Warehouse Associate

Job Title: Warehouse Associate
Location: Portsmouth, VA

Employment Type: Contract (Strong possibility of extension or permanent conversion)

Shift: Day Shift | Monday – Friday, 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM (occasional extended hours as needed)

Pay Rate: $16.17 – $22.00 / hour

Position Overview

We are looking for a reliable, safety-oriented Warehouse Associate with hands-on material handling and forklift experience to join our distribution team. In this role, you will be responsible for operating powered industrial equipment, processing inventory receipts, order picking, packaging, and maintaining high standards of quality and accuracy across all warehouse operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Safely operate electric forklifts, manual pallet jacks, and rolling pushcarts to transport goods, stage materials, and move pallets.
• Pick, pack, and label customer orders accurately using pick sheets, product labels, and inventory computer systems.
• Inspect incoming shipments, verify physical quantities and condition against shipping manifests, and coordinate with QA teams to disposition incoming inventory.
• Utilize computer systems to process receipts, putaways, picks, and replenishments; proactively identify and escalate inventory discrepancies to supervisors or inventory control.
• Adhere to and maintain the effectiveness of standard operating procedures and quality management system guidelines.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to read, comprehend, and execute written standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Basic math skills for counting, reconciling, and verifying product quantities.
• Ability to work comfortably with inventory systems, scanners, and picking sheets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience operating electric forklifts is strongly preferred (certification or ability to complete on-site certification provided).
• Experience utilizing manual pallet jacks and rolling carts.
• Familiarity with warehouse receiving, shipping manifests, and quality control processes.
• Effective communication skills to report order or inventory discrepancies promptly to warehouse leads and supervisors.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions

• Frequently lift up to 70 lbs (ground to waist; handling 1–2 cases at a time).
• Continuously standing and walking on concrete warehouse floors throughout the shift; frequent squatting, stooping, kneeling, reaching, and bending to retrieve and stage products.
• Frequently initiating and sustaining movement of heavy pallets using manual pallet jacks.
• Strong depth perception and peripheral vision to navigate around equipment and personnel safely.
• Active warehouse environment with frequent exposure to moving equipment, temperature fluctuations, and occasional outdoor weather conditions at open loading dock doors.

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