Warehouse Associate

**Position Summary**:
The DC Associate has overall responsibility for receiving and moving materials within warehouse. An integral part of the team, the DC Associate verifies the inventory quantity and assists in inventory level maintenance, maintains complete and accurate paperwork, and operates warehouse equipment in a safe manner.
**Primary responsibilities of the DC Associate include**:

- Marks pallets with identifying store information
- Uses lift equipment (manual pallet jack for Worldpac or Forklift (Advance Auto will certify)) as needed once training and certification are completed
- Pick and stage parts for store replenishment
- Uses a hand-held radio frequency device (RF Scanner)
- Having prior warehouse training or experience is preferred but not required
- Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Use basic math accurately: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using
- whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

**Shift Requirements**
- Required Overtime including weekends and holidays may be requested with little notice.

**Dress Code**:
Clean attire, including well fit waist high jeans (not baggy around the hips), clean shirt/sweatshirt with no logos or vulgar writing/images.
Physical requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team
member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

- Is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach with arms, talk and hear,
- Is frequently required to stop, kneel and crouch or stoop,
- Is occasionally required to sit, climb, or balance, and
- Must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50. Items heavier than 50lbs will be moved with assistance of Pallet Jack (WP) or Forklift (AAP)
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus.

**Work environment**:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

- Bending/Stooping and reaching into stationary totes to retrieve product
- Standing/walking for extended periods of time
- May be exposed to moving mechanical parts while operating manual pallet jacks or forklift trucks
- The noise level in the work environment may be high at times

Many contractors convert to full time employees. The following are the eligibility requirements to convert:

- Being at least 18 years of age
- Having a high school diploma or general education degree (GED)/Home School equivalency
- **Pay Rate: 17.50**

**Top 3 Required Skills**:Picking packing, RF scanner. Counting
Time Zone Requirements: EST
- Work Schedule: 7.00 am to 3.30pm (Monday to Friday)
- Dress Code: Casual
- Potential for Extension:
**Salary**: $17.50 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Oakville, ON L6L 0G4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- warehouse: 2 years (required)
- Heavy lifting: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

Shift availability:

- Day Shift (required)

Work Location: In person