Minimum Job Qualifications Education High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required. Experience One to three months’ related experience and/or training required. Licenses, Certificates, Registrations Forklift license preferred, but will issue upon completion of required training. Valid Driver’s license required. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities · Good verbal and written communication skills. · Requires effective decision making, problem solving and teamwork skills. · Ability to independently read and comprehend documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to identify details that may not be clearly stated. · Apply multiple step instructions to a task that is the same of similar as the one they are reading about (i.e., performing major clean steps on two different machines). Select the correct actions when operational conditions change. (i.e. ability to follow “if-then” statements). · Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using several positive or negative numbers – ((12+10-5)/3) and to arrange problem information into the right order before performing the calculations (i.e., selecting what information needs to be added before dividing the sum). · Ability to solve problems that require simple ratios, multiple fractions with common denominators, and common fractions or percentages (i.e., add 1/3 + .4 + 50% or multiply 30.6 * 5/8). · Ability to determine which details are important to remember. · Ability to operate personal computers with a general understanding of MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook), and an understanding of the Internet. · Ability to work under pressure, set priorities and complete assignments on time. · Ability to establish and maintain good rapport with work colleagues, internal customers, and vendors. · Ability to work successfully as a member of a team and independently with moderate supervision. · Ability to work overtime and provide for outside normal schedule coverage as necessary. Physical and Mental Demands and Work Environment The physical and mental demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Physical Demands The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds; regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds; frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds (with the use of assistive devices). Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision and Peripheral vision. Employees must pass a vision and hearing test before being allowed to operate any powered industrial trucks. Each Warehouse Associate must have corrected visual acuity of 20/40 or better bilaterally and cannot have an average hearing loss in the better ear of greater than 40 dB with or without a hearing aid. The average is taken from the 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz readings.” While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. Mental Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use English written and oral communication skills; interact appropriately with staff, management, contractors, vendors and others encountered in the course of work; read and interpret a variety of documents and instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; establish priorities and work on multiple assignments and projects concurrently. The employee is regularly required to apply computer skills covering word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software. Work Environment The person in this position is responsible for carrying out all duties in a safe and responsible manner. In certain assignments, the employee will regularly work near moving mechanical parts. The employee will frequently work in high, precarious places and outdoor weather conditions. The employee will occasionally work with and around fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and work with explosives. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. |
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