Warehouse Associate I - Christiansburg, VA

Backcountry has an amazing opportunity for highly motivated individual to join our Warehouse team as a Merchandise Processor! If you are fast on your feet, and love handling all the cool gear we sell from the time it enters our doors to the time it leaves, this job could be for you…consider it more like pre shopping and less like work!

Three Shifts Available: 

AM- Mon-Fri, 6:30a-3:00p, $15.00/hr,

PM- Mon-Fri, 1:30p-10:00p, $15/hr + $1.85/hr shift differential = $16.85/hr.

WKN- Sat-Tue, 6:30a-5:00p, $15.00/hr + $2.00/hr shift differential - $17.00/hr

BLACKOUT DATES AND HOLIDAY INFORMATION: 

Our warehouse will be closed on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Years Day; and we typically work shorter hours on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. To support our busiest season, our Backcountry fulfillment centers have a blackout period for time off requests. The blackout period is typically from November 10th through December 23rd. During this blackout period, time off requests cannot be approved.

• Stand and walk for your entire shift 
• Read and Audit Labels 
• Identify, count, and sort packages and inventory with a high level of accuracy 
• Understand and differentiate between shipping methods and sort packages accordingly 
• Use automated packaging equipment 
• Participate in team meetings, follow guidance, and provide feedback as appropriate 
• Maintain a clean workspace 
• Fixing problems that occur to ensure inventory and/or shipping accuracy
• Resolving inventory issues by adjusting inventory
• Perform other duties as assigned 
• Participate in LEAN initiatives

• Prefer high school diploma or equivalency
• Verbal and written comprehension of the English language required
• Fundamental math skills required
• Must be able to apply established procedures and follow oral/written instructions
• Must be able to work independently without direct supervision and organize/prioritize workload to ensure completion of all tasks within established time frames
• Computer skills, including familiarity with the internet and email required
• Experience operating power industrial equipment (for example, standing order picker or forklift)

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  Terms are defined as “Regularly”: 60 – 100%, “Frequently”: 30 – 60%, “Occasionally”: 10 – 30%, “Rarely”: 1 – 10%.
• Regularly use hearing/speech abilities to communicate with coworkers, give/receive instruction, listen for equipment malfunctions, etc.
• Regularly use sight abilities: depth perception, hand/eye/foot coordination, visual acuity in near-, mid-, and far-range vision
• Regularly stand/walk on concrete floor
• Frequently climb up and down stairs but rarely climb ladders
• Frequently bend/twist at waist/knees/neck
• Frequently use both hands/arms to reach/push/pull/lift:
• Constant: 10 – 30 lbs.
• Occasional: 30 – 60 lbs.
• Rarely: less than 10 lbs., or greater than 60 lbs.
• Crawling is typically not required
• Work is performed indoors, and noise level in the work environment is usually moderate