What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Specialist position at The Logistics Company?
Warehouse Specialist
Fort Rucker, AL-NORTH (FRAL-NORTH) – Hazardous Waste (HAZWASTE)
As directed, the Warehouse Specialist performs a variety of warehousing duties that require an understanding of the establishment's storage plan. Work involves most of the following:
- Verifying materials (or merchandise) against receiving documents.
- Routing materials to prescribed storage locations
- Storing, stacking, or palletizing materials in accordance with prescribed storage methods
- Rearranging and taking inventory of stored materials
- Examining stored materials and reporting deterioration and damage
- Receiving, inspecting, storing, issuing, and managing hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
- Collecting data on hazardous and non-hazardous materials for entry into EESOH-MIS.
- Affixing EESOH-MIS bar code labels to products to facilitate in the tracking of hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
- Identifying and pulling hazardous materials for delivery to customers.
- Utilizing First In First Out (FIFO) method when issuing hazardous materials to ensure proper stock rotation.
- Providing customer service.
- Moving hazardous materials within the warehouse with various material handling equipment and electrical powered forklift.
- Performing daily duties in a safe manner by adhering to OSHA and company established safety requirements.
- Providing information or updates to co-workers of all issues that affect the operation of the HMCC.
- General housekeeping as required.
Requirements
- Must be U.S. citizen and possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
- Familiar with the chemistry of hazardous materials to prevent improper storage and exercise proper waste segregation
- Familiar with Command Supply Discipline Program (CSDP), AR 710-2, AR 735-5, and DA PAM 710-2-1.
- Practical knowledge of a wide range of established supply management and hazardous material policies and processes, and the ability to apply a variety of common methods and techniques to analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of these various supply programs
- Ability to identify needed remedies or improvements
- Skilled in effective oral and written communication to explain regulations, update policy and instructions, conduct investigations, provide program information to management and customers, and coordinate the day-to-day operations of the organization's supply operation. Guidelines consist of supply, procurement and automation manuals and regulations as well as applicable Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Major Command and local instructions and policies. Guidelines are numerous and not always directly applicable. Employee must use considerable judgment, based on extensive past training experience in researching and applying regulations in order to determine the applicability and relationship between guidelines and program goals
- Must be capable of lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling parts and loads weighting 50 pounds.
- Must be able to climb, crawl, stoop, bend, squat, and reach as required to retrieve material from storage and bin locations.
- Be able to work outside and/or a warehouse environment in inclement weather conditions (extreme cold and extreme hot), when necessary.
- Ensures that all tasks are performed safely.
- Wears safety items of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) e.g. gloves, safety shoes, protective eyewear, hearing protection, and other items such as aprons or outerwear as appropriate.
- May perform other duties as required to support the mission and contractual requirements.