Warehouse Associate

Company Overview

Come join a winning Team! Since 1970 Plastic Express has met the bulk trucking, bulk terminal, packaging, and warehousing needs of the plastics industry. Our strategic locations, modern systems, and dedicated employees allow us to provide custom tailored logistical solutions to fulfill the most challenging needs of our customers. Plastic Express operates from 18 warehouse locations and 37 rail terminals across the US. At many of the Plastic Express sites, we also handle some Non-plastic commodities, which include; paper rolls, steel, building materials and other dry bulk materials. Plastic Express owns and operates roughly 190 trucks, with approximately 227 trailers performing full bulk truck distribution business. Plastic Express is headquartered in Houston, TX and has over 500 employees nationwide. Our goal has always been to exceed our customer's expectations, and our can do-attitude is what differentiates us from the competition.

Plastic Express employees have always been our key to success and total customer satisfaction. We are always looking for dependable & talented business professionals that will help us to grow and to continue our “Can Do” tradition.

Job Summary:

With reporting responsibilities to the Warehouse Manager, this position is directly responsible for performing essential warehouse functions in a safety sensitive and production environment. Responsibilities include warehouse operations, shipping/receiving, packaging operation, maintaining inventories, performing light maintenance, training new staff when requested, record keeping, and communication of issues with management. Additional duties and responsibilities may be added or deleted at any time.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Warehouse Operations

• Unloads goods and material received, enters appropriate information into system, labels and locates material.
• Separates customer orders, pulls and stages orders, repacks material if required to meet customer specifications.
• Ensures all products are properly labeled.
• May perform functions/transactions in designated system to receive or ship material.
• Participates in cycle counting, enters and verifies information, researches and makes adjustments as necessary.
• Reviews preventative maintenance check sheets for forklifts and ensures good working order of machines.
• Conducts daily equipment inspections and ensures inspection paperwork is done correctly and turned in daily.
• Follows and complies with all safety and work rules and regulations, maintains departmental housekeeping standards.
• Participates in daily safety briefings and monthly safety meetings.
• Must participate in operations training and development programs.
• Must demonstrate positive and healthy attitude at all times while performing job functions.
• May be required to handle the accumulation, disposal and transportation of hazardous waste.
• Operates forklifts, scissor lifts, reach trucks, railmovers or other heavy-duty material movers when properly certified.
• Responsible for reviewing all receipts and shipments with actual incoming or outgoing material.
• Ensures all documentation matches product being shipped or received.
• Performs relocation of goods and tracks/records the relocations as necessary.
• Maintains meticulous records of shipping/receiving documentation.

Packaging Operation

• Monitors and conducts the day-to-day operation of the packaging operations.
• Helps maintain all inventories related to packaging and warehouse operations through communication with management.
• Reports any related operational problems to the Warehouse Manager.
• Ensures that all related production documentation is correct and submitted in a timely manner.
• Ensures that all safety and production procedures are being followed.
• Maintains a clean work environment and excellent housekeeping practices in all work areas.

Maintenance

• Performs routine and/or required light maintenance on all related packaging equipment.
• Supervises any outside maintenance work and contractors when requested by management.
• Ensures that all safety procedures are followed during any machine outage and/or maintenance.
• Maintains detailed maintenance inspection records and logs.
• Communicates all related equipment issues with Warehouse Manager.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Must be able to safely operate a forklift and pass site forklift certification.
• Must have the ability to think independently and make decisions in the company’s best interest.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills; must be multi-task oriented.
• Must be able to work overtime, long hours, weekends, and holidays when needed.

Required Education and Experience:

• Minimum education: high school diploma or equivalent.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Previous warehousing experience is preferred.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications:

• None required for this position.

Supervisory Responsibility:

• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment:

This position works in a warehouse setting, with some outdoor exposure during the workday. This role routinely uses standard office equipment and standard warehouse equipment.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• Must be able to perform physical labor such as lifting up to 55 lbs., moving up to 250 pounds, climbing ladders, and operating control panels.
• Must possess vision abilities required by this job function.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are normally 10:00 pm – 6:30 am. Must be able to work overtime, long hours, weekends, and holidays when needed.

Travel:

0% Travel is expected for this position.

Compensation:

$18.00 - $20.00 per hour, non-exempt, based on experience.

Benefits and Perks:

• Family health benefit packages
• Vacation pay after 90 days
• Holiday pay after 90 days
• Company matching 401k retirement program after 90 days

Duties and responsibilities may be added, deleted and/or changed at any time at the discretion of management.

In line with Plastic Express’ Environmental Promise, the hired individual is expected to enthusiastically support all facets of Operation Clean Sweep.

If you have an interest in working at Plastic Express, please forward your resume including a brief work history.