Licere Group, the largest manufacturing Company, has an immediate opportunity for a warehouse employee. The warehouse employee performs a full range of duties requiring limited knowledge or skills although spends majority of the work day using a forklift to load/unload trucks and prepare materials for customers or further processing, such as pipe cutting/bending/swedging and/or lumber preparation/order pulling.

Responsibilities:

1.) Loads outgoing shipments and will-call customer orders upon verbal instructions from more experienced yard personnel using forklift, hand truck, etc. 2.) Unloads incoming materials including pipe stock, wire rolls, fittings, lumber, etc. and transports to designated locations upon instruction using forklift, hand truck, etc. Reports damaged goods to Supervisor; may verify quantities/description of material.

3.) Able to complete accurately receiving documents, and work orders.

4.) Prepares fence products for customers or for stock including notching/cutting/swedging/bending pipe and/or resawing/dog-earing lumber using simple machinery and hand tools such as drill press, pipe bender, pipe cutter, swedging machine, table saw, dor-ear/picket pointer, flex machine.

5.) Rotates yard stock and moves materials using a forklift. Maintains yard inventory so that stock is stacked properly, to correct height, etc. to prevent damage and to make stock accessible.

6.) Performs routine yard and warehouse maintenance (sweeping/cleaning) and minor repair and maintenance on equipment/tools. Keeps own and adjacent work area clean.

7.) Responsible for adhereing to all safety policies and practices.

8.) Learns from more experienced yard personnel pulling orders from stock and filling will-call orders as well as restocking warehouse or parts bins, etc. with new material.

9.) May use and/or learn documentation including pipe/wood inventory reporting, sales ordrs, bills of lading, shipping documentation, cycle counting, etc.

10.) Performs incidental work assignments as required.
Qualifications:

1.) 2-3 years experience in a warehouse.

2.) Must pass forklift certification tests.

3.) Must pass product knowledge tests.

4.) Able to lift/move heavy materials on occasion.

5.) Ability to read, write and speak English.

6.) Must be able to work overtime as needed.
EOE Statement:
Licere is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Licere is fully committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on race, gender, religion, age, color, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information and other non-merit factors. All persons shall be afforded equal employment opportunity at Licere.

Licere prohibits discrimination in all aspects of its personnel policies, program practices and operations and relationships with employees and applicants, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring and merit promotion. Licere promotes programs of affirmative recruitment and employment at all levels of Licere.

Licere subscribes to, and will implement to the full extent, all applicable laws that promote equality of opportunity.

Salary R6,500

Closing date 31 March 2017