Checker Job Description

A Checker verifies that outgoing and incoming shipments match required counts before they move. Working within a distribution center or warehouse, the role sits between order fulfillment and final shipping, catching count discrepancies before they reach the customer, trigger costly claims, or delay a delivery route. Checkers reconcile load sheets against ERP or voice-picking records, and in food and beverage distribution centers, that verification must also satisfy HACCP and SQF audit standards, adding a compliance layer that goes well beyond simple counting or scanning. Accuracy here protects both product and people alike.

As the Checker, you verify load accuracy at every dispatch point, protecting the company from shipping errors, customer disputes, and regulatory compliance violations across incoming and outgoing freight. You work closely with warehouse supervisors, drivers, and inventory control staff to confirm counts before trucks leave, reporting any discrepancies within the same shift in which they occur.

Career Impact: Mastering load verification and cycle-count accuracy opens paths toward forklift-certified and inventory-control positions in distribution operations.

Business Impact: Accurate counts at dispatch prevent shipment shortages that would otherwise reach customers and trigger claims or chargebacks.

Growth Opportunity: Consistent accuracy on load audits builds toward supervisory roles overseeing inventory control across an entire facility.

• Verify load counts against shipping documents and system records at check-in and check-out to catch discrepancies before dispatch.
• Reconcile physical counts against inventory records to maintain accurate stock levels across the entire facility.
• Operate powered material handling equipment, including pallet jacks and forklifts, to move, load, and stage product safely.
• Report overages, shortages, and count discrepancies to supervisors within the same shift they are discovered.
• Inspect incoming and outgoing shipments for damage, mislabeling, and packaging defects before they leave the loading dock.
• Maintain daily checklists, load sheets, and inventory records to support ongoing audit and compliance reviews.
• Coordinate with drivers and supervisors to confirm delivery readiness and resolve loading discrepancies quickly and accurately.
• Support cycle counts and other inventory control procedures to keep warehouse stock records current and reliable.

• High school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) equivalent, or equivalent relevant work experience in a warehouse setting.
• 1 or more years of experience in warehouse, inventory, or distribution center operations, including reconciliation duties.
• Ability to lift, carry, and move materials weighing up to 50 pounds on a regular basis.
• Ability to work flexible or rotating shifts, including nights, weekends, and overtime as business needs require.
• Strong basic math skills for counting, measuring, weighing, and reconciling inventory quantities with precision.
• Ability to safely operate material handling equipment, including pallet jacks, hand trucks, and forklifts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for reporting discrepancies and coordinating with supervisors.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and organizational skills for maintaining accurate records in a fast-paced distribution environment.

• Forklift operator certification, or demonstrated ability to obtain certification within the first weeks of employment.
• Prior experience using computerized inventory or warehouse management systems to track, reconcile, and report stock movement.
• Experience working within a regulated distribution environment, such as food, beverage, or pharmaceutical logistics operations.
• Bilingual communication skills that support a diverse warehouse workforce and external driver base.

• Count accuracy rate, reflecting how few discrepancies occur between physical counts and system records.
• Shipment error rate, measuring how often loaded orders match count and quality standards.
• Mean time to resolve reported discrepancies, showing how quickly count issues are corrected.
• Cycle count completion rate, reflecting consistency in supporting inventory control procedures.
• On-time dock clearance rate, showing how efficiently inspected shipments move to dispatch.
• Inventory shrinkage rate for checked product, reflecting how effectively count errors are caught before dispatch.

• Base Salary Range: $32,000 to $42,000 per year, equivalent to roughly $15 to $20 per hour.
• Bonus: Occasional attendance or productivity bonuses in some distribution centers, typically a few hundred dollars annually.
• Equity: Not typically offered for hourly warehouse or distribution positions.
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, often available after a short waiting period.
• PTO: Typically 5 to 10 paid days annually, increasing modestly with tenure.
• Common Perks: Shift differentials, safety incentive bonuses, and employee discount programs at some employers.

