Warehouse Maintenance Tech

Associated Wholesale Grocers • Oklahoma City, OK

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About The Position

The Warehouse Maintenance Tech performs assigned maintenance duties as directed by Maintenance management staff. This is an entry-level, safety-sensitive position with no experience required. The role involves battery maintenance and replacement, cleaning floors and bays, and safely operating industrial equipment after certification. The employee must follow company safety rules and procedures and properly use, maintain, and return required protective gear and company-issued property.

The position involves heavy manual labor and requires a full range of motion, strength, and endurance. Duties include frequent standing, walking, reaching, climbing, balancing, bending, twisting, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and handling tools or controls. The employee must be able to lift or move up to 100 pounds vertically from ground level to overhead and meet specified vision, hearing, and other sensory requirements. Long hours on consecutive days may be required according to warehouse demands and business needs.

The employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts and may frequently encounter wet or humid conditions, extreme temperatures, electrical equipment, chemicals, and vibration. The work environment is usually average to loud, including noise from operating equipment. Reasonable accommodation may be considered under the ADA when it would not impose undue hardship and allows the employee to perform essential functions within safety and contractual guidelines.

Experience or certification in areas such as welding, cutting, soldering, battery repair or rebuilding, painting, sheet metal repair, electrical work, anhydrous ammonia, and HVAC may support advancement to higher levels of work responsibility.

Requirements

• No prior experience required; this is an entry-level position.
• Ability to perform heavy manual labor and the physical functions described, including lifting or moving up to 100 pounds vertically from ground level to overhead.
• Ability to work near moving mechanical parts and tolerate exposure to wet or humid conditions, extreme cold and heat, electrical equipment, chemicals, vibration, and average-to-loud noise.
• Ability to work the required schedule; long hours on consecutive days may be required depending on warehouse demands and business needs.
• Ability to meet the specified vision requirements, including close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
• Ability to follow company safety rules, policies, and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Experience or certification in arc welding.
• Experience or certification in air arc cutting.
• Experience or certification in torch soldering.
• Experience or certification in battery charger repair.
• Experience or certification in battery rebuilding.
• Experience or certification in spray painting.
• Experience or certification in sheet metal repair.
• Certified welding experience or certification.
• Experience or certification in AC/DC electrical work.
• Experience or certification related to anhydrous ammonia.
• Experience or certification in HVAC.

Responsibilities

• Add water to batteries and document the work on the daily log sheet.
• Change forklift batteries using battery-changing equipment and document the work on the daily log sheet.
• Clean floors and bays using a broom and other appropriate means.
• Safely operate industrial equipment after successfully obtaining the required certification.
• Use protective equipment or clothing as required, and use, maintain, and return company-issued equipment, clothing, uniforms, and other property in the condition received.
• Perform assigned duties accurately and safely in accordance with company safety rules, policies, and procedures.
• Use and protect available resources to support the company’s mission and contribute to its growth and financial success.

What This Job Offers

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