A pest control warehouse manager oversees the chemical storeroom and repair shop that route trucks load from each morning. They store pesticides by label and state rules, and keep sprayers and traps working. They also keep the warehouse crew safe around the chemicals they handle.
By the HireBus team · Updated · Pay data: BLS, May 2025
Median pay, building and home services companies · BLS, May 2025
Annual pay: 10th percentile $52,000, middle half $58,260 to $86,180, 90th percentile $147,300. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, building and home services companies.
Reports to
Operations manager
Department
Operations
Schedule
40 hours a week, early start · Opens before route trucks load out. Some overtime and on-call duty in the spring and summer peak.
Also called
Chemical warehouse supervisor · Shop and warehouse manager · Materials manager · Supply manager
Pest control warehouse manager job description template
This is our Role Blueprint, word for word. Replace the highlighted fields and adjust the example targets and pay to fit your company.
Responsible for overseeing the efficient operations of the warehouse, ensuring the proper maintenance, storage, and management of chemicals and equipment essential for pest control services. Plays a crucial role in organizing shipping and receiving processes to support seamless service delivery and compliance with safety standards.
2. Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Manage daily warehouse operations, prioritizing the upkeep of chemicals and specialized pest control equipment.
Oversee and coordinate shipping and receiving activities to ensure timely processing and distribution.
Maintain accurate inventory records and conduct regular audits to prevent shrinkage and ensure safety compliance.
Ensure adherence to hazardous material handling protocols and environmental regulations.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support overall operational efficiency.
3. Key Tasks / Daily Activities
Inspect incoming shipments and verify contents against purchase orders.
Organize and label inventory storage areas to optimize space and accessibility.
Schedule and supervise the loading and unloading of shipments throughout the day.
Monitor and maintain safety standards in all handling and storage operations.
Communicate with vendors and suppliers to resolve discrepancies and coordinate orders.
4. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Inventory accuracy rate: Achieve a minimum of 98% accuracy.
On-time shipping percentage: Maintain a target of 99% timely shipments.
Safety incident rate: Ensure zero safety incidents per quarter.
Equipment downtime: Limit to less than 5% of operational hours.
5. Required Qualifications and Skills
Bachelor’s degree in logistics, supply chain management, or a related field preferred.
Minimum of 3 years’ experience in warehouse management, preferably in the handling of hazardous materials.
Proficient in inventory management systems and shipping/receiving software applications.
Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to manage and motivate a team.
Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving abilities.
6. Preferred Experience
Experience in the pest control or home services industry.
Demonstrated knowledge of chemical safety regulations and hazardous material handling.
Background in process improvement and efficiency optimization in warehouse environments.
Prior experience working within regulatory safety frameworks and compliance standards.
7. Physical Requirements
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs on a regular basis.
Capability to perform physical tasks in variable temperature conditions.
Frequent standing, walking, and performing repetitive manual tasks.
Must be willing to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) at all times.
8. Work Environment and Schedule
Standard work schedule of 40 hours per week with potential for occasional overtime.
Work is primarily conducted in the warehouse with exposure to varying environmental conditions.
Minimal travel may be required for vendor coordination or inter-departmental meetings.
Occasional on-call duties during peak periods to ensure uninterrupted operations.
9. Compensation and Benefits
Salary range of $55,000 - $70,000 USD per year, based on experience and qualifications.
Eligibility for performance-based bonus incentives.
Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision insurance packages.
401(k) retirement plan with company match and additional fringe benefits.
Opportunities for continuous training and career advancement.
10. Company Culture and Overview
We foster a growth-oriented environment that values innovation, safety, and teamwork.
Our inclusive culture encourages proactive learning and cross-functional collaboration.
We are committed to investing in our employees through professional development programs.
Our mission is to deliver exceptional pest control services while nurturing community and environmental responsibility.
We believe in celebrating successes, embracing challenges, and building long-term relationships with our team members.
11. How to Apply
If you meet the above criteria and want to be part of a growth-oriented company focused on customer satisfaction, please send your resume to [INSERT EMAIL HERE] or apply online at [INSERT WEBSITE LINK HERE].
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A pest control warehouse holds regulated chemicals, sends them out on trucks every morning, keeps the spray equipment running, and has to get rid of old product the legal way.
Storage rules come from labels, states and fire codes
For small containers, EPA sets storage rules through each product's label, and some states add their own. Arizona requires a locked storage area with a warning sign, ventilation to the outside, a fire extinguisher suited to the products, spill absorbent, and a copy of each stored product's label and SDS. Local fire and building codes can add more. Source: Ariz. Admin. Code § R3-8-303: Pesticide and device storage area.
Morning load-out follows DOT rules
Some products are hazardous materials on the road, such as aerosols, gasoline for power equipment and certain concentrates. DOT's materials of trade rule lets a company truck carry them for its own work without shipping papers or placards. The main limits: no more than 440 pounds per vehicle, packages closed, marked with what's inside and secured against shifting, and a driver who knows what's on board. The warehouse checks each load against those limits. Source: 49 CFR § 173.6: Materials of trade exceptions.
The spray rigs live in the shop
Hand sprayers, backpack sprayers, power dusters and mosquito misting blowers break down most in the busy months. The warehouse manager runs a repair bench, keeps spare pumps, seals and tips, and holds a few loaner units so one broken sprayer doesn't cancel a route. Every repair goes in a log, which feeds the equipment downtime number.
