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About Us

Family-owned and operated since 1970, we are an industry-leading gas distributor founded on unparalleled customer service. Our industrial, medical, food, and specialty gas products support a variety of industries that work daily to improve the world we live in, and our ongoing commitment to serve spans the southwestern United States with locations across California and Arizona. Discover the most interesting industry you’ve never heard of!

Position Overview

The Warehouse Associate performs various clerical and physical duties such as preparing products for shipment; verifying receipt and shipment of raw materials and manufactured products; performs material handling and in-house delivery services; loads and unloads trucks and maintains warehouse areas in a sanitary condition. The person will be responsible for performing some will-call and customer service duties.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Receives materials and verifies that incoming shipments are correct by comparing items and quantities against bills of lading, purchase orders, manifests or related records; unloads material from trucks; inspect materials for damage; samples all raw materials as per SOP and delivers to QC department; moves materials to storage area; delivers to departments as requisitioned after QC approval; enters receipt of material data into computer
• Moves finished products from production; stretch wraps when required and stores in warehouse. Upon receipt of order, prepares product for shipment; in accordance with instructions on order using SOP for labeling and package preparation
• Verifies that orders to be shipped are accurately filled by comparing items and quantities against shipping documents; checks to ensure shipments are properly packaged, labeled and documented; loads and secures shipments into trucks; prepares and files copies of shipping records
• Performs material handling functions; stores and maintains finished goods and raw materials in the warehouse in designated locations and in a manner that ensures that oldest inventory is used first
• Maintains warehouse and work areas according to the maintenance schedule to comply with safety and sanitation regulations and requirements
• Performs daily maintenance checks of fork truck using checklist
• Conducts outbound shipping via FedEx, UPS, LTL Freight
• Follows all safety policies and procedures including use of safety equipment (PPE) and equipment safeguards
• Performs other duties as assigned

• High school level education or equivalent
• Minimum of one (1) year of shipping, receiving, warehousing experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Valid forklift license with experience driving a forklift
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Eye for detail, accuracy is imperative
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Ability to be an effective team member and display initiative
• Proficient with MS Office including Word and Excel

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully.

The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and stand on his or her feet for long periods of time. The employee must frequently lift and move up to 50-100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Travel

No travel is expected for this position

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time, non-exempt, and on-site position. Typical days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, and range from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Some overtime may be required, but not guaranteed. May be required to work occasional overnight or weekends, as needed.

Compensation and Benefits

• Individual and company performance-based quarterly bonuses as outlined in our plan documents
• Annual performance-based merits
• Comprehensive benefits package:
  • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Voluntary accident coverage, hospitalization plans, Employee Assistance Programs (EAP’s), Wellness platform access
  • 401(k) + company match
• 7 company paid holidays
• 3 weeks of paid time off (PTO) earned on an accrual basis
• Professional development opportunities and ongoing training
• Healthy work/life balance and a collaborative and inclusive company culture

The compensation range reflects WestAir’s good-faith estimate for the base compensation expected at the time of posting. Compensation offered will be determined by the job-related factors, including skills, experience, qualifications, education, and geographic location.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the organization’s ongoing needs.

WestAir Gases and Equipment, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.