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## Overview **\*\*Currently only 2nd and 3rd shifts available.** **Please ensure that you complete the questionnaire at the end of the application to complete your application.** | Shift | 1st Shift Pay Rate | Shift Differential | Starting Pay Rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2nd Shift | $19.22 | $0.75 | $19.97 | | 3rd Shift | $19.22 | $1.16 | $20.38 | ## Description Operate material handling equipment,(order pickers and/or reach trucks) at elevated heights up to 30 feet, to accurately fulfill customer orders. This role involves safely maneuvering material to a staging area for packing and shipment and requires the ability to perform physically demanding tasks for the entire shift. **Essential Requirements** - **Regular and predictable** attendance is required. - Availability to work overtime and weekends as needed is a condition of employment. - Candidates must be able to perform these essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation, as required by law. **Duties and Responsibilities (includes but is not limited to):** - **Equipment Operations:** Safely operate material handling equipment (order picker/reach trucks, etc.) to navigate warehouse aisles and elevate up to heights of 30 feet. - **Order Fulfillment:** Accurately pick, pull, and stage customer orders based on pick tickets. - **Lifting and Maneuvering:** Consistently perform tasks involving unassisted lifting of up to 50 lbs. and assisted lifting/maneuvering of up to 75 lbs. - **Safety Compliance:** Adhere to strict fall protection and safety protocols, including the mandatory use of a safety harness and tether when operating aerial equipment. - Any other task as assigned by Supervisor or management. ## Requirements **Required Qualifications** **1. Physical Demands/Functional Requirements** **This role requires the continuous ability to perform the following functional movements**: - **Coordination:** The ability to coordinate body movements, grasp, and manipulate objects quickly and precisely. - **Movement and Flexibility:** The ability to bend, stretch, reach, twist, push, pull, squat, and stoop frequently to reach materials from rack locations and containers. - **Physical Energy and Core Strength:** The ability to stand and use core muscles continuously throughout the shift without tiring. **2. Key On-the-Job Requirements:** - **Vision:** Requires the ability to identify, read, and inspect details and objects at close range and at a distance. Monitor surroundings and detect moving objects within a required field of view(up to 60 – 80 degrees), Correctly judge distances and spatial orientation to know where other objects are in relation to you. Adapt to sudden changes in bright lighting or intense glare without a loss of visual clearness. - **Communication:** Clear verbal communication and comprehending spoken language. - **Ability to process visual and numerical data quickly:** Mathematical & recall skills. Proficiency in basic arithmetic, number accuracy and remembering established procedures. Logical information ordering, category flexibility for grouping items, and effective problem solving. **Physical Demands of Work Environment** - **Physical Movement:** Maintain continuous movement and physical activity, including standing, bending, stooping, twisting, pushing, pulling, and walking significant distances across the distribution center to complete tasks. - **Work at Heights:** Required to work up to 30 feet in the air while driving material handling equipment, requiring mandatory use of a full-body safety harness and tether at all times. - **Work Shift:** 8 to 10 hours per day, depending on operational needs, including overtime, weekends, and holidays as dictated. - **Work Environment:** Must be able to perform essential duties in non-climate-controlled environments. **Physical Demands /Body Movements - Frequency Benchmarks:** - **Rarely:** 0-5% of the time - **Occasionally:** 6-20% of the time - **Frequent:** 21-50% of the time - **Very Frequen…