Warehouse Associate

Position Summary: In this position, the employee is responsible for meeting production requirements, following appropriate instructions and safety methods while performing basic general warehouse duties. Warehouse Employees can be asked, at any point throughout the day, to move to a different department and even different physical location to assist in meeting production requirements to meet the customers’ demands.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Other duties may be assigned.)

General Duties:

• Selects the correct size carton based on order.
• Places labels on cartons properly oriented for system scanners.
• Picks and prepares product for shipment, ensuring the correct quantity, ISBN and type of product. Inspects books visually before placing in shipping carton.
• Records the proper adjustments for short shipments on the carton.
• Moves from location to location when work is slow or heavy.
• Maintains a clean, neat and orderly work area.
• Conducts operations in a manner which promotes safety.
• Enforces established safety, health, and housekeeping policies and procedures in order to minimize injuries, loss of production time, and damage.
• Conforms to all company policies and procedures.
• Complies with all environmental, health, and safety requirements.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function of their job satisfactorily.

Education and/or Experience:
High School diploma or general education degree (GED).

Language Skills:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, safety rules, and memos. Ability to write legibly and effectively communicate one-on-one.

Mathematical Skills:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Other skills and abilities: Basic computer and keyboarding skills and the ability to learn systems

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to bend; stoop; walk; stand; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to temperature changes; dust; and working around moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Education

Required

• High School or better

Behaviors

Preferred

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Palmyra, VA 22963: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Preferred)

Experience:

• Packaging: 1 year (Preferred)
• Warehouse distribution: 1 year (Preferred)
• Picking & packing: 1 year (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)

Work Location: One location