Amazon Package Sorter – Pembroke Pines, FL ID-2113

Introduction

Amazon Sortation Center Associate in Pembroke Pines, FL intake packages get sorted and scanned into pallets for their next destination in the Sortation Center Warehouse.  When the truck comes into Amazon Warehouse, a group of people unloads the truck. Everything is packed when it gets here. The candidate’s job is to make sure it gets to the right place.

Job Details –

It comes in and comes down the conveyor belt. The Sortation Center Associates go around and ship it down to whichever shoot that it’s intended for. Moreover, it’s their job to grab that package and put it on the right pallet. They’re scanning packages, scanning them to the pallet, making them look pretty so they don’t fall over in transit. Once the pallet is filled up, then it gets wrapped with plastic wrap. The life cycle of a package is typically a couple of hours. They have to move as fast as they can. The packages are up to 50 pounds. So Amazon teaches all their workers all these things to ensure that you don’t get injured on jobs.

The Amazon Sortation Center Associate is responsible for efficiently and accurately sorting customer orders in Pembroke Pines, FL. Associates are responsible for scanning and sorting items, including heavy items requiring a pallet jack or hand-picking items from a bin. This individual must be able to work quickly while ensuring the accuracy of each item scanned.

Responsibilities

  • Scan and sort customer orders accurately and efficiently
  • Ensure that all packaging materials are in good condition before packing them
  • Move items from one location to another using a hand truck or pallet jack (must be able to lift at least 50 lbs)
  • Pack customer orders in boxes, fill out paperwork, and stack boxes onto pallets for shipment in Pembroke Pines, FL

  • Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor (e.g., unload new inventory)

Requirements

  • Being 18 years or older
  • Ability to understand
  • Adhere to all job requirements and safety guidelines.

Hiring Phases

Hiring is relatively smooth on Amazon. First, you’ll need to apply for the job on Amazon’s official website. Then, you will receive a 30 minutes Virtual Job Preview email containing more information about the job. Watching that virtual job preview is obligatory. After watching Virtual Job Preview, you will attend 20 mins Office Hours session in Pembroke Pines, FL. While attending this session, you must bring proof of your identity and employment eligibility document with you, according to official Amazon’s hiring process page. You will receive an online new hire orientation email if you also pass this phase. So, it is an online session about workspace safety, how to work in Amazon, etc… Finally, the first day! As the final step, you will receive an email with schedule details.

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