2nd Shift - Distribution Center Associate

Acorn Distributors, Inc.; Brownsburg (IN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Acorn Distributors, Inc. in Brownsburg, Indiana, is looking for a dedicated worker to pick, pack, and load products from the distribution center. Candidates should be prepared for physically demanding work and able to communicate effectively.

This position requires a High School diploma or equivalent and at least six months of experience in a distribution center. You will be expected to work second shift hours starting at 5:00 PM.

Qualifications

• Must communicate written and oral information effectively.
• Ability to perform basic math operations.
• Must operate necessary equipment safely.

Responsibilities

• Pick customer orders and load them onto trucks.
• Inspect equipment and maintain logs at the start of each shift.
• Clean distribution center at the end of each shift.

Skills

Communication skills

Basic math skills

Equipment operation

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift

Pallet jack

Stock picker

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

• 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 one 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