Warehouse Worker

Overhead Door; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Overhead Door is seeking a warehouse associate to maintain a clean, safe, and productive environment in Portland. You will load/unload materials, prepare shipping paperwork, and ensure items match records. The role requires forklift certification and a valid driver’s license, with strong teamwork and safety focus.

Responsibilities include inventory checks, packing, and coordinating with truck drivers and other departments to ensure timely delivery and accurate shipments.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED, or related warehouse experience.
• Forklift certification and valid driver's license.
• Ability to read, interpret schedules and orders.
• Excellent communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Load and unload materials from trucks and pallets.
• Prepare bill of lading and shipping paperwork.
• Inspect and count items against records.
• Maintain clean, safe warehouse environment.
• Operate forklift and related equipment.
• Follow OSHA safety guidelines.

Skills

Safety awareness

Attention to detail

Reading comprehension

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Driver's License

Job description

Responsible for maintaining the needs of the warehouse while ensuring a safe, clean, and productive work environment for self and other team members.

Job Duties:

• Loads and unloads materials onto or from trucks, trailers, pallets, trays, racks and shelves by hand or forklift and understands dimensions of product, van and beds for most efficient layout. Depending on weight may require assistance from other warehouse personnel.
• Loading procedures include all shoring, banding, air bags and section protection with minimal damage
• Checks identifying information and counts, weighs or measures items of outgoing shipments to verify information against bill of lading, orders or other records
• Prepares necessary paperwork, tagging product, prepare bill of lading, bill of material check off
• Counts and records number of units of materials moved or handled daily from various documents; Inventories materials and prepares inventory cycle count reports for local inventory specialist and other departments as requested
• Attaches identifying tags or shipping labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales or other containers
• Reads production schedule, customer orders, work orders, shipping orders, or load plans to determine items to be gather or consolidated. May follow oral instructions to ascertain materials to be moved. Unloads and places in proper storage areas.
• Modifies product as needed which may include glazing, cut down, spring customization, modify track, building hardware boxes and/or cables.
• Inspects material handling environment equipment for defects and notifies maintenance personnel or contacts outside service facility
• Receives returned good and damaged products and returns product to stock and processes paperwork
• Fills orders and assembles material and items with minimal mistakes
• Stacks or assembles materials into bundles and bands bundles together; may also assemble various materials (wood, cardboard, or similar) for packaging to protect product as needed
• Ability to safely and efficiently operate forklift and other equipment as needed under limited conditions
• Follows all safety policies and guidelines as required including OSHA
• Understands quality guidelines and expectations
• Communicates well with customers, department supervisors, truck drivers, office personnel and other employees
• Keep area clean and neat
• Lifts heavy objects by hand and cleans work area
• Assists in the preparation of special order doors for shipment
• Uses knowledge of all location of products to work efficiently
• Prepares parcels for shipment on various shipping vendors (UPS, Fedex, etc)
• May be required to use barcode scanners and have some system capabilities to be able to enter, retrieve, and send data to the respective system
• Other duties as assigned

Education and/or Experience:

High school diploma or GED; or one to three months of related work experience in a warehouse environment and/or related training; or equivalent combination of education and experience

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Language Skills:

Ability to read, interpret and comprehend various rules, procedures and instructions, including safety rules, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations to other employees of the organization. Ability to communicate with customers.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Uses good listening, verbal, people, and team building skills to coordinate activities.

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations:

Driver's License and forklift certification required.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While as accurate as possible,