Warehouse Lead

Warehouse Lead

Location: Jupiter, FL/Stuart FL.

Status: Hourly Non-Exempt

Job Summary:

The Warehouse Lead is responsible for coordinating and supporting daily warehouse activities at the Jupiter, Florida facility. This position plays a critical role in ensuring safe, accurate, and efficient material handling while supporting the transition from Maersk operations and maintaining alignment with PSM standards. The Lead acts as the on-site point of contact for shipping, receiving, and logistics coordination, ensuring compliance with all company, customer, and regulatory requirements.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The essential functions of the job include the following:

• Coordinate daily shipping, receiving, and material movement within the Jupiter warehouse.
• Ensure all materials are handled, stored, and documented accurately and safely.
• Support the Warehouse Manager by maintaining Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Maintain a clean, organized, and compliant facility, aligned with safety and audit standards.
• Oversee daily task assignments and workload balance among warehouse staff and temporary labor.
• Perform and verify goods receipts, transfers, and shipments using SAP and eWMS systems.
• Ensure real-time accuracy of RF scan transactions and bin movements.
• Support cycle counts, audits, and material traceability reporting.
• Escalate inventory discrepancies or quality issues promptly to the Warehouse Manager.
• Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and other material-handling equipment safely and efficiently.
• Perform and document daily equipment inspections, report maintenance issues immediately.
• Enforce PPE use, safe driving, and traffic management policies within the facility.
• Participate in and promote a safety-first culture through daily checks and monthly meetings.
• Customer & Cross-Functional Support
• Serve as the primary Jupiter site contact for Production, Planning, Quality, and Logistics teams.
• Communicate shipment and receiving updates to internal stakeholders and Maersk partners.
• Support domestic and international transportation coordination, ensuring compliance with U.S. and global trade regulations.
• Assist with customer audits and provide accurate warehouse documentation when requested.
• Track and report daily warehouse activity metrics (receipts, shipments, inventory accuracy).
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, cost reduction, and efficiency gains.
• Support employee training and cross-functional development initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education & Training

• Minimum 23 years of warehouse or logistics experience, with at least 1 year in a lead or team coordination role.
• Experience using SAP/eWMS or similar systems required.
• Prior forklift certification and RF scanning experience required.

Skills/Experience

• Working knowledge of warehouse operations, logistics, and inventory control.
• Experience with SAP, eWMS, and RF scanning systems.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; able to coordinate priorities independently.
• Basic leadership and mentoring skills to support cross-training and shift coverage.
• Strong commitment to safety, accuracy, and continuous improvement.
• Forklift operation certification preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Climbing -- ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Balancing -- maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling and walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
• Stooping/Crouching -- bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
• Kneeling -- bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Reaching -- extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing -- particularly for sustained periods of time
• Walking -- moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing & Pulling
• Lifting up to 20 lbs -- raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• Grasping -- applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Repetitive motion -- substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.
• The worker is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• Being able to wear required PPEs for specific tasks performed, such as respirators, Tyvek suit, gloves, face shield, etc.

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