Warehouse Attendant

Alternate Concepts, Inc. (ACI) and Herzog Transit Services, Inc. (HTSI), collectively the ACI/Herzog Joint Venture, along with our key subcontractors are seeking applicants for the Hudson Bergen Light Rail operation located in Hudson County, New Jersey. ACI was founded in 1989 with their corporate office located in Boston, MA and Herzog founded in 1969 with corporate offices located in St. Joseph, MO and Fort Worth, TX. Combined our companies provide FRA/FTA compliant transportation, equipment maintenance, dispatching, right-of-way maintenance, facility maintenance and dispatching services for 20 distinct client properties. In addition to the Joint Venture being the upcoming operator/maintainer of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail, we currently jointly operate the Tren Urbano heavy rail service in San Juan, Puerto Rico and the CTDOT’s Hartford intercity service in Connecticut.

ACI/Herzog Joint Venture, along with our key subcontractors are currently seeking a Full-Time Warehouse Attendant to join our team.

The pay rate for this position is $41,000.00 - $60,000.00.

ACI/Herzog Joint Venture offers a competitive benefits package for eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and AD&D insurance; short-term and long-term disability coverage; a 401(k) retirement savings plan; flexible spending account options; paid time off; and access to an Employee Assistance Program. Optional employee-paid benefits include supplemental life and AD&D insurance, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident coverage.

The Warehouse Attendant will assist with the daily operations of our warehouse. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the receipt, storage, and distribution of materials, tools, and equipment, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and safety at all times.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage the receiving of incoming materials, parts, and supplies.
• Ensure that all associated administrative procedures are current and audit ready.
• Maintain an accurate physical inventory and quality control.
• Perform monthly inventory cycle counts.
• Perform annual physical inventory count.
• Identify returned parts and determine if the parts should be returned to stock or the supplier, sent out for repair, or scrapped.
• Store articles in proper location according to identifying factors.
• Pull items, fill orders, issue materials, supplies, components, and parts from documentation as requested.
• Prepare and pack goods for shipment.
• Initiate Trapeze purchase requisition for stock items.
• Maintain safety stock levels for stock items.
• Run the daily operation of the Warehouse Supply system.
• Maintain updates in the EAM Reporting System.
• Replenish the warehouse using the EAM electronic system.
• Make sure workers have the supplies needed to perform the job.
• Send monthly reports for printing for document control.
• Load and unload merchandise for various departments such as the storeroom, Tracks, MOW, MOE, EJ Electric, etc. either with a forklift, hand truck, or manual lifting.
• Must be flexible and able to adjust to a varied pace of work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the specific knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

• Must be able to pass a pre-employment Drug and Alcohol screening as well as a background check and motor vehicle report review.
• Must be able to work nights and weekends.

Education and/or Experience:

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum [2] years of material warehouse experience.
• Associates degree or technical diploma may substitute for 1 year of experience.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Proficiency in EAM system and Hudson Bergen functions preferred.
• Experience with a forklift and pallet jack.

Language Skills:

• Ability to speak, read and write English in a work setting.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write regulatory and departmental reports and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills:

• Ability to work with mathematical concepts including but not limited to proficiency in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing all units of measure.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Possession of a valid driver’s license and forklift operation certification required.

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 stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop; kneel, crouch, talk or hear; and taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

AHJV reserves the right to revise this job description from time to time.

NOTE: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of employees assigned to this job.

It is the policy of ACI/Herzog Joint Venture to provide equal opportunity in employment for all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, age, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law.