Turtle and Hughes is hiring: Warehouse Associate in Somerset

Title: Warehouse Associate

Location: Somerset, NJ

Type: Full-Time

This is a Union Position

Why Turtle?

Are you looking to join a growing team of dedicated, driven, and passionate people who emphasize a work environment based on respect, collaboration, and diversity?

At Turtle, you will play a key role in our goal to listen, learn, and be helpful to every customer in need. With over 900 employees, spanning across the US, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, we believe that our people are our most valuable assets. Through our culture of innovation, education, and accountability, you ensure to create a space where Everyone Matters. We believe that EVERYONE can do extraordinary things and our mission is to create a workplace that empowers our employees to be successful. It explains why our history spans 100 years and has led to our standing as one of the nation’s largest independent electrical industrial distributors. You believe that by making the right choices, you can find the right solutions. That’s how we built our past. That’s how we’ll build our future.

About the Role

As a Warehouse Associate you will be responsible for cutting and measuring wire and/or cable and ensuring great quality.

What You’ll Do:

• Count all products, compare to packing slip/Warehouse Management System (WMS) and check all shipments for damage, quantity, part number accuracy and expiration dates.
• Report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments (“shipment errors” or “incorrect shipments”) on appropriate forms. Sign for inbound shipments when necessary.
• Unload inbound shipments safely and move products to storage locations. Efficiently stack and store merchandise in pallet, static, cantilever, yard, and wire storage areas/rack.
• Ensure that the correct number and type of product is picked in WMS. Transport orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms with material handling equipment. Bag, tag, or mark orders as required.
• Compare quantity, labeling and address with order to ensure outgoing shipments are complete and correct in WMS. Accept signature for outbound as necessary. Efficiently move product into trailers, box/rack trucks, vans, cars, or containers.
• Maintain all equipment in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion.
• Operate equipment safely and efficiently, while complying with OSHA and company standards.
• Assist in inventory accuracy and cycle counts. Ensure proper stock rotation. Preform aisle assessments and assignments.
• Other duties such as repack or re-box cases per training and storage instructions. Repair and recoup damaged goods as required. Operate shrink-wrap machine. Charge forklift battery as needed, repair pallets when necessary.
• Identify different wire types to fulfill customer orders correctly.
• Spool different wire sizes onto reels using wire cutting machinery.
• Correctly select, measure, and cut wire to customer specifications.
• Maintain all equipment in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion.
• Operate equipment safely and efficiently, while complying with OSHA and company standards.
• Assist in inventory accuracy and cycle counts.
• Ensure proper stock rotation.
• Perform aisle assessments and assignments.
• Other warehouse duties as assigned.

Who We Are Looking For

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• At least one year of warehouse experience
• Experience with wire cutting preferred.
• Experience with managing inventory
• Must be able to read, count accurately, do simple math (add, subtract, multiply, divide) and write legibly.
• Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs.
• Ability to follow directions to ensure safety guidelines are met.
• Ability to multi-task and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to be flexible.

What We Offer:

The Union offers a competitive benefits package. Some of which include:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Paid Holidays including a Birthday Holiday
• Vacation and Sick Days

Who We Are

Founded in 1923, Turtle is a fourth-generation, family-owned, and three-generation women-owned business, and one of the nation’s largest independent electrical and industrial distributors. Headquartered in Clark, NJ, our Electrical Distribution division operates 14 branches spanning from coast to coast. It is a significant force in the engineering and procurement of power distribution, automation, lighting, and energy projects, offering integrated services for the industrial and construction markets. Turtle Integrated division provides on-site MRO procurement, cost-saving, and spend analytics across the US and in Canada, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Turtle is proud to be recognized by NJBiz as one of New Jersey's Best Places to Work in New Jersey in 2023, and ranked third amongst NJ's Top Privately Held, Women-Owned Companies.

What To Do Next

You can begin by filling out our application online. If you want to learn more about Turtle, please visit our website www.turtle.com or our social medias! LinkedIn: @Turtle Instagram: @TurtleandHughes Facebook: @TurtleandHughes Twitter: @TurtleandHughes YouTube: @TurtleandHughes

Turtle is proud to be is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.