Warehouse Worker I - Distribution Center

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Operate industrial trucks, tractors, Cranes, Manlifts, or forklifts, to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory, construction site, or similar location.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

An individual in this position must have the following minimum required qualifications. Education beyond the minimum is an added advantage for career development activities.

• 18 years or older
• Ability to regularly lift 25-50 pounds
• Ability to stand for 95% of work days
• Ability to pass a drug test/background check

Essential Job Functions:

The following is a list of the essential duties and responsibilities that are expected of a Warehouse Operator:  

• Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility using a forklift to ensure timely and complete delivery.
• Perform variety of routine tasks to assist in production activities.
• Assist in training entry level Forklift Operators.

• Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.

• Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
• Move levers or controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, or elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, or stack material.
• Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
• Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
• Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
• Signal workers to discharge, dump, or level materials.
• Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
• Weigh materials or products and record weight or other production data on tags or labels.
• Answer company phone one way of communication with others.
• Arrange sheet metal in warehouse.
• Assure co-workers that they have correct parts.
• Deliver blowers motors for the air to flow through the units.
• Deliver electrical wire for the units on the line.
• Drive down the line on forklift to deliver parts
• Stock copper in the warehouse.

Preferred Education and Experience:

It is preferred that an individual in this position has attained a minimum of HS graduate/GED to meet entry-level requirements. Education beyond the minimum is an added advantage for career development activities.

The individual will have a minimum more than 2 years industry experience or equivalent experience in a similar industry.

Certificates, Licenses, Registration Requirements:

License(s):  None

Certification(s):  None

Other Certifications:  Forklift, Man lift, Crane, Tractor

Additional Job Functions:

The following is a list of the additional job functions and qualities that are expected of a Warehouse Operator for a successful work environment:

• Stamina to handle extensive walking, pushing, pulling and stooping
• Exceptional hand eye coordination and extremity motor skills
• Reading comprehension skills and ability to read small print
• Basic math skills to meet technical specifications and measurements
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong attention, quality detail, good decision making
• Communicate effectively and possess excellent interpersonal relationship skills
• Manage accountability
• Multi-task effectively

Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this job the employee will work in a manufacturing facility and regularly be exposed to:

• Humidity, loud noises, dirt
• Varying and extreme temperatures
• Sheet Metal
• Forklift traffic

Disclaimer:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at a time with or without notice. This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. The company reserves the right to revise this job description at any time.  The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily. If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job, absent undue hardship.