04/15/2021
**WE'RE HIRING**
Moving Assistant Job Description
Coordinating with the lead stager, the moving assistant will prepare items for transportation. The mover will work directly for East and Ivy home staging and Design, as we service all the DC metro area. You will help prepare, load, and unload items on a team with assistant movers and drive the moving truck. This can be a physically demanding job that requires heavy lifting and sometimes may include work on nights and weekends to meet a customers’ request. This position will directly report to the Chief of Operations.
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About the job
Mover Duties and Responsibilities:
Pack and Prepare Items
At the warehouse, movers help prepare and pack staging items to prevent damage during transit. The tasks include taking apart furniture, wrapping items in bubble wrap or stretch wrap, putting loose items in boxes and sealed bags, and using straps and cardboard sheets on large items.
Load and Unload Items:
Movers use equipment like dollies and ramps to load items from their buildings to the moving truck. They arrange items in the truck to fit the load and prevent objects from falling or getting damaged. At the destination, movers take the items off the truck and place them in the location the lead stagers’ requests.
Take Inventory:
Keeping track of items to make sure nothing gets lost or damaged in an important responsibility that movers have. Movers check the inventory when they reach the destination to ensure they unload all the items.
Perform Cleaning and Maintenance Tasks:
Before leaving the warehouse loading site, movers clean up any supplies or garbage left behind during the packing process. They also keep the moving trucks clean and may help perform general vehicle maintenance.
Mover Skills and Qualifications:
Attention to detail and knowledge of proper packaging, loading, and unloading processes help movers successfully assist lead stagers. In addition to preferring candidates with a high school education and driving skills, we also look for movers with the following skillset:
• Physical ability – lifting, loading, and unloading heavy boxes and items like furniture require a lot of physical strength and endurance.
• Customer service – movers have a key role in customer service since they need to follow the lead stager and/ or COO (Chief Operations Officer) requests, answer their questions, and sometimes defuse situations with dissatisfied customers.
• Teamwork – movers usually do not work alone and need to interact with stagers, drivers, and other movers to effectively complete each job assignment.
• Organization skills – they use their organizational skills to plan how to best pack items and arrange them in the moving truck.
• Communication skills –requires movers to have good writing and verbal communication skills to keep the moving team and stagers informed.
