What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Operator III position at AkzoNobel?
Date: Jan 7, 2025
Location: Seattle, WA, US, 98108
Company: AkzoNobel
About AkzoNobel
Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.
For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com
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Job Purpose
The Warehouse Operator position performs routine, non-routine and complex assignments and operates highly sophisticated equipment under general supervision. Supporting the manufacturing of pain through movement, consolidation, and organization of raw materials, finished goods, and waste throughout the production floor and warehouse.
Key Responsibilities
- Pull finished goods from storage areas
- Put away raw materials in storage areas
- Safely drive and operate a forklift
- Load and unload trucks as needed
- Understand and follow pick lists and BOL’s
- Operates pumps for off-loading tankers
- Perform set-up and clean up for tasks
- Actively participates in safety programs, 5S, and perform daily checklists
- Follows operating procedures for proper inventory, handling, and staging of material. Activities such as verification of incoming & outgoing shipments, identification & disposition of returned material, damaged material, or obsolete material
- Maintain safe and clean work area through use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and disciplined daily work ethic
- Consolidation and organization of the warehouses and outside storage areas
- Participates and contributes to Health & Safety, Security, and Environmental activities (SAFE meetings, BBS observer, HS&E training, housekeeping, & 5S)
- Follows shipping regulatory requirements such as DOT, DHS, TSCA, and CT-PAT
Experience
- 5 years warehouse or logistics experience preferred
- Excellent reading and comprehension skills
- Good math skills
- Good communication skills
- Must be safety conscious
- Ability to follow directions
- Propensity to use good judgment in making independent decisions
- Self-motivated with high standards for performance
- Ability to work with various types of personalities
At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
Requisition ID: 44199
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Nearest Major Market: Seattle
