About the Role
Perform loading/unloading of trucks, store shipments, and pick orders from warehouse inventory.
Responsibilities
- Load and unload trucks and trailers safely and efficiently.
- Pick and move items weighing from 1 lb to 50 lbs or more.
- Ensure all documentation is properly completed.
- Coordinate with dispatch and sales to resolve discrepancies.
- Properly store all inbound loads in the correct warehouse location.
- Ensure all shipments are properly marked before storing or picking.
- Maintain warehouse area with orderly stacking and good housekeeping.
- Spot trailers to maintain efficient yard organization and equipment flow.
- Coordinate paperwork with drivers after normal dispatch operations.
- Perform general maintenance of the warehouse area.
- Ensure trailers are swept clean of debris when empty.
- Ensure all shipments are correctly staged and loaded properly.
- Process outbound freight and cross-dock freight as necessary.
- Operate Stand-up Reach Forklifts, Cherry Pickers, and sit-down forklifts.
- Follow all safety procedures.
- Build pallets and break down stock.
- Work in a fast-paced warehouse environment.
- Perform other tasks as assigned by management.
Requirements
- Must know how to operate a Forklift, Cherry Picker, and Stand-up Reach Forklift.
- Good communication, problem resolution, and people skills.
- Ability to maintain orderly operation of the warehouse.
- Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to activate phone systems utilizing keyboards and buttons.
- Articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others.
- Ability to work in an indoor/office environment and use repetitive hand motion.
- Ability to talk, hear, stand, and walk frequently.
- Ability to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
- Ability to work under stressful situations.
- Possess good cognitive skills.
- Maintain work accuracy.
- Ability to concentrate on more than one task at a time.
- Ability to read and discern visual images on a variety of media with 20/20 corrected vision.
- Ability to speak and communicate clearly over telephones.
- Must be in sound physical health as determined by a certified licensed physician.
- No evidence of the use of controlled substances.
Skills
- Forklift operation
- Cherry Picker operation
- Stand-up Reach Forklift operation
- Communication skills
- Problem resolution skills
- People skills
- Warehouse organization
- English language proficiency (communication, reading, writing, speaking)
- Reading business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
- Writing reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
- Presenting information effectively
- Responding to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers
- Basic mathematical skills (add, subtract, multiply, divide)
- Computing rate, ratio, and percent
- Drawing and interpreting bar graphs
- Problem-solving
- Interpreting instructions
- Root cause analysis
- Business Operating Systems knowledge
- Internet software knowledge
- Word Processing software knowledge
- Spreadsheet software knowledge
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1 year Forklift driving experience
Education Level
- High School Diploma or GED preferred
About the Company
- RJW Transport, Inc.
