Selector, Out Bound - SYGMA - Harrisburg, PA

The SYGMA Network; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The SYGMA Network is seeking a Warehouse Associate to hand-build pallets and load shipments in a fast-paced distribution center. You will read pick sheets, locate items with a pallet jack, label products, and prepare pallets for loading onto trucks.

Ideal candidates have a High school diploma or GED, up to 6 months of warehouse experience, and forklift/pallet jack certification. The role requires strict safety practices and accurate time-tracking using company tools.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 6 months warehouse experience preferred.
• Forklift and pallet jack certification/license required.

Responsibilities

• Read pick sheets and travel to warehouse locations using a pallet jack.
• Picks product type and quantity, labels products and places on a pallet and loads the pallet on trucks per zone and standards.
• Handles products and builds pallets according to food safety procedures to minimize damage and cross‑contamination.
• Maintains warehouse cleanliness and safety; acts on spills or damaged cases per company standards.

Skills

English communication

Pallet building

Forklift operation

Safety procedures

Time tracking

Education

High school diploma/GED/equivalent degree

Tools

Forklift

Pallet jack

Job description

Job Summary

This position serves our customers by hand-building pallets of product and loading product onto trailers according to established company and customer standards.

Responsibilities

• Reads pick sheets and travel to proper warehouse locations using a pallet jack.
• Picks proper product type and quantity, labels products and places on a pallet and loads the pallet on trucks according to proper zone, location, and established standards.
• Handles products and builds pallets according to established food safety procedures (e.g. visual inspection of the product for damages, proper placement on pallets to minimize cross‑contamination and damage).
• Ensures that the warehouse is maintained cleanly and safely according to company standards; takes appropriate corrective actions when a spill or damaged case is discovered; disposes of trash and recycling in proper receptacles.
• Communicates with the management team regarding any issues (e.g. products, out of stocks, safety issues, food safety concerns).
• Operates all company warehouse equipment (e.g. forklifts, pallet jacks, scanners) safely, according to company standards.
• Reports all equipment issues to a member of the management team.
• Completes all paperwork and utilizes a wearable computer to properly track time spent on assignments for productivity reporting.
• Works assigned schedule exhibiting regular and predictable attendance and works overtime as needed to meet workload demands.
• Other duties as assigned by management.

Education

• High school diploma/GED/equivalent degree

Experience

• 6 months of previous warehouse experience preferred; or equivalent work experience in place of a degree.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• Forklift and pallet jack license/certification.

Professional Skills

• Knowledge of safe lifting procedures and food safety guidelines.
• Skill in building pallets of products quickly, accurately and safely.
• Ability to operate forklift and/or pallet jack and maneuver in tight areas.
• Meet the minimum productivity levels established by the company.
• Read, write and communicate in English as it relates to the job and safety regulations.
• Perform basic math functions (e.g. add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Solve problems.
• Apply understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form.
• Wear personal protective equipment (e.g. safety shoes).

Physical Demand

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate 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 associate must regularly lift and/or move up to 50–90 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to hot, extreme cold and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts.
• The associate is frequently exposed to high, precarious places.
• The associate is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.