Warehouse Staff

Summary

Manually move freight, stock, or other materials.  Some of these workers feed or remove material to or from machines, clean vehicles, pick up unwanted household goods, and pack materials for moving.

 Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following (other duties may be assigned):

 WHS Staff/Material Handler            

• Manually move materials from one place to another.                       
• Pack and/or wrap products by hand.             
• Keep a record of the material moved.                       
• General housekeeping of warehouse and equipment.                     

Pick-Put away Operator -                

• Use barcode scanner to accept order and go to location to pick order.                   
• Verify correct part with a part check             
• Print label and verify against supplier label               
• Label product to customer's specifications               
• Put away product by scanning TU and accept for put away, proceed to put away location                                    

Hand Pack -  

• Assemble cartons/boxes                   
• Obtains and sorts product                 
• Inserts or puts product into containers                      
• Weighs containers and adjusts quantity                   
• Labels containers                   
• Inspects materials, products, and containers at each step of the packaging process

Forklift Operator -                

• Move Levels and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.                       
• Positions forks, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area.    
• Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.            

·         Recharge batteries and conducts pre-use safety audit using designated checklist.

Machine Operator –

·         Starts machine and observes operation to detect malfunction of machine.

·         Stops machine and reports malfunction to supervisor and/or maintenance.

·         Programs machine with packaging specification specific to each product/part.

·         Inspects filled container to ensure that product is packaged according to specifications.

·         Feeds product to conveyors and hoppers and unloads packaged product.

·         Breakdown pallets.

·         General housekeeping of warehouse & equipment.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

 Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Adaptability - Maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work, tasks or the work environment; adjusting effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.
• Applied Learning – Assimilating and applying new job-related information in a timely manner.
• Energy – Consistently maintaining high levels of activity or productivity; sustaining long working hours when necessary; operating with vigor, effectiveness, and determination over extended periods of time.
• Ethics – Treats people with respect; Upholds organizational values.
• Initiating Action – Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
• Managing Work (includes Time Management) – Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
• Quality Orientation – Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
• Safety Awareness – Being aware of conditions that affect employee safety.

Education and/or Experience

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or six months to one-year related experience and /or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

 Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports & business correspondence. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, employees of the organization, and the general public.

 Mathematical Skills

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate and percent. Ability to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram from. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer/System Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have Beginner knowledge of:

• Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Outlook

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Current valid driver’s license
• Current valid forklift operator’s license a plus

Other Skills and Abilities

• Bar Code Scanner Knowledge
• Bolt Gauge Knowledge
• Scale Knowledge/weigh counts

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 Travel Requirements

Travel not required

 Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of his 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: stand; use hands to fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands & arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch and walk, talk or hear. The employee occasionally is required to walk, talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 30 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50-75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

 Work Environment

The work environment characteristic described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing 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 regular exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.