Warehouse Maintenance Tech

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG); Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Associated Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (AWG) in Oklahoma City seeks a Maintenance Worker to perform battery care, forklift battery changes, floor cleaning and general warehouse upkeep. You will document activities on daily logs and follow safety rules to protect yourself and the team.

The role requires physical stamina, willingness to work long hours as needed, and adherence to company policies. Entry-level position with on-the-job training provided.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications specified in the job posting.

Responsibilities

• Add water to batteries and document on daily log sheet.
• Change batteries for forklifts using battery-changing equipment and document on daily log sheet.
• Clean floors and bays using broom, etc.
• Safely operate industrial equipment based on successful certification.
• Use protective equipment or clothing as required; maintain and return equipment in good condition.
• Perform all duties accurately and safely according to safety rules; this is a safety sensitive position.

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Ability to perform the following duties along with all other duties as requested or assigned by the Maintenance management staff.

• Add water to batteries and document on daily log sheet.
• Change batteries for forklifts using battery-changing equipment and document on daily log sheet.
• Clean floors and bays using broom, etc.
• Safely operates industrial equipment based on successful certification.
• Uses protective equipment or clothing as required or as necessary. Responsible for using, maintaining and returning equipment, clothing, uniforms or other company issued property in the same condition as received.
• Performs all above duties accurately and safely according to company safety rules, policies and procedures.
• This is a safety sensitive position.

Experience Required: Entry level position. No experience required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to safely perform the essential functions of all maintenance worker positions. The maintenance worker positions require heavy manual labor. A reasonable accommodation may be considered according to the ADA if it would not impose an undue hardship on the operations of the business without significant difficulty or expense. The reasonable accommodation would permit a qualified employee the ability to perform all essential functions of the job within the safety and contractual guidelines of the position.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to perform a full range of motion for arms, legs, neck and back, requiring strength and endurance, standing, walking, use of hands to finger, handle, pinch, grip, grasp or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms sometimes overhead or to areas of limited access and including a full vertical reach, climb, balance, bend, twist, turn, stoop, squat, kneel, crouch, crawl, see, talk, hear and smell.

The employee must be able to vertically lift and/or move items weighing up to 100 pounds from ground level to overhead.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee must be able to work the work schedule and may also be required to work long hours for consecutive days depending on warehouse demands and business needs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, extreme cold, extreme heat, electric equipment, chemicals, and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually average to loud with a range of sounds, including driving loud equipment.

This position will utilize and protect all available resources to accomplish the company's mission of serving our membership and contribute to the growth and financial success of the company.

Obtaining experience or certification in the following categories will assist a maintenance worker in gaining Levels of work responsibilities:

• Arc Welding
• Air Arc Cutting
• Torch Soldering
• Battery Charger Repair
• Battery Rebuilding
• Spray Painting
• Sheet Metal Repair
• Certified Welding
• AC/DC Electric
• Anhydrous ammonia
• HVAC