Inventory Site Associate

Varstaff Staffing; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Varstaff Staffing is seeking an Inventory Site Associate for our client in Merritt Island, Florida. This outdoor role involves lifting heavy items, loading and unloading shipments, and working in a fast-paced fulfillment environment.

Experience in aerospace or automotive contexts is a plus. The role requires operating heavy equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks, following strict safety procedures, and performing data entry and quality checks per SOP.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Fulfillment Center Operations experience including receiving and inventory functions.
• Safety is a priority; follow PPE and SOPs; participate in safety training.
• Employee must be able to lift 50 lbs and handle heavy items.
• World-class quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
• Strong communication in a highly technical environment.
• Analytical skills to define problems and analyze data.
• Ability to derive inventory requirements from Bills of Material.
• Ability to earn trust and maintain professional relationships.
• Certified forklift experience.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous improvement and escalate roadblocks identified in the role.
• Assist root cause analysis and provide problem-solving details.
• Operate heavy equipment (forklifts, EPJs, reach-trucks, turret-trucks).
• Move and store heavy parts within facilities.
• Receive shipments and unload deliveries from carriers.
• Inspect shipments and ensure they meet SOPs.
• Document receipts and close out receipts/work orders.
• Data entry in inventory management systems.
• Package, label, and stage parts as per SOP.
• Audit storage and ensure proper labeling and storage.

Skills

Fulfillment center operations

Safety procedures

Heavy lifting

Attention to detail

Technical communication

Data analysis

Inventory planning

Team reliability

Forklift experience

Tools

PIT equipment

Job description

Varstaff is searching for an Inventory Site Associate for our client in Merritt Island, Florida. (Blue Origin)
Aerospace or Automotive experience desired.
Besides inventory and logistics, we are looking for diesel maintenance, minor electrical specifically DC work as well as hydraulic experience & schematic reading.

Job Description:

This is an outdoor role in the sunlight, lifting heavy items in tight spaces.

• Continuous improvement, employee must evaluate/monitor/escalate a roadblock identified while working in a role that can cause a defect downstream.
• Contingent worker must be able to support a root cause analysis and provide details with problem solving skills.
• Proper use of equipment to support role, employee must possess fundamental knowledge and skills in operating heavy equipment, primarily PIT equipment/forklifts. This includes understanding the operational mechanics, safety procedures, and maintenance practices associated with such machinery.
• Employee must be able to operate any equipment needed to move heavy parts/material throughout the facilities within the sites, including but not limited to: electronic pallet jacks (EPJs), forklifts, reach-trucks and turret-trucks.
• Receive shipments, employee must be able to unload shipments delivered by carriers.
• Inspecting shipments, employee must be able to visually examine packages arriving at the Fulfillment Center and determine if it is acceptable according to a standard operating procedure.
• Quality control checks, employee must review requirements for each part number and process accordingly to the standard operating procedure.
• Documenting receipts, employee must be able to use tools and equipment to systematically upload, store, and follow standard operating procedures to completely close out a receipt or work order.
• Data entry, employee must be able to navigate and select fields within an inventory management tool to input data directly coming from the physical delivery of a part. Employee must be able to navigate through modules and read information as it is needed for a specific task of Fulfillment.
• Packaging, employee must be able to identify what type of packaging is needed for parts, must be able to properly wrap/store parts with packaging at any stage of the Fulfillment/Manufacturing workflow.
• Sorting and staging, employee must be able to move packages/boxes/crates/any storage container while its identified and secure to prevent loss within the workflow.
• Labeling and marking, employee must ensure all parts are part labeled, have identifiers outlined in the standard operating procedure in order to analyze parts through the workflow.
• Storage assignment/auditing, employees must properly store and use good judgement along with the standard operating procedure for the storage of parts that could be individual or in bulk. Employee must be able to audit per a standard operating procedure.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Fulfillment Center Operations experience, including an industry with receiving and inventory functions.
• Safety is a top priority it is imperative that the employee strictly adheres to established safety protocols and guidelines. This includes but is not limited to, wearing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), following safe operating procedures, and participating in regular safety training sessions.
• Employee must be able to lift 50 lbs.
• An attitude of world‑class quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
• Communication skills within a highly technical environment.
• Mathematical skills Analytical skills to define problems, collect appropriate and relevant data, establish facts, and draw reasonable conclusions from gathered information.
• Ability to derive inventory requirements from Bills of Material.
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion.
• Previous certified forklift experience

Desired

• Warehouse/Receiving/Inventory experience in the aerospace or automotive industry.