Warehouse Worker - Sumter School District

Sumter School District; Sumter (SC); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Sumter School District is seeking a Warehouse Worker (Non-exempt) to join the Maintenance/Custodial/Warehouse team in Sumter, SC. The role involves unloading, shelving, inventory checks, and delivering school supplies and materials around campuses.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or equivalent and 1+ year of warehouse/delivery experience; a valid SC driver’s license is required. Forklift operation may be needed in daily tasks.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; 1+ years warehouse/delivery experience.
• Valid South Carolina Driver’s License.
• Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Responsibilities

• Unload, check, and shelve incoming materials and supplies.
• Inspect incoming stock and report shortages or damages.
• Assist other warehouse staff on deliveries and duties as required.
• Stock, shelve, fill requisitions and check materials and supplies.
• Prepare delivery orders and pick items from various locations.

Skills

Driver’s license

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Forklift operation

Job description

Warehouse Worker - Sumter School District (JobID: 2964)

• Position Type: Maintenance/Custodial/Warehouse Worker
• Date Posted: 7/21/2026
• Location: Sumter School District

Job Description

Position

Warehouse Worker, Non‑exempt

Qualifications

High school diploma, preferred or equivalent; supplemented by one (1) or more years general warehouse and delivery experience. Any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Possession of a valid South Carolina Driver's License. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Reports To

Maintenance Supervisor

Job Goal

Under general supervision, participates in the organization and maintenance of warehouse supplies, materials and equipment. Picks up and delivers school supplies, materials, and equipment. Exercises limited judgment and discretion in planning and prioritizing work in receiving, storing and distribution of supplies, materials and equipment. Work is performed with some independence and use of some independent judgment.

Job Duties

• Unloads, checks and shelves incoming materials, equipment and supplies. Receives merchandise and unloads trucks.
• Inspects incoming stock for conformity to purchase orders and reports shortages, damages and other discrepancies.
• Assists other warehouse service personnel on assigned deliveries and other duties as required.
• Performs a variety of warehousing functions including stocking, shelving, filling requisitions and checking materials and supplies.
• Prepares delivery orders. Picks up various items from locations including school and site equipment, furniture and supplies.
• Operates forklifts, pallet jacks, vans and trucks to perform duties. Assists in the maintenance of stock records and inventory counts.
• Computer skills and knowledge of District financial software system to perform various job duties, including stock inventory, asset compliance, vendor history and purchase order history.
• Telephone and email correspondence with District staff and suppliers to resolve order and supply issues as needed to ensure proper receipt and delivery of ordered merchandise.
• Process product discrepancies and freight claims with suppliers and freight companies.
• Maintains the warehouse in a safe and orderly condition.
• Performs all other duties and responsibilities designated by the Executive Director of Operations and the Maintenance Director.

Standards Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• Physical Requirements: Requires medium work that involves walking, standing, stooping, crouching, crawling, climbing, stretching or lifting all of the time and also involves exerting between 20 and 50 pounds of force on a recurring basis, or considerable skill, adeptness and speed in the use of fingers, hands or limbs in tasks involving very close tolerances or limits of accuracy.
• Data Conception: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or compositional characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.
• Interpersonal Communication: Requires the ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information. Includes the giving of assignments and instructions to subordinates. Includes the receiving of information and instructions from supervisor.
• Language Ability: Requires the ability to read a variety of administrative, technical and other documents and reports. Requires the ability to prepare various types of reports and documents with the proper format. Has the ability to speak before others with poise, voice control and confidence.
• Intelligence: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in oral, written, diagrammatic or schedule form. Requires the ability to apply influence systems in staff supervision; to learn and understand principles and techniques; to make independent judgments in absence of supervision; to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation. Must have the ability to comprehend and interpret received information.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow and give verbal and written instructions; to counsel and teach employees. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical and/or professional languages including facility management, building
• Numeric Aptitude: Requires the ability to add and subtract totals, to multiply and divide, to determine percentages and decimals and to determine time. Must be able to use practical applications of fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
• Motor Coordination: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes in using office and specialized equipment; to operate motor vehicles.
• Manual Dexterity: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items, office equipment, control knobs, switches, hand and power tools, measuring devices, etc. Must have significant levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Color Discrimination: Requires the ability to differentiate colors and shades of color.
• Interpersonal Temperament: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress when confronted with emergency situations or tight deadlines. The worker may be subject to tension as a regular, consistent part of the job. Worker may be subject to danger or risk to a moderate degree.
• Physical Communications: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear).

Terms

240 days.

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation by the Director of Maintenance.

Equal Opportunity Employer

SUMTER SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER