Motor Freight Associate

TITLE: MOTOR FREIGHT ASSOCIATE

The Motor Freight Team picks, packs, verifies, and loads orders that ship by motor freight. The Motor Freight Team stages and ships large orders and assists with other Distribution Center tasks as required.

This position is part of the greater Distribution Center team. As such, this position will be cross-trained in other areas within the Distribution Center and will be called upon to fill in within other areas as needed.

This position reports to the Poly & Motor Freight Supervisor. Hourly salary starts at $16.44 with .50 increases at six-months and one year.

Essential Functions

• Pick, pack verify and load orders to be shipped using a variety of equipment
• Read customer orders, work orders, shipping orders or requests to determine items to be moved, gathered, distributed and/or shipped
• Assemble orders from stock and place orders on pallets, or relocate orders to a holding or shipping area
• Record amounts of materials distributed via appropriate computer program
• Assist in counting of physical inventory
• May be assigned facilities maintenance duties, as needed
• Sweep, dust, mop and always organize warehouse and work area for orderliness
  
  

Competencies

• Results Orientation
• Accountability
• Customer Orientation
• Flexibility / Adaptability to Change
• Concern for Order & Quality
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Self-Development
  
  

Required Education & Experience

• Minimum of a High School diploma or equivalent
• Experience in using various equipment, including (but not limited to) turret truck, tow motor, stock picker and forklift
• Ability to understand and implement safety guidelines
• Demonstrate detail orientation including handling situations that require reading codes, numbers, or other strings of digits or letters
  
  

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move objects up to 50 pounds, frequently lift and/or move objects up to 100 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move objects that weigh more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
  
  

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday-Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm with overtime as needed.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not have supervisory responsibilities

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without

Benefits

We offer a high deductible health plan (HDHP), dental, and vision insurance. We contribute $60 per month to enrolled employees’ HSA accounts.

Employees and their dependents who are enrolled in our HDHP also have access to our employee health clinic where they can access healthcare for well and sick visits, immunizations, lab services, and more at no cost. Employees not enrolled in our HDHP can still have access to our employee health clinic for just $20 per paycheck. There are also prescriptions available through this clinic at no cost. Employees can also access quick, convenient, and no-cost healthcare in the comfort of their homes 24/7 through our telemedicine partner.

Employees also receive life insurance and short-term disability at no cost, and they have the option to purchase increased coverage through payroll deductions. We also offer long term disability, various Aflac plans, and a 401k plan with matching.

Employees receive paid time off from day one, including 80 hours of vacation time (prorated based on the start date for the first year) and 40 hours of personal time. After the first full year of employment, eight additional hours of vacation are granted annually.

Employees also enjoy the use of our free onsite gym and product discounts on our wide selection of horticultural tools and equipment.

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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. Relocation assistance is not available for this position, and this position is not open for remote work arrangements.

AM Leonard is an Equal Opportunity Employer for all, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and the disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

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