Figures are estimates based on general US market benchmarks and may be outdated. Adjust based on location, company size, and seniority level.

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request for applicants or employees who need them during the hiring process. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without employer-sponsored visa support.

The Material Checker owns the receiving, inspection, and dispatch of warehouse goods, operating a forklift to move freight while keeping stock and shipment records accurate. Reporting to the warehouse supervisor, the Material Checker works alongside Plant Quality Assurance to inspect and dispose of rejected ingredients, keeping freight movement secure and compliant.

Key Responsibilities

• Follow established procedures and guidelines to handle, record, and dispatch goods in a store or warehouse, including receiving incoming goods and checking for damage and discrepancies between goods and invoices.
• Pick orders, pack, and dispatch outgoing goods according to written or verbal orders, entering data into a database or other computerized system to maintain up-to-date stock and inventory records.
• Prepare shipments, load vehicles, and prepare necessary documentation for all shipments.
• Operate a forklift to move freight into and out of the warehouse.
• Load and unload freight and assist in controlling storage areas for packaging materials, ingredients, and finished product, scheduling freight movements in cooperation with team leaders.
• Assist shipping personnel and Plant Quality Assurance to handle, sample, and make proper disposition of excess or rejected ingredients.
• Ensure correct security procedures are observed in handling packaging materials, ingredients, finished product, shipments, paperwork, and general freight movement into and out of the warehouse.
• Assist in inventory control procedures, such as cycle counting, for packaging materials, ingredients, and finished product.
• Maintain familiarity with plant policies concerning traffic procedures, security, and reports, and with applicable federal and industry regulations concerning freight shipments.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent is required.
• A valid forklift operator license, or certification before operating a lift truck, is required.
• One year of experience in a similar role is required.
• Knowledge of logistics and shipping procedures.
• Proficiency in material handling, computer literacy, and basic mathematics.
• Experience operating pallet jacks.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Ability to work 8-hour or 12-hour shifts, or other schedules as required, including overtime.
• Ability to move materials weighing up to 50 lbs. a distance of 10 feet or more.
• Certification on the training plan for this position is required within 60 working days of the start date.

Embedded within Document Services, the Document Checker delivers proofreading and editing across complex technical and client documents, applying standardized marks and house style guidance to meet deadline-driven requirements. Working closely with clients and other Document Services teams, the Document Checker reconciles workflow priorities and language queries, keeping deliverables accurate, consistent, and on schedule.

Core Functions

• Build solid internal relationships through proactive communication with other teams in the department.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with other teams across the organization.
• Build solid external working relationships through proactive communication with clients and third parties.
• Take instructions from clients, clarifying queries as appropriate, following required administrative and technical procedures.
• Proofread documents clearly, accurately, and effectively using standardized marks on hard copy, or edit documents on screen, or listen to and check oral transcriptions if requested.
• Assist in day-to-day department workflow in rotation with others, accepting and assessing work, confirming requirements with clients, clarifying queries, and renegotiating deadlines as appropriate.
• Liaise with other departments to manage deadlines and keep workloads under active review, ensuring deadlines are not at risk, and clients are informed of potential issues.
• Provide guidance to other teams on styles, formatting, and use of the English language.
• Provide advice to clients regarding English language or house style issues, and edit documents to improve readability if requested.
• Keep personal workload under active review and advise colleagues, clients, or supervisors of potential issues.
• Maintain flexibility about work location and working hours, including attending training courses off shift when necessary.

Qualifications & Experience

• Professional proofreading services experience in legal, financial, or a similar field is preferred.
• Experience and understanding of the principles of effective workflow management.
• Experience working on complex technical documents in a client deadline-driven environment.
• Experience of working in a 24/7 environment.
• Possess strong computer literacy.
• Demonstrate a keen eye for detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent client service skills.
• Good organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
• Flexible and proactive approach to work.

