Warehouse Associate Back-up Driver - Gainsville, FL

There’s a Place for You at World Electric

A career at World Electric is more than a job. You’re investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers. World Electric offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate throughout Florida and Georgia and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.

Being “Powered by Difference” means we respect and value diverse perspectives. Within World Electric we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.

We are hiring a Warehouse Associate/Back-up Driver to join our team!  

Job Type: Full Time 

What You’ll Do  

The Warehouse Associate / Back-up Driver is responsible for supporting daily warehouse operations, including receiving, storing, and distributing materials, tools, equipment, and products. This role also serves as a back-up delivery driver, ensuring timely and safe transportation of goods to customers or job sites when needed. 

You will: 

Warehouse 

• Receiving: 

• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, packing slips, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed. 

• Marks materials with identifying information. 

• Opens bales, crates, and other containers. 

• Verifies and records amounts of materials or items received or distributed. 

• Drives equipment to transport items within the warehouse. 

• Uses computer to enter records. 

• Compiles worksheets or tickets from customer specifications. 

• Put away: 

• Sorts and places material or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, style, or product code. 

• Sorts and stores stocked goods in warehouse. 

• Marks materials with identifying information. 

• Weighs or counts items for distribution within warehouse to ensure conformance to company standards. 

• Picking: 

• Fills requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes items to customers and sales. 

• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department. 

• Compiles worksheets or tickets from customer specifications. 

• Packing: 

• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed. 

• Verifies the product that has been picked and documents discrepancies on an error log and has correct product re-picked. 

• Confirm tickets. 

• Uses computer to enter records. 

• Loading 

• Consolidates freight for shipping. 

Driver 

• Communicate with sales associates or managers through problem solving to meet customer needs.   

• Acts in a helpful and cooperative manner towards customers and World associates.