Forklift Driver

Costco Wholesale Corporation • Port St. Lucie, FL

40d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for preparing, packaging, and labeling various food items including meals, entrees, salads, party trays, rotisserie chicken, and ribs, adhering to Costco's standards for food preparation and sanitation. The role involves cleaning and sanitizing the Service Deli, its equipment, and utensils, maintaining a clean work area, and restocking supplies as needed, all while providing a high level of member service. The job description also mentions the ability to operate vehicles, equipment, or machinery, and assisting with department duties or in other warehouse departments as necessary.

Requirements

• Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
• Open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business.
• Must provide proof of authorization to work in the United States if hired.

Nice To Haves

• Experience operating a forklift.

Responsibilities

• Prepares, packages, and labels meals, entrees, salads, party trays, rotisserie chicken, and ribs according to Costco standards.
• Cleans and sanitizes the Service Deli, deli equipment, and deli utensils.
• Maintains a clean work area and restocks supplies as needed.
• Provides a high level of member service.
• Packages, wraps, seals, weighs, and labels products manually and with a manual wrapping machine.
• Utilizes carts and rolling racks for daily duties.
• Stocks and rotates display cases.
• Restocks and assembles large boxes of ingredients and supplies in the prep area.
• Slices vegetables for salads, entrees, and garnish.
• Assembles party trays, meals, and salads.
• Skewers and cooks chickens, ribs, and all protein in commercial rotisserie ovens or combi ovens.
• Harvests chicken meat and pieces and transports it to the blast chiller.
• Rotates stock in the cooler and uses carts to pull chicken and rib boxes for deli production.
• Follows Costco formulas and diagrams to monitor finished products for department consistency and quality standards.
• Complies with health codes regarding sanitation, temperatures, and pull dates.
• Upholds safety and security procedures.
• Counts on-hand product, figures production needs, and documents production on daily forms.
• Fills out time and temperature record forms.
• Records product to be salvaged, damaged, or destroyed for Manager audit.
• Shops the warehouse and purchases needed supplies and ingredients.
• Cleans and sanitizes deli work areas including the deli prep room, rotisserie chicken room, and chicken prep area.
• Cleans freezer and cooler areas weekly.
• Sweeps, sprays, mops, washes, wipes, applies cleaning agents, and operates a low-pressure washer.
• Logs sanitation procedures performed on daily reports and complies with health code.
• Follows safety procedures and reads labels for proper use and precautions related to cleaning products.
• Performs preventive maintenance for machinery, equipment, and implements.
• Cleans equipment by disassembling, spraying with cleaning and sanitizing agents, and wiping.
• Cleans deli display cases weekly or as needed.
• Washes, rinses, and sanitizes removable parts in a commercial dishwasher or by hand.
• Cleans deli prep room filters weekly.
• Cleans ovens, oven hoods, grease traps, and grease caddies using proper PPE.
• Cleans skewers using a power soak skewer tank.
• Ensures proper cleanup and disposal of hazardous materials.
• Assists with department duties as necessary.
• Assists in other departments of the warehouse as necessary.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance
• Health care reimbursement account
• Dependent care assistance plan
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• AD&D insurance
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• Stock purchase plan to eligible employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed