About The Position

Penguin Random House is seeking qualified workers for an immediate opening for a Material Handler on our Weekend A, 1st Shift. This role involves working 36 hours and getting paid for 40 hours. The shift hours are Saturday - Sunday from 6:00 am to 12:00 pm, and Monday - Wednesday from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm. Our fulfillment center in Reno, NV, is responsible for picking, packing, and shipping approximately 1.2 million books daily to customers worldwide.

Requirements

  • Must show initiative to work with little direct supervision.
  • Must be able to read, write and perform simple math.
  • Must be able to regularly lift cartons up to 35 pounds, up to 50 pounds occasionally.
  • Must be able to lift, move and handle empty pallets.

Responsibilities

  • Palletize cartons and prepare cartons to ship.
  • Maintain a safe and clean work area.
  • Perform product movement or other special work as requested by supervisor.
  • Pick orders and pack books into designated cartons.
  • Assemble/disassemble all needed materials for prepacks and assortments.
  • Wrap small orders, apply proper postage and labels, tape packages and take to shipping.
  • Weigh and apply postage to all publicity mailings and route directly to shipping.
  • When necessary, change price of books either by machine or manually, operate various equipment, such as tape and price stickering machine.
  • Fill completed cartons with bubble wrap in final pack.

Benefits

  • medical
  • vision
  • dental
  • disability
  • life insurance
  • dependent life insurance
  • 401k
  • Vacation – Less than a year – 10 days
  • Vacation – 1 year but less than 2 – 15 days
  • Personal Time - 4 Days
  • Sick Time – 5 Days
  • Parental Leave – 12 Weeks
  • Annual Wellness Reimbursement - $500.00
  • 13 Paid Holidays a Year
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