Reporting to the senior operations manager, the Quality Checker shapes suitability assessments across ISA, OEIC, Investment Bond, Structured Product, and Pension cases, performing redress calculations and drafting final response letters. Partnering with team leaders and case reviewers, the Quality Checker helps drive consistent quality standards and surfaces thematic findings that guide additional training.

Primary Duties

• Conduct Data Enrichment & Validation activity (DE&V).
• Conduct suitability assessments across a range of product types, including ISA, OEICs, Investment Bonds, Structured Products, and Pensions.
• Carry out customer contact, where required, to conclude suitability assessments.
• Perform redress calculations.
• Write final response letters.
• Rapidly incorporate ongoing business and process changes into ways of working and conducting case reviews.
• Act upon feedback from quality checking functions, learning from mistakes, and rectifying them moving forward.
• Support other team members with case reviews.
• Provide support to the wider team, working with team leaders and the senior operations manager to drive a consistent level of quality across all files.
• Collate thematic findings to continually improve quality by identifying gaps in knowledge and areas where additional training may be appropriate.
• Attend client-facing meetings, where applicable, and discuss technical aspects of reviews on a case-by-case basis, e.g., Case Clinic.

Skills & Qualifications

• CII Advanced Diploma in Financial Planning (RQF Level 4), or equivalent, is required.
• Minimum of 2 years of QC experience within a similar role.
• Strong customer focus.
• Ability to demonstrate decision-making using a holistic approach.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work to demanding deadlines.
• Ability to attain and maintain specified quality and production targets.
• Ability to work remotely or independently, and as part of a rapidly growing team.
• Ability to work with honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness, and maintain high standards of professionalism and competence.

Sitting at the intersection of customer service and point-of-sale accuracy, the Checker leads guest checkout by scanning items, verifying age-restricted purchases, and encouraging participation in rewards and survey programs. Operating across checking, sacking, and stocking duties as scheduled by management, the Checker builds consistent guest engagement while following attendance and dress code standards outlined in the team member handbook.

Duties

• Acknowledge, greet, and engage guests entering the area or department.
• Scan all items, beginning with the bottom of the basket.
• Verify customer identification per policy when purchasing alcohol or tobacco products.
• Help guests find items when necessary.
• Follow the daily work schedule as assigned by management.
• Encourage guest participation in the satisfaction survey.
• Encourage guest participation in the rewards program.
• Encourage guest participation in promotional programs when applicable.
• Follow dress code in accordance with the team member handbook.
• Follow attendance and tardiness guidelines in accordance with the team member handbook.

Requirements

• Alcohol Seller/Server Certification is required.
• Ability to operate all checking equipment, keep accurate records, count money, and make change.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced but efficient and controlled manner.
• Ability to accept supervisory coaching related to performance, work habits, and attitude.
• Ability to function as a team member and get along with others.
• Ability to perform all physical aspects of checker, sacker, and stocker duties, including bending, lifting, walking, squatting, climbing, and at times running.
• Ability to lift items to a height of 4 feet, weighing up to 40 lbs., on a regular basis.
• Ability to place items weighing up to 80 lbs. in the floorboard and trunk space of vehicles.

A key member of the structural detailing team, the Steel Checker delivers fabrication and erection drawings using TEKLA software, directing junior detailers to keep steel connection modelling on schedule. Collaborating across engineering and fabrication functions, the Steel Checker resolves fabricator queries and enforces BOM and code standards, including OSHA requirements, throughout the design review process.

Functions

• Deliver the complete fabrication package as per project schedule.
• Ensure compliance with standard procedures and project requirements.
• Assign work and provide technical direction to junior detailers and drafters, and check deliverables.
• Perform modelling of steel members and connections for critical structures and produce fabrication and erection drawings using TEKLA software.
• Assist in the development of basic layout drawings for civil or structural data or other purposes.
• Respond to fabricator queries and manage the tracking list.

