Warehouse Associate (AM Shift)

Wafna; Santa Fe Springs (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Wafna is seeking a Warehouse Associate to support daily warehouse operations in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The role involves receiving, stocking, assembling, staging, loading and unloading products, while ensuring accuracy and quality control.

You will handle packing, shipping preparation, and inventory counts, with opportunities to train new staff and support other departments as needed. The position requires physical strength and the ability to work extended hours.

Qualifications

• Experience in receiving, stocking, assembling, staging, loading and unloading products.
• Ability to follow written and/or oral instructions.
• Lift heavy objects over 50 pounds.
• Operate pallet jack and perform preventive maintenance.
• Available to work extended hours.

Responsibilities

• Package finished product for shipping (shrink wrapping, boxing, labeling).
• Stage finished product for loading.
• Check purchase orders/work orders to ensure correct assembly and readiness for delivery.
• Check items to ensure correct quantity are assembled.
• Assist in inventory maintenance and counts.
• Load the finished product onto the truck.
• Unload products from trucks and stock them in designated areas.
• Ensure quality control to prevent damaged goods from being shipped or stored.
• Perform on-the-job training for new employees.
• Handle inventory movement into/out of controlled locations.
• Prepare customer orders for delivery.
• Provide fill-in support for other warehouse departments.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Organizational skills

Time management

English proficiency

Heavy lifting

Pallet jack operation

Material handler equipment

Physical stamina

Tools

Pallet jack

Forklift/other equipment

Job description

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 6:00 AM - 3:00 PM (with overtime)

Warehouse Associate 1 contributes to the efficient operation of the warehouse by providing labor support to the Branch Office. Warehouse Associate 1 in this job performs a range of general and specific warehouse tasks that can be easily learned on the job such as receiving, stocking, assembling, staging, loading, and unloading products.

• Package finished product for shipping (Shrink wrapping, boxing, labeling).
• Stages finished product for loading.
• Check purchase orders/ work orders to ensure that products are correctly assembled and ready for delivery.
• Check items to ensure that the correct number of products are being assembled.
• Assists in inventory level maintenance and inventory counts.
• Load the finished product onto the truck.
• Unload products from trucks, containers, and stock them in the designated area.
• Responsible for quality control. Ensure that no damaged products are sent out, and no damaged products will be stored.
• Operate pallet jack within standard operating procedures.
• Perform preventive maintenance on palette jacks.
• Perform on-the-job training for new employees.
• Handle inventory movement into and out of controlled locations.
• Prepare customers' orders for delivery.
• Provide fill-in support for other departments in the warehouse.
• Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Ability:

• Must be able to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under various time constraints
• Knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of the warehouse environment.
• The incumbent should be able to follow written and/or oral instructions
• Correctly follow a given rule or set of rules to arrange things or actions in a certain order;
• Require considerable and strenuous physical exertion so incumbents should be able to lift heavy objects over 50 pounds.
• Ability to operate material handler equipment proficiently.
• Ability to read, speak, and write in English.
• Physically strong, agile, dexterous, and undeterred by heights and adverse climatic conditions.
• Positive work history and ability to maintain solid attendance.
• Available to work extended hours.