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McCray Lumber

Warehouse Associate

McCray Lumber, Kansas City, Kansas, United States, 66115

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Job Summary:

The Warehouse Associate position will stock, gather, distribute, assembles orders, and loads various products of the warehouse to fulfill customer orders for pickup and/or delivery.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Essential Job Functions:

* Safely move freight, stock, or other materials to and from storage or production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, ships, or containers, by hand or using trucks, tractors, or other equipment.

* Reads customer order, shipping order or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed

* Loads and unloads trucks

* Sorts and places items on racks according to predetermined sequence

* Operates fork lift truck or hand truck to move or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to warehouse storage or work area

* Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves or conveys orders to shipping department

* Stacks lumber in yard or in shed

* Drives diesel or gasoline powered industrial trucks equipped with lifting devices such as forklift to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials

* Performs other duties as required

Requirements

Required Skills and Abilities:

* Seeks to learn products and the applications

* Knows product locations in yard and warehouse

* Ability to read a measuring tape

* Keeps forklift clean

* Maintain yard cleanliness during course of work

Safety Requirements:

* Wears high visibility, safety PPE, and proper uniform

* Performs daily lift inspections

* Always looks behind/honks horn when backing/rounding blind corners

* Safely operates equipment

* Promptly report all accidents/incidents and damaged products

* Perform daily safety audit of forklift and promptly report any malfunctioning equipment

* Keep aisles and exits clear

* Participates on safety committee if needed

Environmental Demands:

* Exposure to year-round outside weather conditions, including excessive heat, humidity, rain, cold, dust, ice/snow.

* Employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.

* The noise level is usually moderate.