Experience & Qualifications

• A diploma or ITI draftsman course in Civil or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent, is required as a minimum.
• Prior experience in fabrication and/or erection is preferred.
• A minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience is required.
• Knowledge of detail engineering and deliverables, and understanding of the complete detailing work process, including all tools used.
• Understanding of engineering department procedures and relevant design guides.
• Knowledge of constructability and applicable standards and codes, including OSHA.
• Understanding of engineering planning and control methods, including computerized methods.
• Completion of expert courses in steel fabrication shop or yard work is an added advantage.
• Proficiency in using MS Office tools.
• Proficiency in using 3D structural modeling software such as S3D, Frameworks, or Revit is preferred.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

Accurate, on-time customer orders depend on the Checker Lead, who builds and verifies pallet orders using a handheld scanner and pallet jack before they are wrapped, labelled, and staged for shipment. Serving as backup support during peak volume, the Checker, Lead operates pallet jacks and hand trucks to meet daily productivity targets while maintaining accurate, secure loads for delivery trucks.

Accountabilities

• Prepare orders based on provided summary to accurately build orders for loading onto delivery trucks.
• Use voice picking software, where applicable, to build orders at or above company standards for productivity and accuracy.
• Ensure product orders are accurate and secure for transport before being loaded into the truck for delivery.
• Operate industrial powered equipment such as pallet jacks and hand trucks.
• Meet daily productivity requirements.
• Move product and/or materials manually as required.
• Stage completed pallets in designated shipping areas.

Technical Qualifications

• High school diploma is preferred.
• A valid Class 1A license is required.
• Forklift certification is a plus.
• Prior warehouse, production, or equipment service experience.
• Ability to operate a manual or powered pallet jack, or lift product.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.

As the Checker, this role manages a team of direct and third-party cleaners, ensuring consistently high-quality cleaning across owner and guest properties while building local contractor relationships. The operations team relies on this work to use data for optimizing quality, reliability, and cost of service, requiring a full clean driving license for regular site visits.

Activities

• Manage a team of direct and third-party cleaners to deliver excellent operations for owners and guests, ensuring consistently high-quality cleaning.
• Ensure an appropriate supply of cleaners for present and future needs.
• Ensure all cleaners are appropriately trained.
• Build a strong employer or contractor brand locally.
• Use data to inform how service is delivered and optimize quality, reliability, and cost of service delivery.
• Work cross-functionally with other teams throughout the region.

Position Requirements

• Demonstrable experience making decisions using data to drive change.
• Keen attention to detail with a preference for exceeding quality expectations.
• An inquisitive mind, seeking new opportunities for improvement.
• Adaptability and a drive to take initiative in a fast-paced and ever-changing work environment.
• Analytical thinking and comfort with failing fast through experimentation.
• A creative approach to operational problem solving, with tangible examples.
• A full, clean driving license is required, as regular visits to homes and presence in assigned offices are needed.

The Checker owns load accuracy at check-in and check-out, physically counting shipments, maintaining required records, and entering verified totals into the ERP system to keep inventory data reliable. The work directly supports internal and external drivers through hands-on customer service, including visual inspection of incoming and outgoing vehicles and their cargo bay doors.

Operational Focus

• Ensure load accuracy at check-in and check-out by physical counting.
• Maintain required records.
• Enter data into the ERP system.
• Assist internal and external drivers with customer service needs.
• Visually inspect all incoming and outgoing vehicles, including climbing onto trucks and manually opening bay doors.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• High school diploma or GED is preferred.
• Six months of experience with inventory control methods, techniques, or processes.
• Demonstrated organizational and administrative skills.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Willingness to work flexible hours or shifts, including overtime and Saturdays as needed.
• Ability to repetitively lift to 50 lbs.

The Document Checker oversees import and export letter-of-credit documentation, resolving discrepancies with customers and performing data input for trade finance, loan, and funds-transfer transactions. Reporting to the trade finance operations lead, the Document Checker ensures end-of-day reconciliation and adherence to KYC, AML, and CFT compliance requirements across all transactions.

