Warehouse Associate

The Warehouse Associate role supports our Company’s warehouse operations. This role will perform various warehouse activities such as receiving, input, sorting, loading, and unloading inventory/products and all other duties as assigned.

Duties and Responsibilities
• Report shortages on warehouse materials (ex: crating materials, pallets and crates for export orders in compliance for export regulations)
• Prepares orders for shipping including end protectors, touch up paint, tagging, palletizing, and wrapping.
• Reviews and ensures all paperwork is prepared and included with shipment
• Coordination of third-party freight and will call orders.
• Successfully complete Operator Safety Training of Powered Industrial Equipment Training Course
• Verifies and keeps records on incoming and outgoing shipments and prepares items for shipment
• Compares identifying information of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, work orders, and/or other records
• Determines method of shipment, utilizing knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates
• Affixes shipping labels on packed cartons or stencils identifying shipping information on cartons
• Posts weights and shipping charges, and affixes postage
• Unpacks inventory or incoming material using supply put-away reports and examines incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages
• Scan and store all data received from customer on incoming jobs, as well as, creates data packs and assigns incoming work orders to jobs
• Examines outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet specifications
• Pull paperwork and review all orders per quality control standards
• Lift/move valves that range from 5 -80 pounds max throughout the day
• This location averages approximately 30 orders per day
• Report maintenance and repair needs for all warehouse equipment to Operations Manager
• Frequent use of forklift and other warehouse equipment throughout the day
• Delivery/Pick Up driver as needed
• Perform daily cycle counts. Discrepancy will be resolved by warehouse staff to determine where the lost material is located.
• Perform bin adjustments via data entry in PC when inventory is moved.
• Move inventory between warehouses to insure we are properly shipping older inventory first.
• Perform daily sweeping of warehouse floors. Run floor cleaning machine once per week.
• All other duties as assigned
• Frequent overtime, including weekends

Qualifications
• Minimum 1+ year experience in industrial supply and/or valve shipping/receiving
• High School diploma or GED required
• Prior forklift experience (electric and/or sit-down)
• Must be able to read, write and speak English. Bilingual (Spanish) is a plus

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Strong attention to detail, stays organized and ability to problem solve
• Basic computer skills
• Good verbal communication skills