Conversion - Warehouse Associate

APM Terminals; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

APM Terminals in Miami seeks a dependable team member to manage the receiving, storage, and distribution of materials and products. The ideal candidate must meet productivity standards and adhere to safety procedures.

Applicants are expected to have a high school diploma or GED, and previous related experience is beneficial. Bilingual skills in Spanish are a plus. The work environment can be loud and exposes employees to various temperatures.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondence.
• Can perform basic arithmetic operations accurately.
• Ability to understand detailed instructions and solve simple problems.

Responsibilities

• Receive, store, and distribute materials and products.
• Sort and place items according to predetermined sequences.
• Fill requisitions and assemble customer orders from stock.

Skills

Productivity standards

Safety procedures

Dependability

Bilingual in Spanish

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Receives, stores, and distributes material and products within establishments by performing the following duties.

Responsibilities

• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.
• Conveys materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.
• Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.
• Fills requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes items to production workers or assembly line.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department.
• Marks materials with identifying information.
• Opens bales, crates, and other containers.
• Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
• Weighs or counts items for distribution within plant to ensure conformance to company standards.
• Arranges stock parts in specified sequence for assembly by other workers.
• Compiles worksheets or tickets from customer specifications.
• Completes requisition forms to order supplies from other plant departments.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies

• Quantity: Meets productivity standards; completes work in a timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.
• Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports potentially unsafe conditions; uses equipment and materials properly.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Is consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; keeps commitments; commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals.

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; ability to write simple correspondence; ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions; ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Other Skills and Abilities: Bilingual in Spanish is helpful, but not necessary.
• Reasonable Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee is frequently exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat; occasionally to moving mechanical parts and high, precarious places. The noise level is usually loud.

Performance Team is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.