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Lead Warehouse Worker - 2nd Shift

PenskePrinceton🇺🇸United StatesPosted 10 Nov 2026

Quick overview

Salary$23/hr

SeniorityMid Senior

Employment typeFull Time

Work modeHybrid

LocationPrinceton, United States

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft OutlookWarehouse Management

Job description

Penske Logistics is looking for a Lead Warehouse Worker to become part of an excellent team at our operation in Princeton, Indiana. This is a great opportunity for individuals who are safety conscious and have a pleasant, outgoing attitude who want to excel in a warehouse environment.

The Lead Warehouse worker provides support and some supervision to regular and temporary warehouse associate functions. You will work closely with Operations Supervisors to ensure employee productivity expectations are met, and various responsibilities meet the supervisors' expectations.

Pay:

$21.74 + $1.00 shift differential = $22.74 per hour

Schedule:

Monday-Friday from 7:15 PM to 4:00 AM
Overtime and Saturdays as needed

Major Responsibilities:

Lead a team of warehouse associates to achieve operational goals while championing safety and productivity
Executes assignments, provides status updates, & project visibility to Operations Supervisor(s)
Operate forklifts, counterbalance, pallet jacks, and other equipment as needed
Stage and sort products; loads and unloads trailers
Stack totes, and/or pallets; move materials within the warehouse
Electronically scan products using a warehouse management system
Quality control; ensure damaged products are sent out and identify damaged products when received
Complete daily logs and communicate with associates from other shifts or departments
Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments and material and equipment needs
Reads customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be loaded/unloaded
Uses computer to enter data and maintains inventory records as needed
Opens and closes dock doors
Maintain a clean and safe work area
Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications:

• 4 years of warehouse experience required

• 2 years of inventory or materials management experience preferred

• 2 years of supervisory experience preferred

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred

• Prior forklift certification preferred

• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint preferred

• Ability to learn and use proprietary software required

• Flexible to work overtime preferred

• Ability to work in non-climate controlled conditions

• Ability to lead a small team, ability to work independently, customer service, dealing with others, multi-tasking skills, organizational skills, flexibility required, excellent with numbers, time management, and ability to execute are required.

• Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.

• Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening required.

This position is designated as safety sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required. Associates must have the ability to accept responsibility for their own safety, as well as the safety of others.

Physical Requirements:

-The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

-The associate will be required to remember and understand certain instructions, guidelines or other information.

-The associate must be able to see and verbally communicate.

-Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The associate must be able to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medical codes or alarms).

-While performing the duties of this job, the associate will be required to move frequently, stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 50lbs/23kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100lbs/45kg.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.