Warehouse Associate- 1st shift

Avient-; Lewiston (ME); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient in Lewiston, ME is seeking a warehouse associate to support packing, order pulling, receiving, and shipping operations.

You will unload, label, and locate materials, perform cycle counts, maintain safety standards, and help with paperwork in accordance with company policies. This role requires physical stamina and the ability to lift up to 55 pounds in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Unloads goods and materials, enters information into the system, labels and locates material.
• Pulls and stages customer orders and packs / repacks as needed to meet specs.
• Participates in cycle counting and verifies information in the system.
• Maintains safety, housekeeping and compliance with all rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Unload goods, label and locate material; enter data into the system.
• Pull/pack/ship orders and stage materials for shipping.
• Assist in cycle counting and data verification in inventory system.
• Maintain safety, housekeeping, and comply with hazardous waste procedures when required.

Skills

Forklift operation

Order picking

Shipping and receiving

Cycle counting

Safety compliance

Tools

Warehouse management system (WMS)

Job description

Are you looking for a stable job with great benefits and pay? Consider becoming part of the Avient team!We know your time is valuable and you have a lot of job ads to review. Let us break down the important details!Pay: $22/hrHours: 8:00AM - 4:30PMDays: Monday - FridayWhat is the job: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.Essential Duties & ResponsibilitiesUnloads 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. DemandsWhile 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, hearingprotection, 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.ScopeManufacturing Plant.Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [e-mail].