Warehouse Worker

Overhead Door•Portland, OR

10d

About The Position

The Warehouse Worker maintains warehouse operations and helps ensure a safe, clean, and productive work environment. The role handles, moves, receives, stores, modifies, inventories, and ships materials and products, while completing related documentation and following safety and quality requirements. The position has no supervisory responsibilities. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to three months of related warehouse work experience and/or related training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Valid driver’s license.
Forklift certification.
Ability to read, interpret, and understand rules, procedures, instructions, safety rules, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence and present information effectively in one-on-one situations to other employees; ability to communicate with customers.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to follow detailed but uncomplicated written or oral instructions and address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-based instructions.
Good listening, verbal, interpersonal, and team-building skills to coordinate activities.
Ability to perform essential duties satisfactorily; reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.
Ability to safely lift heavy objects, including team lifting items weighing over 100 pounds.
Ability to perform regular overhead work and occasional pushing/pulling, bending, squatting, and ladder climbing.

Responsibilities

Load and unload materials by hand or forklift from trucks, trailers, pallets, trays, racks, and shelves; arrange products efficiently based on dimensions and weight, seeking assistance when needed.
Use shoring, banding, air bags, and section protection during loading to minimize product damage.
Verify identifying information and shipment counts, weights, or measurements against bills of lading, orders, and other records.
Prepare paperwork, tag products, prepare bills of lading, and complete bill-of-material checkoffs.
Count and record materials moved or handled; inventory materials and prepare cycle-count reports for the local inventory specialist and other departments as requested.
Attach identifying tags or shipping labels to materials or mark information on containers.
Read production schedules, customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, and load plans to gather or consolidate items; follow oral instructions, unload materials, and place them in proper storage areas.
Modify products as needed, including glazing, cutting down, spring customization, modifying track, and building hardware boxes or cables.
Inspect material-handling equipment and the work environment for defects and notify maintenance personnel or an outside service facility.
Receive returned or damaged products, return products to stock, and process paperwork.
Fill orders and assemble materials and items accurately.
Stack or assemble materials into bundles and band them together; assemble protective packaging from materials such as wood or cardboard as needed.
Safely and efficiently operate a forklift and other equipment as needed under limited conditions.
Follow applicable safety policies and guidelines, including OSHA requirements, and understand quality guidelines and expectations.
Communicate with customers, department supervisors, truck drivers, office personnel, and other employees.
Keep the work area clean and neat; lift heavy objects by hand and clean the work area.
Assist with preparing special-order doors for shipment.
Use knowledge of product locations to work efficiently.
Prepare parcels for shipment using carriers such as UPS and FedEx.
Use barcode scanners and system capabilities to enter, retrieve, and send data when required.
Perform other duties as assigned.