Warehouse Operator-2

Brenntag•Reading, PA

About The Position

The Warehouse Operator safely and efficiently handles liquid and dry chemical products while ensuring accuracy, quality, and compliance throughout warehouse and transfer operations. This hands-on role includes loading and unloading trucks, tankers, and railcars; operating industrial equipment; repackaging and labeling materials; and maintaining inventory records. The position works with a variety of products, equipment, and processes in a fast-paced environment. The operator receives, prepares, stores, stages, and ships products; inspects equipment and shipments; verifies documentation; supports sampling and quality control; and records product movements. The role also involves moving materials between warehouse and production areas, repackaging products, managing hazardous waste drums, supporting inventory counts, maintaining a clean and safe work area, and helping with mixing and blending as needed. This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

High school diploma, GED, or U.S. military experience; candidates with at least two years of chemical operations experience may be considered if they do not fully meet the education or service requirement.
Possess or be able to pass the exam to obtain forklift operator certification and demonstrate safe forklift operation.
Ability to read, understand, and carry out detailed and simple instructions in English and write simple correspondence.
Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using all units of measure.
Ability to learn and operate technology-based devices, including smartphones, tablets, computers, PLCs, and operational technology equipment.
Availability to work any days of the week and any assigned 8–12-hour shift.
Willingness to work overtime or weekends as needed.
Good safety and attendance record.
Ability to work cooperatively with other departments and personnel and to observe, follow, and enforce company policies and procedures.
Must pass a pre-employment drug screen, background check, and E-Verify check.
Must be capable of attaining a TWIC card for participation at applicable MTSA facilities.
Must pass the company physical and all training requirements, including requirements for wearing personal protective equipment, which may include a respirator.
Ability to perform loading, unloading, packaging, stacking, palletizing, storage, and material movement tasks and use tools and equipment needed for the work.
Ability to stand and walk for long periods, up to 95% of the day; climb stairs and ladders to the tops of tanks, tankers, and railcars; and operate standing and sit-down forklifts, pallet jacks, and drum pickers.
Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions, sometimes extreme, for approximately 10% to 75% of the time.

Responsibilities

Receive, unload, prepare, and load liquid and dry chemical products to and from trucks, tankers, and railcars.
Maneuver and connect or disconnect transfer hoses; climb tanks, tankers, and railcars to open or close hatches and monitor loads.
Inspect tanks, tankers, and railcars before and after loading or unloading operations.
Verify products against receiving and shipping documents and report discrepancies or damage.
Collect product samples and support quality control in conjunction with laboratory personnel.
Maintain accurate receiving and shipping logs, recording quantities using the appropriate computer program.
Pick and stage products for delivery according to customer orders or other instructions.
Operate powered and manual industrial lift trucks, maintain daily forklift checklists, and move raw materials to production and finished goods to the warehouse.
Lift and carry bags, pails, boxes, and pallets, and stage or remove packaging in storage racking.
Repackage products into appropriate containers for storage or shipment, including filling cylinders, drums, totes, pails, or tankers.
Label, store, stack, and palletize products according to company and regulatory requirements, with special care for food-grade and USP items.
Operate electronic scales and process devices.
Store hazardous waste drums in designated areas in compliance with hazardous-waste regulations.
Examine stored products for deterioration or damage, rearrange materials, and assist with physical inventory counts.
Keep the warehouse clean, accessible, and safe; promptly report and clean up spills; and protect property from theft or damage.
Perform other duties as assigned, including mixing and blending as required.
Meet or exceed production requirements, wear prescribed safety equipment, and comply with placarding rules when loading or unloading trucks.
Participate in safety meetings and training, follow company policies and procedures, and work cooperatively with other departments and personnel.