Warehouse Lead - 1st Shift

POSITION: Warehouse Lead - 1st Shift

PAY: $25.50-28.05

 

SUMMARY

 

To oversee and support forklift drivers on product movement. Loading and unloading of product. 

 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Safety Checks for forklift drivers
• Glasses
• Ear Plugs
• Fork truck seatbelts
• Dock locks
• Trailer chalks
• Follow all safety standards
• Complete daily equipment Checklist (forklift and trailer)
• Report any equipment maintenance issues
• Organize forklift driver daily task
• Follow Load Plan and loading instructions
• Verify accuracy of Closed Trailer Reports and Load Plans
• Scan units, bays, and trailers as required
• Review and monitor unit appearance
•  Check status of outgoing orders and load plans
• Locate orders/units on items that cannot be found
• Monitor Trailer utilization (empties in dock doors when needed)
• Pallet Inventory
• Verify accuracy of forklift drivers loading of trailers
• Daily meeting with Shift Lead (issues, shipments, notes)
• Organize and complete cycle counts on finish goods during the month

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• High school diploma or GED
• Five years’ experience in a manufacturing environment

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

• Experience in the corrugated container industry
• Computer literate (MS Excel and MS Word)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Excellent communication skills. 
• Able to read and interpret documents such as bill of ladings, packing slips, training and procedure manuals. 
• Ability to write shipping reports and correspondence. 
• Ability to speak effectively.

REASONING ABILITY

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form. 
• Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with situations where limited information or standardization exists.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure. 
• Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.   

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Computer literate (MS Office including Word and Excel), data entry skills
• Application knowledge of products and production processes
• Quality standards – both ISO and QS

PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. 
• The employee is sometimes required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch. 
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

 

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

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving equipment in the work area.
•  The employee is sometimes exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, along with hot and cold temperatures depending upon the season.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

LEADERSHIP ATTRIBUTES

 

The individual must possess the following:

• Time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently.
• Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates that he/she has a high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead his/her personnel to a successful resolution.
• Excellent employee rela