Shipping - 1st Shift

Love Books? Come join a leader in the Industry! ReaderLink is the largest full-service distributor of hardcover, trade, and paperback books to non-trade channel booksellers in North America, including the biggest names in retail across multiple retail channels. We are the number one book distributor in the U.S. with over $1 billion in sales, through the distribution of 300 million books per year to over 50,000 store locations nationwide. PAY $17.00 per hour, biweekly - Hours Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 3:30 pm - Overtime required during 4th QT busy season · 401(k) Matching · Employee Discount · Health, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance · Paid Time Off · Referral Program · Retirement Plan · Vision Insurance

Qualifications:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred. 1-3 months of order pulling experience preferred or equivalent combination of education and distribution experience may be substituted. Essential Functions: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies to perform the essential functions of this position:

• Maintain inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
• Obtain and sort orders by placing them on respective pallets.
• Load the appropriate trailer with the completed orders and making sure that orders are on the truck before a designated shipping time.
• Shrink wraps product to pallet to secure articles for shipment.
• Operate electric pallet jack to move, convey or hoist shipments from shipping area to storage or truck.
• Label all shipping pallets with appropriate shipping labels
• Follow safety rules for personal protections and the protection of others; including maintaining a clean and safe work environment.
• Perform quality audits on shipping cartons
• Run and maintain print and apply area
• Package and tape all shipping cartons
• Brick stack load all cartons on to the trailers
• Bill and provide packing slips
• Ensure accurate weight specifications for each outgoing carton

Physical Requirements: The requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee Must be able to stand up to 6- 10 hours in a day. Must be able to walk up to 6-10 hours. Will continuously reach up and out. Will occasionally climb stairs Will occasionally push/pull up to 25 pounds and occasionally push/pull up to 50 pounds. Will frequently lift up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Will occasionally have repetitive foot movement. Will frequently have repetitive hand/arm movements for simple reaching, simple and firm grasping, and/or fine hand manipulation. Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Use hands to finger, handle or feel objects; and reach with hands and arms.

Needed Skills:

Ability to print and speak simple sentences well both written and verbally, in English. Ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between a series of numbers. Ability to add and subtract basic math 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

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work performed is in a distribution environment which means- The employee is frequently exposed to vibrations and dust and will be working around moving machinery The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at low decibels Must be able to work in a fast paced, team environment