Warehouse Person (Loader)
About The Position
This labor-intensive position is responsible for hand building pallets of product for bulk and route trucks. It requires strict attention to order accuracy when loading outgoing trucks and unloading incoming trucks. The role involves using an electronic order system or order sheets to build loads with a forklift and/or electronic pallet jack, ensuring accuracy and compliance with shipper/receiver documentation. Employees must maintain a clean and safe work environment. The position may involve working in various weather conditions, and shift duration can vary daily depending on the workload. Specific duties include transport truck loading (moving full pallets, removing returns, unloading raw materials), bulk truck loading (selecting products, building stable, shrink-wrapped pallets, unloading returns), and route truck loading (customized product selection for salespersons' orders, unloading returns). The role demands lifting a high volume of cases (20-45 pounds each) repeatedly over long periods, requiring constant standing, walking, bending, twisting, squatting, reaching, and grasping.
Requirements
- 18 years or older
Nice To Haves
- Experience working in a warehouse environment (e.g., order selector/picking product storage, product staging, powered pallet jack/forklifts, etc.)
- Driving a forklift (e.g., performing basic operations such as driving forwards, driving backwards, lifting and lowering boom, maneuvering in tight areas without damaging product, etc.)
- Working with racking systems and loading/unloading pallets (e.g., pulling and placing pallets on/off vertical product racking systems and trucks, maximizing storage by stacking products vertically, etc.)
- Experience working in a team environment (e.g., cooperating with co-workers, joint problem solving, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Drive power pallet jack or forklift to picking area and build pallet/load according to load sheet or voice pick audio equipment (if applicable)
- Mark load ticket for out of stock items
- Wrap pallet when pallet/load is finished
- Turn in paper work with order for check before loading and have truck checked
- Stage pallet and/or load into truck when ready
- Complete partial pallets and put away mixed pallets
- Maintain proper housekeeping standards in work area
- Regular, reliable, predictable attendance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
