Warehouse Associate ( Bilingual-Spanish)

Warehouse Associate - LD

PAY RATE - $15.00 - $18.00

JOB SUMMARY:

This position will

• move product through the receiving process and unto the sales floor
• participate with larger warehouse organization projects

This is a warehouse operation full of new and use building materials that are sold to the public in its 45000 square foot location in SE Baltimore City near Highlandtown. The warehouse redirects usable materials from the waste-stream and redistributes them low-cost to the community. " you could build a house with what people throw away." This warehouse is the nation's first successful, self-sustaining non-profit material reuse center since 1984.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Product & section maintenance and organization throughout warehouse
• Unloading trucks
• Cleaning and sorting product
• Organizing materials on pallets
• Moving materials to the sales floor from overstock
• Using equipment as trained, such as pallet jacks
• Cleaning warehouse sections (sweeping etc.)
• Customer service on the sales floor

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred
• Prior retail, production, warehouse, material handling or customer service experience preferred

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

• None

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Building material knowledge
• Spanish speaking
• Forklift experience a plus ( sit-down propane) but not required
• Construction site experience a plus

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Lifting to 50 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds. May be required to regularly stand for extended periods of time, walk, reach with hands/arms with full range of motion, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, push or pull. Regularly required to talk and hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts, wet and/or humid conditions, dusty or airborne particles and outside weather conditions. The noise level is usually moderate.

REPORTS TO: Manager on duty

EOE/MFDV