Distribution Associate

Location: Houston, TX 77040
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 1st Shift Operations
Overtime: Occasional overtime required during peak seasons
Pay Range: From $19.00+ DOE

About Us

Envision LED Lighting is a fast-growing company specializing in innovative, energy-efficient LED lighting products. We are committed to delivering high-quality products and exceptional service while fostering a supportive, collaborative, and family-oriented work environment.

About the Role

We are seeking a dependable, safety-focused, and experienced Distribution Associate / Forklift Operator to join our Houston warehouse and distribution team.

This is a hands-on position in a fast-paced distribution environment responsible for supporting day-to-day warehouse operations, including order fulfillment, picking and packing, shipping and receiving, inventory handling, product replenishment, and material movement throughout the facility.

Strong hands-on forklift experience is important for this position. We are specifically looking for candidates with experience operating multiple types of warehouse equipment, including:

• Sit-down forklifts
• Stand-up forklifts
• Reach trucks / reach forklifts
• Articulated or narrow-aisle forklifts such as Bendi, Flexi, Combilift, Aisle-Master, or comparable equipment

The ideal candidate has solid experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced warehouse or distribution center, understands how to operate powered industrial equipment safely around people, inventory, racking, and other equipment, and takes personal responsibility for maintaining a safe work environment.

Previous experience training, coaching, or assisting other warehouse associates on safe forklift or material-handling equipment operation is a strong plus.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Accurately pick, pack, label, stage, and prepare customer orders for shipment.

• Safely operate sit-down, stand-up, reach, articulated/narrow-aisle forklifts, and other material-handling equipment as required.

• Safely move, retrieve, store, replenish, and stage inventory throughout the distribution center.

• Retrieve pallets and products from warehouse racking using appropriate material-handling equipment.

• Safely maneuver forklifts around warehouse racking, narrow aisles, staging areas, employees, pallets, and other powered equipment.

• Load and unload incoming and outgoing freight.

• Put away received merchandise in designated warehouse and racking locations.

• Palletize, stage, wrap, and transport products throughout the warehouse.

• Support daily shipping and receiving activities, including verifying quantities and identifying discrepancies.

• Maintain inventory accuracy and ensure products are stored in appropriate locations.

• Assist with cycle counts, physical inventory, stock organization, and inventory-control activities.

• Perform required equipment inspections and immediately report equipment or safety concerns.

• Follow established forklift operating procedures, warehouse safety standards, and company policies at all times.

• Maintain awareness of pedestrians, equipment traffic, rack clearances, load stability, and surrounding conditions while operating equipment.

• Maintain a clean, safe, and organized work area in accordance with warehouse standards.

• Work with a sense of urgency while maintaining safe and accurate work practices in a fast-paced distribution environment.

• Work collaboratively with warehouse and distribution team members to meet daily shipping, fulfillment, and productivity goals.

• Assist in other areas of fulfillment, shipping, receiving, and warehouse operations as business needs require.

• Perform additional warehouse duties as assigned.

• 5+ years of warehouse, distribution, or fulfillment experience.

• 5+ years of regular forklift operating experience.

• Experience operating multiple types of powered industrial equipment, including sit-down, stand-up, and reach forklifts.

• Direct experience operating Bendi, Flexi, Combilift, Aisle-Master, or similar articulated/narrow-aisle equipment - Preferred

• Experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced distribution environment.

• Previous experience training, coaching, or helping onboard associates on forklifts, powered industrial equipment, or warehouse equipment.

• Strong knowledge of safe forklift operation and warehouse safety practices.

• Experience working with pallet racking and narrow-aisle warehouse configurations.

• Shipping and receiving experience.

• Inventory control and cycle-counting experience.

• Familiarity with warehouse management systems, scanners, or inventory software.

• Knowledge of OSHA and warehouse safety requirements.

• Familiarity with Lean warehouse practices and 5S methodology.