2nd Shift - Distribution Center Associate

Acorn Distributors Inc; Brownsburg (IN); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Acorn Distributors Inc. is seeking a second-shift Warehouse Associate to pick, pack, and load orders from our distribution center onto delivery trucks. The role requires operating forklifts and related equipment, manual handling, and adherence to safety standards.

You will work a 5:00pm start and participate in end-of-shift equipment charging and cleaning activities. The ideal candidate has a High School diploma or equivalent, 6 months to 1 year of distribution center experience, and the ability

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate and comprehend both written and oral information.
• Competence in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to operate necessary equipment (forklift, stock picker, two-wheeler, wrapping machine, dollies, carts).
• Must be certified by Acorn Distributors on all equipment as required by OSHA within 90 days.
• High School diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of six (6) months to (1) year of experience in a distribution center.

Responsibilities

• Read customer orders to determine items to pick and load for delivery.
• Assemble customer orders from stock and place on pallets for trucks.
• Load product on trucks in predetermined order.
• Ensure product is not damaged and easy to sort on delivery.
• Perform equipment inspections and log sheets at shift start.
• Clean distribution center and plug equipment into charging stations at shift end.
• Follow OSHA safety standards and report violations to supervisor.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Communication

Math skills

Equipment operation

OSHA awareness

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Stock picker

Two-wheeler

Wrapping machine

Dollies & carts

Turret / electric walkie rider

Pallet jack

Job description

Description

Job Description:

Pick, pack and load product from the distribution center to delivery trucks, manually or with forklifts, dollies, or hand trucks. Work second shift hours which include varying end times.

Work Hours: 5:00pm Start Time

Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Read customer order, work order, or shipping order to determine items to be picked and loaded for customer
• Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets to be loaded on delivery trucks
• Load product on trucks as required in predetermined order
• Ensure product is not damaged and is loaded in a manner that allows for ease in sorting and selecting upon delivery
• Perform equipment inspections and complete log sheets at the beginning of every shift
• Clean distribution center and plug all necessary equipment into charging stations at the end of every shift
• Follow OSHA and safety standards, report violations to direct supervisor (DC Supervisor - 2nd Shift)
• Other duties, as required

Physical Demands:

• Job requires employees to be able to stand for prolonged periods of time
• Repetitive, physically demanding work and regularly required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, and use hands to handle or feel, and sort and load
• Occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk and hear
• Frequently required to lift and/or move excessive weight (50 pounds or more)
• Required to use and read computer and scanner screens, communicate required reporting
• Expected to maintain certain levels of productivity and accuracy
• Work second shift hours

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be able to communicate and comprehend both written and oral information
• Competence in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to operate necessary equipment (forklift, stock picker, two-wheeler, wrapping machine, dollies, carts)
• Must be certified by Acorn Distributors on all equipment as required by OSHA within 90 days
• High School diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of six (6) months to (1) year of experience in a distribution center

Equipment Used:

Forklift, stock picker, turret, electric walkie rider, pallet jack, riding floor scrubber and vacuum, two-wheeler, wrapping machine, dollies, and carts