We are seeking a Warehouse Associate for a client in Guilderland, NY. As a Warehouse Associate, you'll play an important role in making sure freight gets where it needs to go. You'll work alongside a top caliber management team that understands the transportation industry.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Assist with shipping and receiving activities, including unloading trucks, checking in merchandise, matching purchase orders to sales orders and distributing orders to sales associates for processing
• Read customer orders, work orders, shipping orders and requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, distributed and/or shipped
• Ensure warehouse is accessible and safe for employee and customer traffic
• Complete your work in a safe manner; adhere to all safety policies and procedures
• Assemble products and participate in inventory counts as needed
• Take check calls from drivers, ensuring that loads will deliver on time; validate all load data prior to marking loads delivered, for accounting purposes
• Monitor daily pick-ups and deliveries; verify that loads have arrived on time and in good condition

It would be great if you also have:

•  Basic written and verbal communication skills
• Basic computer skills
• Availability to work a variety of shifts, including days, evenings, nights and weekends, due to varying freight volumes
• Dock or warehouse experience in the transportation industry
• Experience loading and unloading trailers
• Experience using handheld scanners
• The ability to apply critical thinking to carry out instructions furnished in written, verbal or diagram form

This job requires the ability to:

•  Must be able to lift, push or pull at least 75 pounds 
• Ability to load and unload trucks