Warehouse Associate

Avient Corporation; Avon Lake (OH); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation in Avon Lake, OH is seeking a Warehouse Associate to perform packing, pulling and checking orders, replenishment, shipping, receiving and general material handling in accordance with company policies.

Paid $20.00 per hour with 1st, 2nd and 3rd shifts available. Candidates must have a High School Diploma or GED and experience in warehouse operations, forklift licensing and strong attention to safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Forklift Operators License preferred.
• Attention to safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Unloads goods and materials, enters data into system, labels and locates material.
• Pulls and stages customer orders, repacks as needed, packs and labels materials.
• Ensures proper labeling and handles receiving/shipping transactions.
• Participates in cycle counting and adjusts records as needed.
• Operates forklifts and other material handling equipment.
• Adheres to safety rules and company policies.

Skills

Forklift License

Manual Dexterity

Quantitative Skills

Reading Comprehension

Conflict Resolution Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Completed

Job description

Position is responsible for a variety of warehouse duties including packing, pulling/checking customer orders, replenishment, shipping and receiving materials, and material handling and completing all required paperwork in accordance to company policies and procedures.

Pay: : $20.00

Shift:

1st: 5:30AM-1:30PM; Monday- Friday
2nd: 1:30PM-9:30PM: Monday - Friday
3rd: 9:30PM-5:30AM; Sunday - Thursday

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Unloads goods and material received, enters appropriate information into system, labels and locates material.
• Separates customer orders. Pulls and stages orders. Repacks material if required to meet customer specifications. As required, makes boxes, packs, labels and locates materials.
• Ensures all products are properly labeled.
• May perform functions/transactions in designated system to receive or ship material.
• Participates in cycle counting. Enters and verifies information. Researches and makes adjustments as necessary.
• Reviews preventative maintenance check sheets for forklifts. Ensures good working order of machines.
• Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• May be required to handle the accumulation, disposal and transportation of hazardous waste. If required to do so, must participate in prerequisite training in order to meet RCRA waste management requirements.
• Drives fork lifts, locomotives, track-mobiles or other heavy duty material movers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical/Environ. Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and use foot/feet to operate machine. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 55 pounds and frequently move more than 250 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. Work is inside and the typical noise level is loud. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; outside weather conditions; and explosives. Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals.

Scope

Manufacturing Plant.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED
• Completed

Experience

• Manufacturing - Materials
• 1 Year
• Manufacturing - Warehouse Experience
• 1 Year
• Cross Functional - Problem Solving Techniques
• 1 Year

Skills and Certifications

• Manufacturing/Maintenance - Fork Lift Operators License
• Completed
• Personal Skills - Manual Dexterity
• Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Quantitative Skills
• Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Reading/Comprehension
• Intermediate
• Personal Skills - Conflict Resolution Skills
• Intermediate

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