Warehouse Associate

royalbrassandhose; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Brass and Hose is seeking a Warehouse Associate to perform essential warehouse duties, including pulling orders, packing for shipment, receiving freight, and maintaining inventory accuracy. The role involves hose assembly, kitting, and helping at the front counter with customer inquiries.

Safety, teamwork, and attention to detail are critical in this fast-paced environment. The position requires physical ability to lift and move heavy items, operate forklifts where certified, and work in

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and safely.
• Knowledge of industry safety standards.
• Great team spirit.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good math skills.
• Basic keyboard knowledge.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Drug free.

Responsibilities

• Order pulling and packing duties including various kits and discrepancy sheets.
• Shipping duties: packing, labeling, and documents for carriers.
• Receiving: verify shipments, put stock away, sign for deliveries.
• Quality control: visually inspect orders before shipping.
• Dispatch: ensure correct quantities, freight costs, and tracking numbers.
• Inventory/cycle counting as a team.
• Hose assembly and crimping for orders.
• Kitting: packaging components per spec.
• Front counter support and customer inquiries.

Skills

Independence

Safety awareness

Team spirit

Attention to detail

Math skills

Keyboard knowledge

Valid driver’s license

Drug free

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Job description

About Royal Brass and Hose

We distribute high-quality mobile equipment products like hydraulic and pneumatic parts, hoses, fittings, fasteners, adapters, and more. Our solutions, expertise and service excellence empower customer success. From 1949 until today, our successful growth has been driven by our Mission Statement, Customer Growth and Satisfaction through Exceptional Service.

Job purpose

Warehouse associate performs general warehouse duties such as but not limited to, working with heavy equipment like forklifts and pallet jacks to move freight. The warehouse worker completes paperwork, ensures tasks are completed safely with highest quality and on time. and must make decisions regarding the transfer of incoming and outgoing inventory. Warehouse associate works as a team to complete tasks safely with highest quality and on-time to our customers. They must be able to lift and carry heavy objects, and work in hot or cold weather. A warehouse worker should be alert, ambitious, hard-working, detail-oriented, and able to follow instructions while working as a team.

Essential Job Functions

• Order puller - Include but not limited to, pulling customer order, warehouse stock order, various kits, complete discrepancy sheets.
• Shipping - Include but not limited to, packing boxes, shipping labels and documents for UPS, FedEx, and motor freight.
• Receiving - Receive and verify shipments from vendors via UPS, FedEx, and Motor freight. Put stock in appropriate locations. Receive and sign for shipments.
• Quality Control - Through visual inspection verifies accuracy of every order before shipping.
• Dispatch -Dispatch orders to include correct quantity, freight costs, tracking numbers, weight of packages.
• Inventory/Control/Cycle Counting -Include but not limited to counting, measuring, recording as a team with other warehouse associates.
• Hose Assembly: Includes but not limited to assembling and crimping hose and fittings in small and large quantities for customer orders.
• Kitting - Includes but not limited to packaging various components to customer specification.
• Front Counter: Includes but not limited to receiving customer inquiries at the front counter and working as a team identify correct replacement. This may require fabrication of hose, fittings, and other components.
• Year-end inventory - Include but not limited to counting, measuring, recording as a team with other warehouse associates.
• Other Job Duties as Assigned: Include but not limited to housekeeping, preventative maintenance on equipment, team meeting participation that results in continuous improvement, posting performance metrics, organization of various celebrations, attending training meeting or classes.

Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and safely.
• Warehouse work experience a plus
• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Certified Forklift Driver a plus
• Knowledge of industry safety standards
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment for long periods.
• Great team spirit
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to work alone and self-motivated.
• Good math skills
• Basic keyboard knowledge
• Valid driver’s license
• Drug free.

Working conditions

• Minimal climate-controlled environment

Physical requirements

• Below waist lift 70lbs
• Above waist lift 50lbs
• Push 100lbs force
• Pull 100lbs force
• Overhead reach occasionally
• Stooping/Work bent over occasionally
• Climbing (Stairs, Ladder, Equipment Step-up) Occasionally
• Repetitive hand movements- stapling, using tape gun, grabbing bags, typing
• Constant Standing Position