Picker-Packer

Summary/Objective 
 The Picker/packer picks and prepares items for shipment by performing the following duties to safety, quality and productivity standards.

Essential Functions

• Pick product: learn product, read orders, and pick product using RF scanner gun, tugger, picker and/or electric pallet jack (must be able to lift 50 lbs.)
• May operate the stretch-wrap banders (pallet wrapping)
• May operate the cherry picker/high-reach truck or climb stair-ladder to pick items on higher shelves
• Use a standard pallet jack or, if certified, an electric pallet jack
• Pack and examine outgoing shipments
• Report inventory concerns or shortages with supervisor and via shared computer worksheet
• Responsible for keeping an adequate supply of shipping materials on hand at all times
• Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean and orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations.
• May enter information into the shipping system
• Pack trucks: verify contents, determine best way to pack (palletize, wrap v. strap) and load trucks
• Must be very accurate
• Other duties as assigned

Competencies

• Humility: Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance; putting the needs of another person before your own and thinking of others before yourself
• Results Orientation (Get It Done): Having a work ethic and a way of overcoming challenges and getting things done without making excuses; delivering on results and does what he/she says they will do
• Customer Focus: Meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers to achieve positive outcomes
• Decision Making & Judgement: Makes timely, informed decisions that take into account the facts, goals, constraints and risks
• Technical Expertise: Able to be trained on use of scan gun, pallet jack, cherry-picker and other tools/equipment used in pick/pack
• Communication: Listening effectively, transmitting information accurately and understandably, and actively seeking feedback non-defensively
• Professionalism: Dealing directly and forthrightly with people and problems, persisting to get the job done, and managing personal responses and stress
• Dependability/Reliability: Following through on commitments, producing timely work to required – or higher - standards, and pitching in to get the job done.
• Quality Orientation: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.

This description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Work Environment
 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. Temperature is varied to the temperature outside due to open doors and garages.

Physical Demands
 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items 50 pounds unassisted. 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 during the first shift of the workday, currently 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. These hours will be up to an hour later during busy season (fall and early winter schedule is 9:30 am to 6:00 pm).

Travel
 No travel is expected for this position

Required Education and Experience

• Minimum of a high school education or GED equivalent
• Prior pick/pack work preferred, but not required
• Must have good attention to detail

AAP/EEO Statement 

Olympia Chimney Supply Holdings LLC, inclusive of its subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. We encourage applicants of all ages.

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 notice.