Warehouse Associate - Equipment Operator

Owens & Minor • Greensburg, DC

24d

About The Position

The Warehouse Associate performs warehouse and distribution activities across receiving, LUM picking, sortation, and loading. The role uses pallet jacks, RF scanners, and/or Voice Pick Technology to handle, verify, select, sort, and load products for customer delivery. Associates follow established processes and safety procedures, maintain productivity and quality standards, and help keep the work environment safe and clean.

The position pays $19.50 per hour, plus an 8% shift differential for second shift. Start times are 4 AM or 4 PM, Monday through Friday. Unscheduled overtime may be required with minimal notice, and work on nights, weekends, and holidays may be needed.

Requirements

• General knowledge of basic topics such as math, reading, basic accounting, and typing.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team environment and meet performance standards and individual performance goals.
• Good attention to detail.
• Dependability and regular, punctual attendance.
• Willingness to learn to use new material handling equipment and WMS technology.
• Ability to adhere to safety rules and requirements and all Standard Operating Procedures received in training.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screen and background check.
• Ability to frequently work unscheduled overtime hours with minimal notice and to work nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• For some functions, ability to operate a forklift and pick items as high as 35 feet in the air.
• Ability to stand and walk on concrete warehouse floors for long periods.
• Ability to squat and kneel often and lift up to 50 pounds individually or more than 50 pounds in a team lift.
• Ability to safely use a step ladder or stool to reach area shelves and move up and down multi-level stairways.
• Ability to safely wear steel-toed protective footwear in accordance with the OSHA General Industry standard and safely use a provided box cutter.
• Ability to clearly communicate in English by speaking and understanding to operate voice-pick technology.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working in a warehouse or distribution center.
• Warehouse or operations certification.

Responsibilities

• Unload pallets and cases from inbound trailers or containers manually using a pallet jack.
• Count, verify, and receive products using RF equipment and/or Voice Pick Technology, and document variances.
• Select products and quantities as directed by Voice Pick Technology and/or an RF scanner and place them into totes on a conveyor belt.
• Remove empty cartons from the pick module as needed.
• Prepare the sortation area by setting up pallets and carts for product.
• Move cartons and totes from conveyor belts and/or rollers and place them on pallets or carts according to the assigned batch.
• Use an RF scanner to ensure totes, pallets, and carts are loaded correctly onto trucks for customer delivery.
• Use a pallet jack to load pallets.
• Follow general sequencing and process procedures.
• Maintain a safe and clean work environment; follow safety policies and procedures and correct or communicate hazards to management.
• Place incoming merchandise into inventory and conduct physical inventories as required.
• Count and perform basic math calculations.
• Maintain productivity and quality standards.
• Perform additional duties as directed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans beginning on the first day of employment for full-time teammates.
• Educational assistance for eligible teammates enrolled in an approved, accredited collegiate program.
• Employer-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• Voluntary supplemental insurance programs, including supplemental life, hospitalization, and critical illness coverage.
• Adoption assistance, fertility benefits through the medical plan, and parental leave.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) programs.
• Paid sick days, short-term leave, holidays, vacation days, personal days, and other leave, including parental leave.
• Teammate Assistance Program (TAP), Calm Health, Cancer Resources Services, and discount programs at no cost.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed