Warehouse Worker - 1st Shift

Akro-Mils, a Myers Industries Company (NYSE: MYE), products handle your toughest challenges! Our industry-leading line of plastic and metal storage, organization, transport and material handling products are designed for industrial, medical, retail and home settings.

Warehouse Associate - Day Shift (1st shift), M-F 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Job Summary:
The Warehouse Associate - 1st shift is responsible for operation of material handling equipment for the purpose of accurate shipping, processing and receiving, which includes but is not limited to scanning, moving, staging, locating, picking, loading, relocating, and stacking product.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Required – Experience with picking and put-away
• Determine storage area for finished product prior to shipment
• Verify bar code move ticket and product is the same for inventory control.
• Clean work area, such as removing banding, shrink-wrap material, and pallets to maintain safety.
• Compare stock numbers and color of product with customer's order and other identifying data.
• Load container cars or trucks and stack cartons by hand
• Packaging finished goods with spacers and padding for quality shipping
• Prepare a tally sheet to verify count and identify where product is located in the truck.
• Assemble cardboard containers or select preassembled containers to pack product.
• Complete a transition work order when transferring inventory
• Pull orders and print packing lists for all shipments
• Post weights and measurements for shipments during processing.

Equipment Operation:

• Forklift use – accessing the warehouse racks, transporting product safely, proper stacking, loading dry van containers.
• Hand-held scanners – use to find product, pick orders and maintain labels within the department.
• Computers- updating shipping documents, printing labels, processing shipments with drivers.

Safety:

• Lifting - proper and safe technique to maneuver and lift up to 50 pounds
• Forklift license maintained current, daily checklists performed, safety-minded operation

Quality:

• Understands how one’s job contributes to the success of the organization as a whole
• Works in teams and independently to meet shipping schedule.
• Examine outgoing shipments to ensure shipments meet quality control standards.
• Return product carton to production for corrections as required for maintaining quality control.
• Compare identifying information, and count, weight or measure items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders or other records.

Education and/or Experience:

• Previous Warehouse and forklift operation experience preferred
• Well organized, forward-thinker, good communicator
• High level of attention to detail
• High School Diploma or GED, required
• Associate's degree or equivalent from two-year college or technical school or higher; or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferred
• Basic computer literacy (Microsoft Office) preferred

Myers Industries, Inc. is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.