Distribution Warehouse Associate

About Woodgrain

Woodgrain is a top producer of mouldings, doors, and windows, and a premier distributor of specialty building products. With 70 years of experience, Woodgrain is one of the top millwork operations globally. The company is family-owned and operated, with a focus on quality manufacturing craftsmanship and service.

About the Role

The Distribution Warehouse Associate is responsible for operating a forklift vehicle for the purpose of moving, stacking, replenishment, staging, and loading/unloading material for shipment. The role requires safe and efficient operation of the vehicle and may include performing Order Puller duties as needed.

Key Responsibilities

• Operates forklift in a safe and efficient manner.
• Inspects and records maintenance on the forklift at the beginning and end of each shift.
• Receives, unloads, moves, and stacks material in designated warehouse locations.
• Safely and efficiently moves material from the warehouse to staging locations for loading.
• Uses forklift to move material from warehouse staging to the trailer for loading.
• Uses a route sheet to properly load trailers.
• Utilizes proper loading techniques to ensure material is safe, stable, and secure on the trailer.
• Cleans trailers prior to loading, removing debris, returned materials, or orders to be reshipped, and placing material in designated locations.
• Operates a stacking machine.
• Performs replenishment duties, including moving full and empty racks in accordance with SOP.
• Operates a handheld scanner to track material in warehouse locations.
• Performs Order Puller duties as needed, including efficiently picking customer orders for shipment, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and damage-free status.
• Appropriately lifts and stacks material on carts for banding/wrapping.
• Prints and places shipping labels on materials.
• Assists with physical inventories.
• Maintains a clean, neat, and orderly work area.
• Complies with company safety policies and OSHA standards.
• Packaging of customer orders.
• Attends safety meetings.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Forklift License/Certification
• Handheld scanner

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED or up to six months of related experience or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s.
• Ability to perform mathematical operations using units of American money, weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Regularly exposed to outside weather conditions (heat and cold).
• Moderate noise level in the work environment.