About this role
Warehouse Associate | Monroe, NJ | $19.00 - $24.00 / hour | Monthly Bonus Opportunities
Benefits:
- PTO offered immediately
- Paid holidays
- Monthly Bonus Opportunities
- Premium FREE Employee Healthcare and Life Insurance
- 401k with Company Match
- Education Assistance
Essential Functions & Job Responsibilities:
- Ability to operate forklifts, man lifts, and overhead cranes in accordance with company procedure.
- Load and unload materials and finished products from trucks and rail cars, where applicable.
- Build wooden skids based on design specifications.
- Manage the movement of materials to and from designated areas.
- Perform duties in a safe and efficient manner, including wearing appropriate personal protective equipment.
- Report all accidents, incidents and unsafe acts or conditions immediately.
Required Skills & Abilities:
- Able to read and comprehend work orders, directions, and safety and procedural manuals Ability to understand written and verbal communication in the English language.
- Ability to use and interpret tape measure.
- Ability to drive a forklift and operate an overhead crane (company will train and certify).
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
- Infrequent lifting of weight up to 50 pounds from floor to waist level.
- Carrying up to 50 pounds at waist level for a distance no greater than 5 feet on a semi-frequent basis.
- Ability to use a rotating motion of shoulder to toss items weighing up to 30 pounds on a frequent basis.
- Must be able to bend, squat and/or crouch down using knee and hip movement frequently.
- Frequent torso movement involving twisting, bending and/or stretching is performed.
- Frequent reaching and stretching of arms below and above shoulder level.
- Frequent head and neck motion in looking up, down and from side to side.
- Ability to stand and/or walk for up to 8 hours per day.
- Using full body motion to climb in and out of forklifts.
- Ability to push and pull weight of up to 30 pounds at chest level.
- Utilize manual dexterity of arms, elbows, wrists and fingers.
- Ability to visually interpret multiple shades of colors.
- Must be able to hear, speak and interpret sounds.
- Work environment contains moving mechanical parts and is consistent with the standard manufacturing and/or warehousing environments.
- Work may be performed near moderate to continuous loud noise.