Entry Level Warehouse Associate

Job Description

Entry Level Warehouse Associate | Ferguson Enterprises

The Tone:
This is an early career in-person role at Ferguson Enterprises, a Fortune 500 company. Since 1953, Ferguson has been a trusted source of quality supplies, helping to build better infrastructure, homes, and businesses across a wide range of industries. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable by proactively solving problems and adapting to continuous needs. As an Entry Level Warehouse Associate, you will play a crucial part in these efforts, ensuring materials are handled safely and efficiently to support our customers and operational excellence.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person
• Pay: $16.39–$24.58 hourly
• Mission: To safely and accurately manage incoming and outgoing materials and orders, contributing to efficient warehouse operations and customer satisfaction.
• Tech Stack: Stand-up forklift (order selector/cherry picker), RF devices

What You’ll Actually Do
• Order Fulfillment: Safely operate a stand-up forklift, including order selectors and cherry pickers, to accurately pull and prepare outbound customer orders for delivery.
• Material Handling: Efficiently build, wrap, sort, and transport pallets and packages throughout the warehouse facility.
• Inventory Management: Utilize technology such as RF devices to sort, scan, and prepare incoming and outgoing orders with precision.
• Receiving Operations: Accurately and timely receive, verify, stage, and stock all incoming material to maintain organized inventory.
• Safety & Facility Care: Continuously clean the workspace and actively participate with the team in keeping the facility clean, safe, and accident-free, adhering to all safety regulations and correct usage of personal protective equipment (PPE).

The Must-Haves
• Background: This is an early career in-person role within warehouse operations, requiring no specific educational background. It is ideal for individuals starting their career in logistics or supply chain.
• Experience: Preferred 0-3 years of experience in a warehouse environment, specifically in shipping, receiving, delivery, or inventory management. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to regularly lift items up to 50lbs and safely wear a safety harness with a maximum weight capacity of 400 lbs.
• Skills: Requires a high attention to detail, a positive demeanor, dependability, a strong work ethic, and knowledge of safety regulations and procedures to maintain a safe working environment.
• Bonus: A self-starter with the ability to learn new systems quickly, coupled with a continued focus on improving system efficiencies and business practices in a changing environment.