Warehouse Helper

About This Role

This role performs material handling, custody, and control functions within a warehouse to support construction field activities, including shipping, receiving, tool issuing, and inventory control.

Responsibilities

• Carry out day to day activities of the warehouse department, including shipping and receiving of products and materials
• Issue tools and manage documentation and inventory control
• Select and prepare daily shipments, including pulling orders, packaging, and completing freight/invoice paperwork
• Palletize and wrap skids, and deliver completed orders to designated shipping areas or disciplines
• Assist in loading and unloading trucks for received items
• Examine and inspect items for damage and defects; identify incorrect/short shipped items
• Pack, unpack, and mark stock items using identification labels and stickers
• Perform onsite warehouse inventories, maintenance, and restocking, fill backorders and product bins
• Ensure all shipping/receiving documents are completed accurately and on time
• Operate forklift and other equipment such as stand-up lift, sit-down lift, propane, and scissor lifts

Requirements

• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively with management/supervision
• Knowledge of the safe and efficient use of hand tools, power tools and layout tools
• Ability to constantly move about a construction/industrial site (stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl)
• Ability to work in a construction environment and be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Ability to work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• Ability to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold (may exceed 200 feet)
• Ability to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Ability to move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Ability to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• Ability to lift and move items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Required tools
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing
• Ability to pass fit for duty medical

Qualifications

• High school diploma or its equivalent
• Previous years of experience in the field or in a related area is a plus, but entry-level accepted.

Nice to Have

• Previous years of experience in the field or in a related area
• Field experience in chosen craft discipline
• U.S. Driver License