Key Deliverables

• Check import and export LC documents.
• Handle customer queries and liaise with them on documentation discrepancies.
• Follow up on acceptance and payments.
• Perform data input for trade finance, loans, funds transfers, and account opening transactions.
• Perform end-of-day reconciliation.
• Ensure all processes adhere to laws, including trade regulations, policies, procedures, and KYC/AML/CFT compliance.

Professional Experience

• At least 3 years of relevant trade finance experience within the banking industry.
• Good document-checking capability and experience.
• Familiarity with Commodities LCs is a plus.
• Knowledge of UCP600, ISP98, iSBP, and URR725.
• Knowledge of trade finance due diligence and AML requirements.
• Familiarity with various SWIFT message types.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Meticulous and detail-oriented.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Embedded within the engineering change management function, the Engineering Checker refines drawing reviews for completeness, accuracy, and conformance to standards before routing changes through PDM/PLM approval workflows. Working closely with the Change Analyst, the Engineering Checker administers Autodesk Inventor and Vault Professional access while enforcing uniform BOM structure standards to shorten release timelines from creation through production release.

Areas of Ownership

• Check drawings for relevant details that must be present in an Engineering Change as submitted, and manage the routing of changes through the appropriate approval process using PDM/PLM software until approved and released to production.
• Evaluate change requests for completeness, accuracy, and conformance to uniform engineering standards before promoting to review.
• Enforce uniform BOM structure standards and guidelines for upper-level assemblies with dependent and independent variable options and configurations.
• Minimize the time required to take an engineering change through the process from creation to full implementation and release to production.
• Administer Autodesk Inventor design and Vault Professional PDM/PLM software.
• Receive general day-to-day guidance and coordination from the Change Analyst.

Education & Experience

• Associate's degree or higher in a technical or engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• 1 to 3 years of related job experience.
• Knowledge of document control in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office and Adobe software products.
• Knowledge of PDM/PLM software systems is preferred.
• Proficiency with Inventor, Vault Professional, and AutoCAD software, or related tools.
• Ability to efficiently organize and plan work tasks to meet company goals.
• Ability to be proactive, resourceful, and highly motivated, with excellent communication skills.

Reporting to the warehouse shift supervisor, the Warehouse Checker develops accurate load verification by validating product against pick lists before trucks are dispatched. Partnering with drivers and repack teams, the Warehouse Checker reconciles daily load sheets and shipping paperwork while repacking damaged cases to protect product and support DPO compliance.

Role Responsibilities

• Repack damaged cases into sellable packages.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety standards in the repack area.
• Operate job-related equipment safely, such as hand trucks and pallet jacks.
• Assist in meeting DPO and safety/environmental compliance.
• Inventory product and materials in the repack room.
• Ensure proper completion of daily load sheets and re-assignment of trucks to drivers.
• Verify accuracy of product receipts and shipments as stated on shipping papers.
• Identify issues, ideas, and solutions that will enhance the work team.

Background & Experience

• High school diploma or GED.
• Prior warehouse, delivery, or sales experience preferred.
• Ability to meet production demands and quotas.
• Highly organized, with the ability to manage priorities and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including different shifts.
• Ability to lift, load, unload, and move products weighing up to 165 lbs.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.

Sitting at the intersection of quality control and production tracking, the Product Inspector performs coating-thickness verification using calibrated gauges to confirm galvanized product meets customer specifications. Operating across visual inspection and count reconciliation, the Product Inspector refines rejection decisions for nonconforming coatings while comparing finished product counts against the production schedule and flagging irregularities such as zinc buildup for rework.

