POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking an energetic, motivated individual to join our warehouse team as a Lumper. You will unload packages, materials, and pallets from arriving trucks and prepare all items for distribution and storage in our warehouse. This is a physically demanding position, and you need a keen eye for detail and a self-starting personality. Our ideal candidate has worked in a warehouse and has experience with loading, packing, and trucking. Experience as a forklift or pallet jack driver a plus. You must be able to stand, lift heavy items, and crouch for several hours a day.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Sort and segregate items per pallet into appropriate Ti/Hi
• Palletizing products
• Other tasks as assigned.
• Transporting all products and materials.
• Verify products, quantities, and order numbers correctly.
• Move freight safety throughout the warehouse.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Operation reach truck.
• Stacking products throughout warehouse as needed.
• Put away pallets from the receiving dock.
• Transporting product safely through the warehouse.
• Storing pallets on warehouse shelves.
• Maintaining clean, orderly workstation-returning supplies and merchandise to assigned locations
• Adhere to all workplace safety guidelines
• Maintain a safe and organized loading/unloading area
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
• HS Diploma or equivalent,
• Basic math skills required
• Proven ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Must have very strong urgency in meeting objectives and deadlines.
• Requires the ability to apply common sense and understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, verbal, or diagram form.
• Ability to complete tasks under standardized situations with occasional variables.
• Ability to work independently.
• Great communication skills.
• Must have previous experience driving reach trucks and pallet jacks.
Physical Requirements:
• Physical ability to lift, carry, and position: up to 20 lbs. regularly, up to 50 lbs. frequently, and up to 100 lbs. occasionally.
• Must be able to constantly bend, reach above shoulder, grasp objects, climb, kneel, squat, twist and stand throughout shift.
• Must be able to push/pull up to 150 lbs. occasionally
• Confident and comfortable operating equipment at heights up to 30 feet
• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle objects, tools, or controls.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Basic math skills
- Previous warehouse experience (loading, packing, trucking)
- Previous experience driving reach trucks and pallet jacks
- Ability to lift up to 20 lbs regularly, up to 50 lbs frequently, and up to 100 lbs occasionally
- Ability to push/pull up to 150 lbs occasionally
- Ability to stand, bend, reach above shoulder, crouch, kneel, climb, twist, and grasp throughout shift
- Comfortable operating equipment at heights up to 30 feet
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to work independently and follow written, verbal, or diagram instructions
- Keen eye for detail; verify products, quantities, and order numbers accurately
What We Do
A.F. Wendling's is West Virginia's largest independent family-owned broadline foodservice distributor. Founded in 1913, the company supplies over 9,000 products, including fresh meats, seafood, and non-food items, serving customers across West Virginia, Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania. They operate a USDA-approved meat processing plant and focus on personalized, customer-centric service.
