Warehouse Technician Job Description
Warehouse technician
provides proper control of equipment inventory by maintaining accurate scheduling records, picking up equipment after use, and conducting periodic inventory audits.
Warehouse Technician Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Effectively maintains the security of Warehouse inventory equipment
Safely operate and / or work in the vicinity of many types of equipment, such as forklifts, reach trucks, pick trucks, propane powered lifts, battery changing equipment, electric carousels, conveyor lines, heavy duty pneumatic staple guns, compactors, dock levelers
Under direction from Regional Warehouse Manager, assists in servicing products and equipment on assigned projects and ensuring customer satisfaction
Maintains and organizes shop/warehouse and ensures MSDS compliance with all chemicals stored in shop/warehouse (keep records of chemicals that need pickup for waste disposal)
Update and maintains warehouse location system
Receives material into inventory, move material by quantity between designated locations, and locate/pick material to/from warehouse locations as required
Execute any CQV work required to accomplish project validation activities for Warehouse, Cold Room’s, HOF units, -40C walk in freezers, sampling booths
Uses material handling equipment to move material into, around and out-of the facility
Assist GASAL warehouse controller to manage GASAL inventory in MIC & RLIC sites
Maintain the spare parts and warehouse neat and tidy
Warehouse Technician Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Warehouse Technician
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: MSHA, DOT, OSHA, GCE, ITE
Education for Warehouse Technician
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the warehouse technician job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as High School and Associate Degree in General Education, Associates, Education, Technical, Business, Computer Science, Management, Industrial, Manufacturing, Business/Administration
Skills for Warehouse Technician
Desired skills for warehouse technician include:
Familiarity and use of computers and basic mathematics
Inventory control
Equipment
Ability to read a map and follow directions
Vitas HME service areas
Excel
Microsoft Office
Safety Regulations
Warehouse
CFR regulation
Desired experience for warehouse technician includes:
Conducts inventory audits, inputs monthly inventory usage
Recognizes and practices safety rules and procedures
This position requires membership to IBEW local 3
Issues materials to system field technicians and to contractors
Unloading railcars, trucks
Conductcycle counting and physical inventory
Warehouse Technician Examples
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Warehouse Technician Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of warehouse technician. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for warehouse technician
- Pull warehouse inventory and load outbound trucks
- Daily warehouse upkeep and housekeeping (sweeping, Occupational Safety and Health Act/ Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Hazard Prevention)
- Manual lifting and moving of 500lb drums using drum dolly equipment
- Pick and pull medical supplies and equipment for patient orders, in preparation for shipment and delivery of product to a patient’s home
- Assist with inventory control measures including receiving, stocking and record keeping of product
- Maintains stock of inventory, company equipment and vehicles including shipping and receiving
- Assist with warehouse stock management
- Organize and maintain raw materials stored in warehouse racks
- Prepare export documentation as required
- Maintain shipping supplies inventory
Qualifications for warehouse technician
- Arrange shipping/transport
- Accept/reject vendor inventory transactions
- Build sound relationships with the workshop team and internal and external customers to ensure smooth operations
- Participate in customer on-call service as required
- Identify and report any unsafe work habits, workplace incidents and / or near misses
- Unloading trucks, railcars
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a warehouse technician. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for warehouse technician
- Coordinate with local and regional freight companies (setup times, hot shots)
- Responsible and accountable for assuring the safe accomplishment of job activities, following good environmental practices and procedures
- Material Handling duties include receiving product, storing and shipping product
- Perform a visual parts check
- Pull samples for inspection
- Print delivery note & labels – attach labels
- Communication of Account requests and needs to Customer Relations Rep
- Assists with picking, packing, shipping, receiving, unloads & loads trucks, checks in & out materials and stores in appropriate locations
- Applies high focus on proper identification of items, proper quantities, proper tagging for end users
- Report any discrepancies through our LPS (Logistics Process System)
Qualifications for warehouse technician
- Must be able to be on your feet for 8-12 hours at a time
- Must be accessible for after hours on call
- Leaving Certificate or equivalent/similar qualification
- Ability to adhere to batch records, SOPs and work instructions
- Ability to understand rationale behind tasks being performed
- Current fork lift certifications
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Our growing company is looking for a warehouse technician. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for warehouse technician
- Lead or participate in clinical supplies warehousing and distribution activities to include
- Participate in inventory verification (annual, ad-hoc or on demand) for all inventoried material, particularly
- Preparation, review and adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies and regulations
- Assists with shipping & receiving, unloads & loads trucks, checks in & out materials and stores in appropriate location
- Works with PSSRs to adjust local stock requirements from business analysis
- Interact with customer to gather information in regards to material needs on daily or weekly basis
- Tapes and/or bands individual containers, and stacks containers on pallets/skids as required
- Provide ownership of the operation of the computer controlled packaging line machinery (including bag shaping, palletising robot, pallet press and shrink wrapping machines) according to standard operating procedures
- Experience with machinery operation
- Receive and issue spare parts to/from GASAL storerooms
Qualifications for warehouse technician
- Ability to ensure work related responsibilities are completed accurately and timely
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality while working with highly sensitive information
- Minimum 2 Years’ experience with project materials and materials management systems on very large projects
- Proficiency in Computer systems required
- Forklift Operator Safety training preferred
- 6+ months of forklift experience preferred
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of warehouse technician. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for warehouse technician
- Unpack of equipment/inventory and packing equipment/orders for warehousing and shipping
- Receive new equipment and inventory
- Receive broken equipment in from stores to Computer Hardware Support Repair in Progress Location
- Maintain warehouse inventory levels to avoid out of stocks
- Let management know when equipment or supplies need to be ordered
- Process equipment to be sold off
- Ship warranty or repair equipment to vendors
- Pickup new equipment or supplies from local vendors
- Prepare the labels and stick on each spare parts
- Update the material IN/OUT databases in Navision and CMMS interfaces
Qualifications for warehouse technician
- High school diploma or its GED equivalent
- Ability to work in adverse weather environments (heat/cold)
- Must be able to function and work well in a team independently with little to no immediate supervision
- Ability to develop knowledge of customer business processes
- Must be able to do several tasks at once
- Ability to stand, bend, climb ladders for entire shift
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a warehouse technician. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for warehouse technician
- Conduct incoming materials inspections on warehouse shipments
- Performing cycle counts and other inventory control procedures
- Perform all warehouse housekeeping activities
- Delivering materials, supplies, parts, equipment and all other merchandise to all facility locations
- Identify and label warehouse merchandise and storage locations
- Utilize warehouse scanner and software systems
- Performing database/warehouse inventory reconciliation activities
- Participate to the periodical stock counting
- Keep the inspected spare parts in correct location with proper labels
- Assist the maintenance team in finding and preparing the spare parts for inspection
Qualifications for warehouse technician
- Must be flexible with time as there is shift work involved
- Completion of Secondary School (High-school) or equivalent
- Valid forklift and crane certification
- To take ownership of ensuring a safe work environment by adhering to site policies and requirements
- To take ownership of the operation and monitoring of the packaging line and tanker loading systems to procedures and production plan
- To take ownership of the operation of the computer controlled packaging line machinery (including bag shaping, palletising robot, pallet press and shrink wrapping machines) according to standard operating procedures