Job Functions

• Inspect galvanized product to ensure conformance to company and customer standards, testing coating thickness with a properly calibrated thickness gauge and recording on a form.
• Inspect galvanized or coated products using fixed and variable measuring instruments.
• Inspect for irregularities in coatings, including non-coated areas, icicles, drips, zinc buildup, ash, or other foreign matter on freshly galvanized or coated products.
• Compare product count with the production schedule to ensure finished product matches customer count.
• Reject product that does not meet customer and company standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• A thorough understanding of inspection techniques and the materials, gauges, tools, and equipment of the trade.
• Able to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Maintain a clean and hazard-free workplace, protecting self and others from accident and injury.
• Exhibit excellent safety practices and behaviors, following safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to work in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Maintain a high awareness of safety at all times.
• Ability to pay attention to detail and follow work instructions.
• Ability to identify and communicate product problems to departmental supervisors.
• Occasional travel offsite to customer locations.

A key member of the bakery distribution team, the Checker Loader develops accurate load counts by loading and unloading route trucks according to the Food Safety and Food Quality Plans. Collaborating with the Lead Shipper, the Checker Loader tracks tray availability and product locations on the shipping dock, stepping in to cover Lead Shipper duties during absences.

What You'll Do

• Ensure and maintain a safe environment compliant with all OSHA and governmental policies and procedures.
• Follow and enforce procedures outlined in the Food Safety Plan and the Food Quality Plan, and other programs supporting the SQF system and third-party audits.
• Load incoming trucks and routes with the proper amount of each variety, and unload product and/or empty trays from incoming transports.
• Maintain knowledge of where products are located on the shipping dock and how much of each variety is in each tray.
• Keep empty trays available for wrapping personnel.
• Report overages and shortages to the Lead Shipper or Supervisor.
• Qualify to cover for the Lead Shipper in case of illness or vacation.
• Keep the work area clean.
• Maintain regular and dependable attendance as an essential function of the position.

Qualifications & Experience

• High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred but not required.
• 1 to 3 years of prior experience or training in a relevant manufacturing or supply-chain environment is preferred.
• Basic computer skills and basic arithmetic, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
• Recognize and encourage behaviors that contribute to teamwork, communicating and working effectively with all associates in a team environment.
• Take direction from the Lead Shipper and execute work requirements.
• Work well in a fast-paced, team-based environment, with solid interpersonal skills and openness to change.
• Understand and follow written and verbal instructions with a high level of detail.
• Ability to work around and with various food, machinery, and equipment.
• Willingness to work irregular or rotating shifts, including split days off, holidays, and weekends, frequently required.
• Ability to work 8+ hour shifts, lift 50 pounds, stack, unstack, or carry trays, stand or stoop for prolonged periods, perform repetitive motions, use equipment such as a hand truck or two-wheel dolly, and work in varying temperatures.

As the Gate Checker, this role advances accurate inventory control by counting floor and truck stock and operating a forklift to receive and store incoming items safely. The warehouse team relies on this work to reload route trucks promptly and sort partial case returns, supporting audit standards and dependable daily attendance.

Scope of Work

• Count floor and truck inventories.
• Operate a forklift in a safe and orderly manner, if applicable.
• Receive and store incoming items according to warehouse standards.
• Maintain a safe and orderly storage arrangement for all items handled.
• Maintain cleanliness in assigned areas, such as the yard and warehouse.
• Reload route trucks promptly and safely.
• Sort and store partial cases of products returned on route trucks.
• Maintain records of the daily checklist.
• Demonstrate communication, customer service, and conflict resolution with peers.
• Ensure adherence to audit standards.
• Maintain regular, reliable, predictable attendance.

Requirements

• Working knowledge of a warehousing environment, including SKU configuration, pallet and row layout, safety standards, and pick aisles.
• Ability to count inventory, tracking inbound and out-bound inventory using basic mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Ability to control inventory, including counting stock on the shop floor and locating or tracking products in the warehouse.
• Ability to perform process control and documentation, checking and certifying product, following process controls, and meeting quality standards with tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with computers, including operating hand-held remote devices and building spreadsheets and gate logs showing product movement.