Traps and exclusion gear need tracking too
Wildlife traps, one-way doors and ladders go out to jobs and come back dirty or damaged. Some states set rules for the traps themselves. Oklahoma requires traps set by a nuisance wildlife control operator to carry the operator's name and permit number. The warehouse cleans, tags and checks traps between jobs and knows which ones are still out. Source: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation: Title 800 rules for nuisance wildlife control operators.
Old product has to leave the right way
Pesticides fall under FIFRA until they're thrown out, then under federal waste law, and some count as hazardous waste. Start with the label's disposal directions. For product that can't be used up, many states run Clean Sweep collections for commercial users, with rules that vary by state. The warehouse manager keeps a marked area for products waiting on disposal and a record of where each one went. Source: U.S. EPA: Requirements for pesticide disposal.
How much pest control warehouse managers make
The closest BLS group for pest control warehouse managers is transportation, storage, and distribution managers. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers who work for building and home services companies earned a median of $72,010 a year ($34.62 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s below the $107,230 median for transportation, storage, and distribution managers in all industries. About 460 of the 221,180 transportation, storage, and distribution managers in that survey work for building and home services companies.
The template pays this job a salary and makes it bonus-eligible. Fair bonus measures here are count accuracy, a clean safety log and how fast broken sprayers get back in service.
Building and home services companies
$72,010$72,010 median Middle half $58,260–$86,180 10th–90th $52,000–$147,300
All industries
$107,230$107,230 median Middle half $82,440–$146,770 10th–90th $65,120–$194,900
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10th–90th percentileMiddle halfMedianAnnual pay, May 2025. Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Annual pay by percentile
Group
10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
Building and home services companies
$52,000
$58,260
$72,010
$86,180
$147,300
All industries
$65,120
$82,440
$107,230
$146,770
$194,900
BLS doesn’t publish pay for transportation, storage, and distribution managers at pest control companies on their own, so these figures cover building and home services companies. Post a real range for your market in the ad.
The pay line in the template above is an example from our Role Blueprint. Set yours from these figures and what local companies pay.
Skills to hire for, and what you can teach
Hire for these
Has run a stockroom or warehouse that handled chemicals or hazardous materials
Has trucks loaded, checked and gone before the first appointments
Turns what the label and SDS say into storage and handling rules
Repairs pumps, hoses and small engines, or knows who can
Keeps disposal, repair and incident records current without being asked
Teach these on the job
Your product list, storage layout and truck stock levels
Your state's storage and disposal rules
DOT materials of trade limits for the trucks
Spill response steps and cleanup kits
Trap tagging, cleaning and check-out
Expect barcode scanners and an inventory system, either standalone or built into the routing software, plus a safety data sheet library, spill kits and a small-engine repair bench. If the warehouse restocks other branches, it also needs a vehicle for those runs.
Pest control warehouse manager interview questions
They have their own page: 6 questions that test this job, what strong and weak answers sound like, and a work exercise to run with your finalists.
Review these every month and again in late winter, before spring stock arrives. Your own counts, incident log and repair history are the baseline for each target.
Inventory accuracy rate
Audit a sample of products against the system each week, rotating through every shelf and branch. Put restricted use products and costly termiticides on a shorter rotation than baits and supplies.
On-time shipping percentage
Truck restock orders and branch transfers ready by the agreed time, divided by all orders that week, from your inventory system. Write down why each late order slipped: a late delivery from a supplier, a short-staffed morning or a missing product.
Safety incident rate
Each quarter, tally injuries, spills, chemical exposures and near misses from the incident log. Talk through every one at a crew meeting and write down the fix that followed.
Equipment downtime
Days each sprayer, duster or mister spends on the repair bench during the weeks it was scheduled for use, from the repair log. Flag units that keep coming back with the same failure.
Career path
Apprentice or helperLearns the products, the equipment and how a route truck gets loaded.
At what size does a pest control warehouse need its own inventory specialist?
Size matters less than the signs. At a single branch, one person can usually count, order and run the storeroom. Add the specialist when stock moves between branches, when matching truck draws to service tickets eats most of a day, or when the repair bench needs its own attention. Then the specialist owns the numbers and usage records, and the manager owns storage, load-out, safety, the shop and the crew.
How much does a pest control warehouse manager make?
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers who work for building and home services companies earned a median of $72,010 a year ($34.62 an hour) in May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The middle half earned between $58,260 and $86,180 a year. Pay also depends on your local market, experience and bonus terms.
How should a pest control warehouse handle a chemical spill?
Start with the product label and the safety data sheet, which lists cleanup steps and protective gear. Keep spill kits with absorbent, bags and gloves at the warehouse and in each truck, and practice with the team before a real spill. Log every spill, and check with the state agency that regulates pesticides on which spills it wants reported.
Who should approve big chemical orders at a pest control company?
Set approval limits before the spring buy. The warehouse manager can place routine reorders to keep shelves at their usual levels. Big termiticide or equipment orders, new suppliers and product switches go to the operations manager. A product switch changes what techs learn and carry.
How do you write a pest control warehouse manager job ad?
Lead with what they'll store and supply: how many branches and trucks, and whether restricted use products or fumigants sit on the shelf. Note the early start and peak-season on-call. The template's physical lines cover lifting as much as 50 pounds and wearing required protective gear at all times, so name the gear your product labels call for.
