Junior, Warehouse Assistant

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Junior, Warehouse Assistant

Department: Warehouse

Reports to: Warehouse Manager

Date: 5/31/2023

FSLA Status: Non-exempt

Summary:

This position is responsible for assisting in the day-to-day activities in the warehouse which include sorting, pulling, inventorying, stocking, and maintaining product placement in the warehouse. This position is NOT approved for operating a company vehicle, forklift and/or working with hazardous chemicals/materials.

Perform and produce based on company core values.

Uncompromised Customer Service Unwavering Accountability

Contagious Positive Culture Collaborative

Utilize the Core Focus of Company Earning the right to be recommended

Core Roles & Responsibilities:

• Helping Warehouse Assistants and Manager
• Preload next day
• Inventory counts
• Special inventory projects

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Strategic Work

• Inventory management control at multiple locations throughout the company.
• Verify counts and pricing on shipments during the receiving and delivering of inventory.
• Assist with the maintenance of cyclical inventory counting, bins, prices, and inventory lists.
• Assist with maintaining the warehouse, vehicles, tools, equipment, and grounds.
• Assist in product and material research for technicians including determining price and availability of products.
• Assisting technicians.
• Participates in quality improvement efforts.
• Performs required administrative tasks; prepares all required reports and correspondence.

Tactical Work:

• Performs quality inspections on incoming and outgoing materials and products.
• Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or bins according to predetermined inventory procedures.
• Picks, packs, and ships materials and products.

• Daily replenishing of technicians’ equipment and supplies
• Able to locate warehouse inventory quickly.
• Must follow all OSHA, state, and local safety rules.
• Maintains a safe, clean working environment.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.
• Regular, predictable on-site attendance is expected.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies for Success:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Safety - Adheres to expected safety performance expectations.
• Adaptability - The ability to adapt to changing circumstances with ease and demonstrate flexibility.
• Individual Efficiency - Effectively manages time and resources to ensure that individual work is completed efficiently.
• Productivity - Manages workload, works efficiently, meets goals and objectives.
• Teamwork - The ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve organizational goals and objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must maintain a neat appearance (company uniforms) and good hygiene.

• Must be able to work independently.
• Mathematical skills needed
• Must be able to speak and understand English well enough to fill out necessary paperwork.
• Knowledge of federal, state, local, and company safety rules.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

• Must be able to talk and/or listen both on the phone or radio, and/or face-to-face for long periods of time.
• Must have good communication skills to interact with customers and coworkers.

SKILLS and REASONING ABILITY:

• Must be able to operate safely miscellaneous tools of the trade.

• Must be able to work on several projects at once and be able to handle frequent interruptions, either from coworkers, customers, the telephone, or radios.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell.

The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Must have command of all five senses sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position will require working indoors and outdoors in various climate conditions ranging from very cold with rain to very hot and humid. This may include crawl spaces, and confined locations. The employee may be called upon to be in customer or service production sites on an as need to basis. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The work is primarily performed on company premises, which are to be considered non-smoking areas along with customer job sites and company vehicles. May occasionally be required to assist on customer job sites. There may be possible exposure to dust, fumes, chemicals, moderate to high noise levels and/or moving mechanical parts.

A typical workweek is eight (8) hour workdays, five (5) days per week with some weekend work, as well as early and/or late weekday meetings with staff personnel as needed. You may not work after 11:00pm on evenings before school days or before 5:00am on school days.

This position may deal with aggressive personalities in a highly competitive industry and will be stressful. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

This position is NOT approved for operating a company vehicle, forklift and/or working with hazardous chemicals.

Statement of the Position Holder:

I accept the accountabilities of this position and agree to produce the result, perform the work, and meet the standards set forth in this position contract.

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Employee Name Employee Signature Date