Join Acorn Distributors, a multi-million dollar distributor of janitorial and foodservice products. We provide expert solutions to the following industries: Education, Healthcare, Government, Lodging, Commercial, Property Management, Restaurants and Catering.
Job Description:
Pick, pack and load product from the distribution center to delivery trucks, manually or with forklifts, dollies, or hand trucks. Work second shift hours which include varying end times.
Work Hours: 5:00pm Start Time
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
Read customer order, work order, or shipping order to determine items to be picked and loaded for customer
Assemble customer orders from stock and place orders on pallets to be loaded on delivery trucks
Load product on trucks as required in predetermined order
Ensure product is not damaged and is loaded in a manner that allows for ease in sorting and selecting upon delivery
Perform equipment inspections and complete log sheets at the beginning of every shift
Clean distribution center and plug all necessary equipment into charging stations at the end of every shift
Follow OSHA and safety standards, report violations to direct supervisor (DC Supervisor - 2nd Shift)
Other duties, as required
*Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.*
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
Must be able to communicate and comprehend both written and oral information
Job requires employees to be able to stand for prolonged periods of time
Competence in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Must be certified by Acorn Distributors on all equipment as required OSHA within 90 days
Education/Work Experience:
High School diploma or equivalent
A minimum of six (6) months to one (1) year of experience in a distribution center
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
Repetitive, physically demanding work
Regularly required to reach with hands and arms, stand, walk, and use hands to handle or feel, and sort and load
Occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk and hear
Frequently required to lift and/or move excessive weight (50 pounds or more)
Occasionally required to read a computer monitor, communicate on the telephone, write for short periods of time, and sort and file
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision and the ability to adjust focus
Work is performed in a secured distribution center environment with moderate to high level noise
The employee may occasionally be exposed to fumes or airborne particles and outside weather conditions, and environment temperature may fluctuate according to season
Can be stressful and may have stringent deadlines to meet – employees are expected to maintain certain levels of productivity and accuracy