Adhesives, Communication Skills, Corrective Action, English Language, Forklift, Heavy Lifting, Housekeeping/Cleaning, Inventory Cycle Counts, Loading/Unloading, Material Moving, Mathematics, Order Picking/Packing, Organizational Skills, Pallet Jack, Product Positioning, Safety/Work Safety, Sales, Shipping Documents, Shipping/Receiving, Warehousing
Founded in 1979, QEP is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. QEP is a leading global provider of high quality, innovative and value-driven flooring installation solutions. QEP manufactures, markets and sells a comprehensive line of installation tools, adhesives, and other flooring-related products for the professional installer and do-it-yourselfer.
Position: Material Handler
Schedule:Monday - Friday; 6:00 am - 2:30 pm and OT as needed
FLSA Status:Non-Exempt
The ideal candidate must have a minimum of two years of order-picking experience and have at least two years of experience operating an electric pallet jack.
Skills Needed:
- Experienced order picker (2+yrs)
- Experienced building pallets (case-picking) (2+yrs)
- Experienced loading and unloading trucks (2+yrs)
- Can lift up heavy material and be on their feet for 8+hrs.
- Experience operating industrial equipment such as an electric pallet jack and reach truck. (2+yrs)
- Associate must wear steel-toe shoes/boots. It is recommended that they bring a refillable water bottle and drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.
Responsibilities- According to pick ticket, select designated product in the correct quantity and palletize for customer orders.
- Create and track audit trail of product placement to trace location; locate product within warehouse and place product in designated areas. Expedite immediate request for service from employees pulling orders.
- Count, weigh, and record number of materials moved or handled.
- Select items from stick as specified by orders. Wrap, pack, and arrange for shipment; ability to review production/shipping/receiving documentation for accuracy and take corrective actions when errors are located.
- Read work orders to follow oral instructions to ascertain materials or container to be moved.
- Maintain constant review of stored material throughout the entire facility; being aware of unsafe stack patterns and making corrections on finding these deficiencies.
- Ability to accurately perform daily, quarterly or annual cycle counts.
- Maintains clean and organized facility to include sweeping, trash removal, consolidating pallets etc.
- Maintain safe work environment including adherence to all safety rules and reporting all accidents, near misses and unsafe conditions to management.
Qualifications:- High school education or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to communicate in the English language, both written and spoken.
- Average ability to work out mathematical calculations, which require extending numbers by using multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.
- Two to three years related work experience.
- Ability to lift from floor level to a height of four (4) feet.
- Must be able to see and to step over obstacles with a height of six (6) inches, and around obstacles of 40'' x 48''.
- Lift properly. At QEP, you are regularly required to lift and/or move items weighing 50-70 pounds (depending on assignment); up to 100 lbs. occasionally with mechanical aids and team lifting.
- Must be able to hear forklift and related equipment.
- Must be able to stand or sit for long periods.
QEP offers a competitive compensation package with comprehensive benefits. Benefits are available to new employees first of the month after 30 days of employment. If you are seeking a challenging opportunity with a company dedicated to excellence and integrity, consider joining the QEP team!