Lead Warehouse Worker - Product Handling Champion - First Shift

Penske Logistics is looking for a lead warehouse associate to become part of an excellent team. This is a great opportunity for individuals who are safety conscious and have a pleasant, outgoing attitude who want to excel in a warehouse environment.  Provides support and some supervision to regular and temporary warehouse associate functions. Works closely with Operations Supervisors to ensure employee productivity expectations are met. Provides a variety of responsibilities to meet the supervisors expectations.

Schedule:
Monday to Thursday 5:00am - 3:30pm

• $24.00 base rate

Major Responsibilities:

Job requirements may include the following where applicable:

• Various office and administrative duties

• Responsible for all new hire onboarding and training (and cross training of associates)

• Stage and sort products for loading

• Loads and unloads trailers

• Executes & provides process & project visibility to Operations Supervisor

• Expert in warehouse functions

• Leads & complies with Safety and Well Being efforts on assigned shift

• Opens and closes dock doors

• Maintain a clean and safe work area

• Pulling of manual dock chain

• Move materials within the warehouse

• Electronically scan products using a warehouse management system

• Quality control

• Ensure damaged products are sent out and identify damaged products when received

• Complete daily logs

• Communicate with associates from other shifts

• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed

• Uses computer to enter records

• Operate forklifts (electric clamp trucks)

• Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications:

• 4 years of warehouse experience required

• minimum 2 years of inventory or materials management experience preferred

• minimum 2 years as a lead warehouse experience preferred

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred

• Prior forklift certification preferred

• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint preferred

• Ability to learn and use proprietary software required

• Flexible to work overtime preferred

• Ability to work in non-climate controlled conditions

• Ability to lead a small team, ability to work independently, customer service, dealing with others, multi-tasking skills, organizational skills, flexibility required, excellent with numbers, time management, and ability to execute are required.

• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.

• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.

This position is designated as safety sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required. Associates must have the ability to accept responsibility for their own safety, as well as the safety of others.

Physical Requirements:

-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

-The associate will be required to remember and understand certain instructions, guidelines or other information.

-The associate must be able to see and verbally communicate.

-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The associate must be able to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medical codes or alarms).

-While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be required to move frequently, stand, walk, and sit.  The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms.  The associate must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs/45kg.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.