Warehouse Worker (Temporary, Part-Time), Grade 9

Gaithersburg, MD, United States

Job Description

CLOSING DATE: OPEN UNTILL FILLED

About Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS)

Working for the Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) is not just a job. As an employee of ABS, the selected candidate are County employees serving and working for the residents of Montgomery County, Maryland. ABS is seeking highly qualified individuals who are customer service focused and enjoy working in a high paced environment and upholding the values of ABS.

What You'll be Doing

The Alcohol Beverage Services, Wholesale Operations Warehouse Worker is responsible for performing manual labor involving filling orders of liquor/wine for shipments, loading and unloading trucks, and performing general warehouse duties. The work includes locating and retrieving those materials from the warehouse necessary to complete orders. Employees use hand carts, pallet jacks, and (occasionally) small forklifts to load or unload merchandise and perform general labor and housekeeping duties. The employee follows specific, detailed guidelines, referring all deviations to the supervisor.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Loads/unloads alcoholic beverages from or in trucks according to stops to ensure efficient delivery of merchandise.

Fills orders by locating and transporting cases of merchandise to designated places in warehouse, using hand trucks or carts; moves loaded pallets using electric hand jacks.

Assembles damaged cases for repacking; records breakage and places broken or non-saleable merchandise in secured area of warehouse.

Performs general cleanup duties in warehouse, sweeping up debris, waste, and broken merchandise.

Occasionally operates a forklift to retrieve cases of liquor for orders.

May take physical inventory.

Who We Are Seeking:

The ideal candidate will possess a commitment to working in a warehouse environment where the employee is exposed to dust, grease, wet floors, exhaust fumes and involves some risks working within close proximity to moving equipment such as forklifts or moving tracks. Heavy physical effort is used in recurring lifting, pushing, bending and pulling cases of beer, liquor and wine and kegs of beer weighing up to one hundred-sixty (160) pounds. Overtime is required during peak seasons.

Additional Information:

Selected candidates for this position are required to successfully complete a pre-employment background check, medical exam, drug and alcohol screening and lifting evaluation. Any applicant who fails these requirements may be disqualified from employment for this position.

Physical effort is required at times to lift, carry, and move product. This position requires, pushing, pulling and performing controlled drops of product along with related tasks; and uses forklift, cherry picker, pallet jack, powered pallet jack, hand cart and other warehouse equipment to access and transport product in the warehouse.

To ensure a positive workplace and to comply with federal, state and County laws, the incumbent is responsible for completing mandatory trainings within the first three to six months or within the specified timeframe.

Additional Employment Information

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to [email protected] . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law : Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: None.

Education: Ability to read and write in English.

Equivalency: None

Preferred Criteria

No Preferred Criteria

Minimum Salary 40690

Maximum Salary 60514

Currency USD