and packing slips to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.
- Conveys materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or other designated areas.
- Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color or product code.
- Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or conveys orders to packing/shipping station.
- Correctly identifies materials.
- Opens bales, crates, and other containers.
- Keeps warehouse and surrounding areas clean and organized.
- Weighs or counts items for distribution as necessary or required by requisition or orders.
- Uses ERP and shipping infrastructure as necessary to complete shipping process.
- Ensures the safe operation of equipment.
- Recommends measures to improve production methods, equipment performance, and quality of product.
- Reports immediately to supervisor/lead/manager any and all problems, which may affect safety, equipment, tooling, and/or quality.
- Maintains full working knowledge of all processes.
- Adheres to all company standards and policies.
- Conducts himself/herself in a professional manner in accordance with company guidelines.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Ability to operate machines including, but not limited to bar code reader, computer terminal, other electronic devices, and forklift.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows applications and the capacity to learn new systems.
- Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills and effective organizational skills.
- Effective communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
- Tenacity in overcoming obstacles while maintaining productive and positive working relationships.
- Ability to execute in a rapidly changing fast paced environment that requires strong team work.
- Understanding of all tools, gages, equipment, and other various instruments used to perform position.
- Basic ability to understand blue prints, schematics, and instrumentation diagrams.
- Skill in performing accurate arithmetic functions involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; using decimals, percentages, fractions, and ratios.
- Specific material / inventory control knowledge.
- Knowledge in using warehouse computer system to control inventory.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Equivalent of high school diploma or G.E.D. certification.
- At least one year of related experience and/or training.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, and walk throughout the building. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand and/or walk for prolonged periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel or crouch.
The employee must regularly lift up to 60 pounds and move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
The employee may be required to work with hazardous materials. The employee may be exposed to hot surfaces, hot air, electrical hazards, and flames. While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works with moving machinery and occasionally in outside weather.
Benefits;
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Bereavement leave
- Community involvement time off
- Dental insurance
- Earned time off
- Employee assistance program
- Family and medical leave
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Holiday pay
- Life insurance/accidental death and dismemberment
- Military leave
- Parental leave
- Referral program
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Vision insurance
- Personal protective equipment reimbursement
- Weekly pay