1st Shift Warehouse Project Staging Specialist

La Crosse, WI

Schedule: Full Time, Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm

Starting Pay $18/hr (pay for experience)

Join a team that will make you proud to be a Viking Electric employee. As the project staging specialist, you will perform the operational and administrative duties related to project jobs, including receiving, shipping, and managing project material. Perform special modifications as required and support other various logistical services.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate inbound shipments with sales, vendors and freight companies. Monitor and verify incoming shipments by checking items and quantities against supporting documents.
• Create and maintain project folders of packing slips in a consistent and orderly manner. Close out and archive project folders as required.
• Stay current with special project staging requirements that may arise for each job. Assemble, package, sort, and label to meet special project specifications and modifications.
• Understand complicated packing slips, special material, and components. Ensure accurate organization in accordance with project requirements.
• Work closely with shipping department to coordinate outbound deliveries, including scheduling of specialty equipment when required. Understand daily delivery functions, routes, and transfer system.
• Must have a valid driver’s license
• Travel is required when:
  • Meeting AM/AR, contractor, vendor or general for onsite visits.
  • Working on site for a project for an extended period of time. (local or long distance travel may be required)
  • Coordinating shipments of supplies for onsite jobs
  • Working with temp agency and temp labor on site

Viking Electric's core competencies drive the daily decisions of our associates and define how we interact with each other, our customers, suppliers, and communities. For Viking Electric these core competencies are:

• Desire to work in a fast-paced, organized, and positive warehouse environment.
• Ability to frequently lift, push, and slide packages that typically weigh up to 50 lbs.
• Strong communication and customer service skills
• Ability to work full-time, 40 hours per week.
• Ability to work overtime as needed
• Attention to detail, good time management, and problem-solving skills.

• Minimum two years of experience in operations, distribution, or logistics
• Use of technology including mobile devices and RF scanners
• Experience with warehouse equipment preferred

Benefits

• Complete insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts and wellness programs.
• 401(k)
• Paid holidays and generous paid time off.
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee Incentives
• Uniform provided
• Safety Shoes reimbursement
• Opportunities for internal employment growth
• Fitness Reimbursement
• Numerous employee appreciation events throughout the year.
• Opportunities for community involvement.
• On the job training and e-learning courses

Viking Electric is a wholesale electrical distributor and solutions provider with 23 locations in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Ill. The company was founded in 1964, in St. Paul, Minnesota to serve the needs of the electrical industry. Viking Electric serves residential and commercial electrical contractors, industrial, tool, and related markets. The company stocks more than 30,000 products from 400 manufacturers including electrical supplies, lighting, power tools, hand tools, wire and cable, automation, data com, switchgear, and more. Viking Electric is a Sonepar Company. vikingelectric.com

Viking Electric is an M/F/Disabled and Vet EEO/AA employer