Lead Warehouse Associate

Lead Warehouse Associate

Fullerton, CA

Odyssey Logistics is a global logistics and supply chain partner helping businesses optimize performance through fully integrated, end-to-end solutions. We connect transportation, technology, and expertise across a broad network of services including 3PL and 4PL managed services, multimodal and intermodal transport, warehousing, trucking, Jones Act Ocean, and customs brokerage, ensuring goods move reliably, efficiently, and intelligently around the world.

Today, Odyssey supports more than 6,000 customers globally, delivering scalable, data driven solutions across complex supply chains. What started with a single client has grown into a dynamic, evolving organization focused on performance, precision, and long-term partnership.

Our work is complex, fast moving, and highly collaborative. Success here requires people who think strategically, operate with urgency, and navigate across functions to solve real business challenges. We value individuals who take ownership, challenge the status quo, and turn insight into action.

Our culture is grounded in five core values: Win Together, Innovate Boldly, Drive Results, Customer Centric, and Guide with Care. These are not just principles; they shape how we make decisions, partner with customers, and show up for each other.

At Odyssey, you are not just part of a company; you are part of building what comes next.

The Role

Work Model: Onsite

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday | Swing Shift: 2:30 PM – 11:00 PM

Pay range: $26.50 - $27.00

Travel Requirements: No

Supervisory Responsibilities: No direct supervision

Reports to: Sr. Operations Manager

Summary / Primary Role:

The position of Warehouse Lead will have primary responsibility for assisting in overseeing day-to-day operations at the Fullerton Terminal of Odyssey Hawaii. Monitoring, planning, organizing, and directing loading and unloading activities within the warehouse and yard. Perform shift dock check monitoring to ensure timely and safe movement of freight and equipment. Mentor, train, educate, and develop warehouse associates in loading and unloading techniques. Position routinely uses pallet jacks and forklifts in loading and unloading freight including shipments of Hazardous Materials.

What You'll Do

• Assist in managing labor hours
• Knowledge of safe lifting techniques to load and unload cargo, including heavy, bulky and or cumbersome freight
• Ability to secure or re-secure cargo by blocking, bracing, using dunnage and other methods
• Operating forklifts, hand trucks, pallet jacks, to move, load, arrange, rearrange, and unload freight
• Ability to understand and carry out instructions given orally or in writing, including those on manifests and other shipping documents
• Ability to perform work required in a timely manner and maintain adequate production to meet service schedules and customer commitments
• Ability to handle customers' freight safely and efficiently, and communicating tactfully and diplomatically with those individuals with who the employee will be in contact as a company representative
• Read, Write, comprehend English. Communicate professionally with internal and external customers by phone and email.
• Possess math skills
• Able to complete task efficiently and timely
• Demonstrate ability to maintain good attendance
• Safe work record
• Obtain Projections for load planning
• Computer skills for tracking shipments, driver check in and dispatch assistance
• Coach and Train dock staff on proper loading techniques
• Phone & Nextel skill set
• Schedule meal periods
• Assign work detail to dock handlers and drivers
• Present Safety Topic of Pre-Shift or Shift meetings
• All other duties and projects assigned.

What You Bring

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or six to eighteen months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to create freight bills from customers bills of lading to aid with billing.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Hazardous Material – Company Certified
• Forklift – Company Certified

As required by applicable Pay Transparency laws, Odyssey provides a range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location, or other relevant factors. The salary range for this position may be lower or higher in different markets.

No relocation allowance will be considered unless specifically addressed. All applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Physical Demands:

This role requires frequent standing, walking, bending, kneeling, reaching, and use of hands and arms throughout the shift. Associates must be able to safely lift and move up to 50 pounds, with assistance available when needed. The position involves working in a fast-paced warehouse environment around moving equipment, forklifts, pallet jacks, vibration, noise, and varying indoor/outdoor conditions. Strong visual awareness and the ability to safely operate in a physically active environment are required.

Benefits:

We offer a comprehensive and competitive compensation and benefits package, including:

• A choice of medical plans with FSA and HSA options
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company-paid Life and Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Plan with Company Match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and Company Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company Health & Wellness Program
• Discounts with Preferred Vendors

Odyssey does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances.