About the Role
The Entry Level Warehouse/Shipping laborer is responsible for learning all basic operations of the distribution center.
Responsibilities
- Learn how to use all company lift trucks correctly and safely.
- Enter and retrieve data from the computer system.
- Stock domestic product correctly.
- Identify and match product numbers from Pick slip(s) to cartons in location.
- Pull product from location in a timely manner (2.5 minutes per line item).
- Maintain cleanliness in a prescribed manner.
Requirements
- Above average mathematical skills.
- Above average handwriting skills.
- Ability to work at heights of 16 to 20 feet.
- Ability to consistently bend and lift packages weighing on average 50 pounds.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to handle a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to self-motivate.
- Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.
- Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
- Applies feedback in a positive manner to improve performance.
- Monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Meets productivity standards.
- Completes work in a timely manner.
- Strives to increase productivity without risking Quality.
- Works quickly.
- Observes safety and security procedures.
- Determines appropriate action beyond guidelines.
- Reports potentially unsafe conditions to superiors.
- Uses equipment and materials properly.
- Consistently at work and on time.
- Follows instructions.
- Responds to management direction.
- Takes responsibility for own actions.
- Ability to read, write, and comprehend English.
- Follow simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
- Write simple correspondence.
- Effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measurement, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Stand or walk 100% of the shift.
- Frequent bending and lifting up to 40 pounds repeatedly during the shift.
- Average manual dexterity.
- Ability to bend, climb, crawl, push, and pull frequently during the shift.
- Ability to work at 16-to-20-foot altitudes.
- Regularly exposed to high, precarious places.
- Moderate noise level in the work environment.
Skills
- Lift truck operation
- Computer data entry
- Product stocking
- Product identification
- Product pulling
- Mathematical skills
- Handwriting skills
- Independent work
- Time management
- Quality control
- Productivity standards
- Safety procedures
- Security procedures
- Attendance
- Punctuality
- Dependability
- Following instructions
- Responsibility
- English comprehension
- Communication
- Basic math
- Reasoning ability
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- 1-3 months related experience
Education Level
- High school diploma or GED
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Flex Spending
- 401K with employer match
- Tuition assistance
- Paid time off
- Shift premiums
About the Company
- Established in 1901, Milwaukee Valve manufactures valves for a variety of industries including Industrial, Commercial, Fire Protection, Marine and the dry bulk hauling industries.
- Our products have been installed on every U.S. Navy ship built for the last 50 years.
- Our heritage, our people, and our passion is to be the best, and Milwaukee Valve is proud of its engineering excellence and its employees who take pride and dedication in their work.
Equal Opportunity
- Milwaukee Valve is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate in any employment decision because of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, perceived disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information or on the basis of any other status protected by applicable federal or local laws.
