Forklift Operator 1st Shift Arden, NC

Warehouse Associate

The role of the Warehouse Associate I is to select material handling equipment within the warehouse walls to move and shift products and build customer orders. All customer orders are loaded onto delivery trucks to be delivered to customer locations. Our Warehouse Associates are a key component in providing excellent service to our customers and in getting our variety of products into the hands of our customers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Perform operations to load and unload freight in an efficient manner.
• Move product to storage areas with the proper equipment and efficiently stack and store the product in the appropriate area.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced demanding environment.
• Accurately build customer orders for shipment on a repetitive basis, ensuring that the correct number and type of product is packed and shipped.
• Carry or transport orders to the shipping/packing areas with material handling equipment.
• Sort, mark, or pack orders lifting, up to 50 lbs. of product safely and repetitively as requested.
• Repack, label, and weigh orders as required to ensure shipment of the product will be received in good condition.
• Operate all material handling equipment safely.
• Daily inspect and perform minor maintenance on equipment.
• Ensure paperwork is completed appropriately and handled accurately.
• Check or count product for accuracy and damage.
• Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area.
• Assist in maintaining a neat and orderly warehouse.
• Conduct activities in a manner that promotes safety.
• Charge and/or change forklift batteries.
• Perform labeling, sorting, strapping, packing, and repacking as needed.
• Assist with the taking of physical inventory.
• Perform miscellaneous activities as directed by your manager to efficiently support the warehouse operation.

Skills and Experience:

• Knowledge of appropriate handling, safety, and warehouse standards.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions in English.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Ability to perform these operations with hand-held calculator.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to complete required written and oral duties and instructions.
• Ability to handle regular job problems within a defined area of responsibility using basic problem-solving skills.
• Requires ability to operate a forklift, stock picker, reach truck, and pallet jack.
• Ability to perform work for a minimum of eight hours. Ability to lift 50 lbs. from floor to waist and waist to floor.

Education, Experience, and Skills Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Knowledge of appropriate handling, safety, and warehouse standards.

Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services. Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.