Warehouse Associate
2550 Cabot Commerce Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32226, USA
Req #2729
Monday, October 21, 2024
See yourself at Odyssey.
Join the team as our new Warehouse Associate!
Who We Are & Why We're Hiring
Odyssey Managed Logistics Services (MLS) powers supply chain and freight transportation for manufacturing companies by bringing a full suite of operational support, analytics, and strategic management.
Based in vibrant Jacksonville, FL, Odyssey is on a journey to constantly innovate logistics. We're actively recruiting for this key, high profile role as we are experiencing tremendous growth and would love for you to join us!
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About the Job:
The position of Warehouse Associate will have primary responsibility to efficiently sort, handle, and load freight into and unload it from over the road equipment, containers, city trailers, and/or straight trucks. This position routinely uses pallet jacks and forklifts in the loading and unloading of freight including shipments of Hazardous Materials freight.
In This Role, You Will:
- Knowledge of safe lifting techniques to load and unload cargo, including heavy, bulky and or cumbersome freight
- Ability to secure or re-secure cargo by blocking, bracing, and other methods
- Operating forklifts, hand trucks, pallet jacks, to move, load, arrange, rearrange, and unload freight
- Ability to understand and carry out instructions given orally or in writing, including those on manifests and other shipping documents
- Ability to perform work required in a timely manner and maintain adequate production in order to meet service schedules and customer commitments
- Ability to handle customers' freight safely and efficiently, and communicating tactfully and diplomatically with those individuals with whom the employee will be in contact as a company representative
- Read, Write, comprehend English
- Possess math skills
- Able to complete tasks efficiently and timely
- Demonstrate ability to maintain good attendance
- Safe work record
- ALL OTHER DUTIES AND PROJECTS AS ASSIGNED
Qualifications:
We recognize not all applicants have every skill or qualification to match a job description exactly. Odyssey values diverse experiences in other industries, and we encourage everyone who meets most required qualifications to apply. While having "desired" qualifications make for a strong candidate, we encourage applicants with alternative experiences to also apply. We are always looking for people who will bring something new to the table!
Requirements:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED). Six months' related experience.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
- Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Hazardous Material - Company Certified.
- Forklift - Company Certified.
Location:
This is an in-office role based in Jacksonville, FL
Other details
- Job Family
Warehousing - Job Function
Warehousing - Pay Type
Hourly
- 2550 Cabot Commerce Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32226, USA
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