1st Shift Warehouse Associate -Dayton, OH

Millcraft; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

Profit-Sharing

401k Retirement Savings Plan

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Millcraft is seeking a Dayton-based Warehouse Associate to handle storage, packing, and shipping within a fast-paced warehouse environment. The role involves receiving, labeling, stocking, and preparing orders for outbound shipments, with emphasis on accuracy and safety.

Ideal candidates have at least 1 year of warehouse experience and proficiency with forklifts and pallet jacks. Millcraft offers tuition reimbursement and strong career development opportunities, with a team-focused work culture.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and oral communication skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Proven customer service skills and safety awareness.

Responsibilities

• Operate forklift, pallet jack and reach truck to pull and prepare outbound orders.
• Build, wrap, sort, pack, and stage customer orders for delivery.
• Load outbound trucks and will-calls; ensure accurate inventory handling and labeling.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Customer service

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Forklifts

Pallet jacks

Reach trucks

Job description

Build your future at Millcraft! (Tuition Reimbursement, CDL Reimbursement, Leadership Paths & more!)

At Millcraft, we're more than a business, we're a family. Guided by our values of Family, Passion, Aspire, Responsible, and Deliver, we've spent more than a century building lasting relationships with our employees, customers, and communities. We're looking for motivated individuals who are eager to get their foot in the door and grow their careers. Through hands-on experience, tuition reimbursement, professional development, and opportunities across the company, Millcraft is a place where ambition is supported, and career paths are created. If you're ready to learn, contribute, and grow, we'd love to have you on our team.

WHY MILLCRAFT

At Millcraft, we're more than a business, we're a family. Guided by our values of Family, Passion, Aspire, Responsible, and Deliver, we've spent more than a century building lasting relationships with our employees, customers, and communities. We're looking for motivated individuals who are eager to get their foot in the door and grow their careers. Through hands-on experience, tuition reimbursement, professional development, and opportunities across the company, Millcraft is a place where ambition is supported, and career paths are created. If you're ready to learn, contribute, and grow, we'd love to have you on our team.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU WILL MAKE

The Dayton Warehouse Associate reports directly to the Operations Manager and is responsible for various tasks involved in the storage, organization, and distribution of goods within a warehouse setting. This role typically involves receiving, unpacking, labeling, storing, and picking items according to orders. Warehouse associates may also be involved in inventory management, maintaining a clean and safe workspace, and occasionally operating machinery such as forklifts or pallet jacks.

Core Functions Of This Role

• Operate forklift, pallet jack, reach truck to pull and prepare outbound customer orders
• Build, wrap, sort, pick, pack, and stage customer orders
• Load outbound delivery trucks and will calls
• Consolidate product to maximize space utilization
• Repackage and/or relabel products due to damages/vendor errors and returns
• Stock received merchandise and/or movement of stock items
• Clean the workspace as you for and participate with the team in keeping the facility clean, safe and accident-free.
• Answer phone calls and follow-up on orders, shortages and/or mistakes.
• Follow all Millcraft policies, procedures, and guidelines as outlined in the employee handbook and departmental SOPs
• Ensure a safe working environment by strictly following all safety protocols and standards including reporting unsafe conditions, near-misses and incidents immediately to your manager
• Demonstrate the Millcraft Core Values (Family, Responsible, Passion, Deliver, Aspire and FUN) in day-to-day work and interactions
• Other duties as needed for the business.

What You’ll Need To Succeed

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written, and oral communication skills
• Attention to detail, organization and project management skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Proven ability to read and interpret printed orders and direction
• Demonstrated record of safety and quality control
• Demonstrated ability to work well independently and as a member of a team
• Regularly exhibits a strong work ethic and high degree of self-motivation
• Perform duties under minimal direction
• High sense of urgency and be able to multi-task competing priorities
• Excellent attendance record.
• Must have proficient math skills
• Must be able to pass Pre-Employment Drug Screen and Background Check
• Ensure compliance with safety and company procedures and actively embody our core values in every interaction and responsibility.
• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
• Minimum 1+ years’ warehouse experience, preferably in shipping and receiving
• Minimum 1+ years’ experience with Forklifts
• Minimum 1+ years’ experience with Pallet Jacks
• Minimum 1+ years’ experience with Reach Trucks

What Winning Looks Like

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. They may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to lift items that weigh a minimum of 50lbs regularly
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to bend, stoop and climb repetitiously throughout the day

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described herein are representative of those that must be met by a Millcraft Paper Company employee in order to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Individual must be able to sit, stand, lift, and walk for long periods of time. Additional requirements include the ability to navigate about, bend, stoop, squat, push, pull, see, hear, and listen in order to fully perform the functions of this position.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

At the corporate level, the work environment characteristics described herein are generally representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work environment is moderately quiet to moderately noisy. Temperature is moderated by heat in the winter and air conditioning or air circulation methods in the summer.

How We Will Take Care Of You

• Medical, Dental, & Vision
• Profit-Sharing
• Generous Time Off Policies
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Military Leave Pay
• Voluntary Dependent Life Insurance
• Accident and Critical Illness
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Wellness Program
• Company Paid Holidays
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Veteran’s Day Pay
• Limited Purpose F.S.A and Dependent Care F.S.A
• Company paid Short Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability

Your passion, our purpose—let’s make a difference together.

Millcraft Paper Company is an EEO employer. We are committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Millcraft Paper Company complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must have authorization to work for Millcraft Paper Company.

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