Lumper

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26201, Buckhannon, WV, USA
In-Office
Entry level
Food • Logistics • Retail
The Role
Unload, sort, verify, palletize, transport, and store freight in a warehouse. Operate reach trucks and pallet jacks, stack products, maintain organized work areas, follow safety procedures, and handle physically demanding lifting, bending, standing, and material movement requirements.
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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
 

Qualifications

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 experience driving reach trucks and pallet jacks
  • Ability to lift up to 100 pounds occasionally and push or pull up to 150 pounds occasionally
  • Ability to bend, reach, grasp, climb, kneel, squat, twist, and stand throughout the shift
  • Ability to operate equipment at heights up to 30 feet
  • Ability to work independently and complete tasks under standardized procedures
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet objectives and deadlines with urgency
  • Strong communication skills
  • Warehouse experience, including loading, packing, or trucking
  • Forklift or pallet jack driving experience
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The Company
132 Employees
Year Founded: 1913

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.

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