Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Direct and perform a variety of warehousing duties such as loading, checking, order picking, and shipping.
• Monitor and verify the accuracy of outbound shipments.
• Ensure that all customer orders and branch transfers are filled, packaged, loaded and delivered correctly and on time.
• Operate material handling equipment such as forklifts, pallet jacks, hand trucks or dollies to move stock or reorganize storage.
• Monitor equipment maintenance and housekeeping. Lead the team concerning best practices, and proper procedures and ensure a safe and productive work environment.

• Assist and direct efficiency inventory management and cycle counts.
• Participate in ordering or purchasing standard stock items, such as recommending additions or deletions to standard stock items or ordering replenishments within established procedures and limits.
• Assist in the training and development of Warehouse associates. May monitor attendance, hours worked and job performance.

• Be courteous in all contact with company customers.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Knowledge of safety practices.
• Ability to lift heavy packages and objects.
• Skill in operating forklift or other materials handling equipment.
• Skill in operating large vehicles in tight and congested areas.
• Knowledge of automated or computerized system operation.
• Ability to effectively communicate.
• Customer focused and team oriented.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand.

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Typical environments include offices, light industrial, commercial, utility and manufacturing. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Our Competitive Benefits?

401K Plan, Competitive Medical Plans (medical, dental, and vision), Paid Vacation and Personal, Paid Sick, Paid Holidays, Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care), Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Discounts, Long-term and Short-term Disability, and Life Insurance.

About Irby Utilities

We are powered by our people. Across our nationwide reach and diversity, we adapt, dare, and learn as one team while maintaining an open mindset to optimize our performance. This team approach has helped Irby customers to succeed since our inception, and our investment in our people continues to translate into broader achievement - including a vast array of professional development and growth opportunities.

Irby Utilities is one of the nation's largest utility distribution companies with over $2 Billion in annual sales and 900 associates across more than 45 branches. Our ability and readiness to innovate and collaborate across our industry has fueled our success, and our approach continues to be one of true partnership with our customers, vendors, and one another.

Irby was a pioneer in the early days of the electrical business, founded in 1926, and continues to be an industry leader in philanthropic involvement and community activity. Irby is also part of the Sonepar family of operating companies. Sonepar is the world leader in electrical distribution and consists of the finest locally managed electrical and industrial distributors.

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Sonepar is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

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