Freight Associate

**Benefits:** - Health insurance - Paid time off - Vision insurance - 401(k) - 401(k) matching - Bonus based on performance - Dental insurance **Job Summary:** As a Freight Associate, you will be responsible for the safe and efficient movement of products throughout our warehouse. This hands-on role involves loading, unloading, storing, and transporting freight using equipment such as forklifts, order pickers, electric pallet jacks, and hand pallet jacks. The Freight Associate is a critical part of our operations team, helping to maintain inventory accuracy, support daily warehouse activities, and ensure customer orders are processed and shipped in a timely manner. **Supervisory Responsibilities:** • None **Duties/Responsibilities:** • Load and unload freight from trucks, containers, and other transportation vehicles in a safe and efficient manner. • Operate material handling equipment, including forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks, and other warehouse equipment, while following all safety guidelines. • Receive, sort, stage, stack, and organize freight within designated warehouse locations to ensure efficient storage and retrieval. • Inspect incoming and outgoing shipments for damage, verify quantities, and ensure all documentation is accurate and complete. • Assist with inventory control activities, including cycle counts, physical inventories, and reconciliation of inventory discrepancies. • Prepare freight for shipment by packaging, labeling, and staging products according to company and customer requirements. • Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment in accordance with company standards and warehouse best practices. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support workflow efficiency and achieve departmental goals. • Perform additional warehouse and freight-handling duties as assigned. **Required Skills/Abilities:** • Ability to push, pull, and lift product using material handling equipment. • Strong attention to detail and accuracy. • Ability to work effectively in a team environment. • Basic computer skills. • Commitment to following safety policies and procedures. **Education and Experience:** • High school diploma, GED, or equivalent required. • Previous warehouse or freight handling experience preferred. • Experience operating forklifts, pallet jacks, or other material handling equipment preferred. • Working knowledge of safety regulations and procedures. **Physical Requirements:** • Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds. • Ability to stand, walk, bend, and reach throughout the workday. • Ability to safely operate material handling equipment. • Ability to perform physical work in a fast-paced warehouse environment. **Benefits include:** • 401(k) with employer match • Medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance benefits • Paid time off • Performance-based annual bonus **Other Duties:** Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Compensation: $20.50 per hour Newbury Franklin Industrials ("NFI") is the data-driven industrial manufacturing and distribution platform of Newbury Franklin, a private equity firm focused on long-term holdings. NFI's team is comprised of hungry, growth-oriented professionals who thrive on making a direct impact and driving measurable results across our expanding portfolio of companies. Our diversified family of manufacturing, distribution, and e-commerce businesses operates with a strategic growth mindset, seeking opportunities to scale operations and capture market share while delivering on promises to our customers. NFI's long-term strategy centers on building an industrial powerhouse through both organic expansion and strategic acquisitions, powered by a team that embraces challenge and delivers on ambitious…