Job Description
Warehouse Associate (temporary contract)
About the job
- Full-time hours (40 hours/week)
- Opportunity for overtime
- Afternoon shift premiums
- Generous employee discount
- Employee Appreciation Events (barbecues, raffles, draws, etc.)
- Fully air-conditioned facility
- Employee gym on-site
- Canada Culture Committee and Employee Resource Groups
As a Warehouse Associate, you will contribute to the distribution of product from Columbia Sportswear Company’s Distribution Centre by ensuring our product is received, labeled, inventoried, and shipped according to customer expectations and demands.
Your duties will vary as you may move between the DC departments as the work requires. In general, your duties could include:
- receiving and shipment of products to customers
- proper placement of cartons in correct storage locations
- pulling assigned cartons and placing on correct conveyer and sorting mechanisms
- making labels and attaching to goods
- loading and picking appropriate boxes
- packing and unpacking goods
- verifying accuracy of packing, sealing cartons, and loading cartons on trailers for shipment
- operating equipment to load, unload and move materials and products
- operating computerized inventory control systems.
The candidate should possess the ability to perform physically demanding work, including standing for extended periods of time; repetitive arm/shoulder movements; repetitive lifting/carrying of up to 40 pounds for the duration of their shift; crouching, bending, and twisting. The candidate should also possess basic computer skills or can be trained on the computer.
The successful candidate must be energetic, reliable, a self-motivated team player and demonstrate exemplary attendance. Excellent organizational skills, accuracy, and the ability to deal with constant change are also essential.
This is a contract position that runs from now to November. There are two shifts available:
Days:
Monday – Friday
7am-3:30pm
Hourly wage: $19/hour
Afternoons:
Monday – Friday
1pm-9:30pm
Hourly wage: $19/hour (plus $1/hour premium for hours worked on the afternoon shift).
- The afternoon shift starts July 27th. Anyone hired before that date will start on the day shift (7am-3:30pm @ $19/hour) until the shifts split off.

