What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Associate position at ROYAL Brass and Hose?
Royal Brass and Hose
Since 1949, Royal Brass and Hose has been a distributor of high-quality mobile equipment products, including hydraulic and pneumatic parts, hoses, fittings, fasteners, adapters, and more. Our solutions, expertise, and service excellence empower customer success.
We are employee-owned. In addition to our competitive benefits package, which includes a 401K match, health, vision, and dental insurance, voluntary group insurance, and company profit sharing, we offer a positive work environment that fosters team spirit and continuous improvement.
Job Purpose
The Warehouse Associate performs general warehouse duties, such as working with heavy equipment like forklifts and pallet jacks to move freight. The associate completes paperwork, ensures tasks are completed safely with the highest quality and on time, and makes decisions regarding the transfer of incoming and outgoing inventory. As a team player, the Warehouse Associate works together to complete tasks safely with the highest quality and on-time delivery to our customers.
The Warehouse Associate must be able to lift and carry heavy objects, work in hot or cold weather, and be alert, ambitious, hard-working, detail-oriented, and able to follow instructions while working as a team.
Essential Job Functions
- Order Puller: Includes pulling customer orders, warehouse stock orders, various kits, and completing discrepancy sheets.
- Shipping: Includes packing boxes, shipping labels, and documents for UPS, FedEx, and motor freight.
- Receiving: Receive and verify shipments from vendors via UPS, FedEx, and Motor freight. Put stock in appropriate locations. Receive and sign for shipments.
- Quality Control: Through visual inspection verifies accuracy of every order before shipping.
- Dispatch: Dispatch orders to include correct quantity, freight costs, tracking numbers, and weight of packages.
- Inventory/Control/Cycle Counting: Include counting, measuring, recording as a team with other warehouse associates.
- Hose Assembly: Includes assembling and crimping hose and fittings in small and large quantities for customer orders.
- Kitting: Includes packaging various components to customer specification.
- Front Counter: Includes receiving customer inquiries at the front counter and working as a team to identify correct replacement. This may require fabrication of hose, fittings, and other components.
- Year-end Inventory: Include counting, measuring, recording as a team with other warehouse associates.
- Other Job Duties: Include housekeeping, preventative maintenance on equipment, team meeting participation that results in continuous improvement, posting performance metrics, organization of various celebrations, attending training meetings or classes.
Qualifications
- Ability to work independently and safely.
- Warehouse work experience a plus.
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- Certified Forklift Driver a plus.
- Knowledge of industry safety standards.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment for long periods.
- Great team spirit.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Able to work alone and self-motivated.
- Good math skills.
- Basic keyboard knowledge.
- Valid driver's license.
- Drug free.
Working Conditions and Physical Requirements
Minimal climate-controlled environment.
Physical requirements:
- Below waist lift: 70lbs
- Above waist lift: 50lbs
- Push: 100lbs force
- Pull: 100lbs force
- Overhead reach: occasionally
- Stooping/Work bent over: occasionally
- Climbing (Stairs, Ladder, Equipment Step-up): Occasionally
- Repetitive hand movements - stapling, using tape gun, grabbing bags, typing
- Constant Standing Position
Equal Employment Opportunity
Royal Brass & Hose provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability.
The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.
Job Responsibilities
This job description reflects the general duties, responsibilities, and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential duties & responsibilities of the job. Royal Brass & Hose may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.