Mover II

Corovan Corporation; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Corovan Corporation is seeking a dedicated Mover II in San Leandro, CA. The role involves lifting, carrying and moving furniture and equipment to and from trucks and warehouses. You will work under supervision, communicate with drivers and forepersons, and ensure quality service while upholding safety standards.

Daily duties include loading/unloading, staging products, and maintaining accurate timesheets. A high school diploma or GED and moving experience are preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and interpret English procedures, work instructions, and timesheets.
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and coworkers.
• Basic arithmetic for completing tasks and documenting work.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.

Responsibilities

• Check start times with dispatch daily and obtain daily work assignments.
• Move furniture and equipment safely using dollies, ramps, and lift gates.
• Load/unload trucks and assist drivers as needed.
• Maintain customer service and professional conduct with customers and teams.
• Follow safety rules and wear required PPE and protective gear.

Skills

Organization skills

Language skills

Mathematical skills

Reasoning ability

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Dollies

Pads

Straps

Pallet jacks

Forklifts

Ramps

Lift gates

Roll-a-lifts

Genie lifts

Job description

• Pay or shift range: $20.50 USD to $23.50 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Description

$20.50 - $23.38 / hour

Reporting to the Operations Manager/Transportation Manager, the Mover II physically lifts, carries and/or pushes furniture, equipment, and cartons on wheels to and from trucks, offices and warehouses as requested by the customer. May assist in loading and offloading trucks from docks and/or on a lift-gate and setting & offsetting goods on equipment. Responsible to produce a quality move for the customer. Assists the move process by communicating with Driver, Lead Foreman, Driver Foreman, Supervisors or Project Managers, the end users/customer, and other crewmembers. Uses extreme care not to damage goods or facilities during the move.

This position is also responsible for reporting and escalating any related issues about the job to the Driver, Lead Foreman, Driver Foreman, Supervisor or Project Manager. Typically obtains daily site work role assignments from the Driver, Lead Foreman, Driver Foreman, Supervisor, or Project Manager, however, has a dotted line to the Dispatcher, Operations Supervisor and directly reports to the Operations Manager/Transportation Manager.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Account Assignments:

• Checks for start time (for next day’s work schedule) with dispatch daily.
• Arrives at Corovan dispatch office (or on-site), in complete uniform every day.
• Obtains daily work assignments from dispatch or operations manager.
• Pushes, pulls, lifts, carries, and moves furniture, equipment and boxes as required on various floors and sometimes up and down stairs.
• Assists Drivers loading and unloading trucks using a ramp, dock, or lift-gate.
• Properly loads and unloads trucks from loading dock, using ramps or on lift-gates to protect goods being moved and occasionally supervises other movers doing the same. Completes all paperwork accurately and neatly and turns into operations daily.
• Handles and stages product, performs detail work and trash-out functions on install projects.

Training:

• Trains Mover I employees with guidance from Driver, Lead Foreman, Driver Foreman, Supervisor and Project Manager.

Customer Relations:

• Maintain excellent customer service with the customers, transportation, and operation teams to establish solid relationships.
• Must be punctual at all times. If an emergency arises, inform the supervisor and operations supervisor, or manager immediately, so that appropriate coverage can be arranged.
• Must work cooperatively with members of the crew.
• Must be courteous, helpful, and professional to all existing and potential customers.
• Must be respectful of rules at each customer site as to where to work and adhere to meal and rest period locations.
• Must follow all confidentiality rules regarding any processes, products or services that are visible at a customer’s move site.
• Must follow all security rules for the company and assigned customers.

Safety:

• Performing work with quality, efficiency, and safety at all times.
• Must abide by all safety rules; to include proper safety gear (back braces, safety glasses, safety shoes, hard hats, masks and/or gloves, etc. as required by the customer or by law), drive forklifts safely (seatbelt, slow speeds, ensuring trucks are chalked and using proper plates, etc.).
• Report any unsafe dangerous requests from customers to senior management.

Other duties:

• Sign timesheets daily signifying your start, meal periods and end time daily and other documentation is completed accurately and turned in by the time requirement.
• All other duties as assigned based on business needs.

QUALIFICATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

COMPETENCIES:

1. ORGANIZATION SKILLS - Organization and project planning skills with ability to juggle multiple assignments and tasks.
2. LANGUAGE SKILLS - Ability to read and interpret documents written in English such as procedures, work instructions, and timesheets. Ability to effectively communicate with customers and coworkers.
3. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS - Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
4. REASONING ABILITY - Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
5. OTHER DUTIES:
   • a. Problem solving and strong decision-making skills
   • b. Must be familiar with and able to train Mover I’s using various moving equipment and its proper usage such as dollies, carts, pads, straps, pallet jacks, forklifts, ramps, lift gates, and all specialty equipment including but not limited to roll-a-lifts, Genie lifts safe jacks, J bars, etc.
   • c. Must be familiar with laboratory moving including packing of lab equipment, fine tune and detail work, PC disconnect and reconnect and must possess good customer service skills.
   • d. Must be familiar with the O&I (Office & Industrial) move process and understand the move labeling and directional signage.
   • e. May act as a lead in setting and offsetting furniture during a move.
   • f. Must complete Mover I & II Level Corovan University training and pass the written tests.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

1. High School Diploma and/or general education degree (GED); or 1.5 to 2 year’s related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience.

2. One (1) year of warehouse/moving experience required, using various moving equipment and its proper usage such as dollies, carts, pads, straps, pallet jacks, forklifts, ramps, lift gates, and all specialty equipment including but not limited to roll-a-lifts, Genie lifts safe jacks, and J bars.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

1. Walking: May require walking primarily on a level surface but may include walking on