Shipping & Receiving Associate, Day Shift

Vital Farms•Springfield, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Shipping and Receiving Associate at Vital Farms, you will work within our state-of-the-art manufacturing and production facility to load and unload our pasture-raised eggs from our family farms. This role at Egg Central Station (ECS) is critical in bridging the gap from local family farms to grocery stores for our consumers. You’ll be on your feet during each twelve-hour shift, moving, lifting, loading and working with air-conditioned and sunlight-filled warehouse. Finding the right place to grow your career isn’t (over) easy, so we’re here to help by sharing a few reasons why the grass is greener at Vital Farms. We think you’ll appreciate our focus on Conscious Capitalism, which drives business decisions that benefit all our stakeholders (leading to even better business results). You might be drawn to our innovative approach and refusal to settle for the “way things have always been done.” Or you could find it exciting to grow your skills while working for an industry-leading brand. Whether you’re into our values, our brand, or our egg- cellent puns, we hope you ’ll join our Crew and help us change the world 108 square feet at a time! At Vital Farms, we are proud of our incredible stakeholders, and the diversity they represent from all areas and communities in which we operate and serve. We view this as a source of strength for us and your job is to help us make it even better.

Requirements

1 year of shipping and receiving experience
Strong attention to detail and ability to follow specific instructions
Basic math skills
Must be able to speak, read and write in English for safety reasons
Able to be certified to operate a forklift or pallet jack
Able to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch for extended periods of time
Good manual dexterity working with hands to reach, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls
Able to frequently lift and / or move up to 60 pounds
Able to work safely in an environment when exposed to wet conditions
Follow all personal safety and food safety requirements rigorously
Ensure work area is clean and free of any hazard

Responsibilities

Receiving various orders, including eggs, paper goods, and materials using electric pallet jacks, forklifts, and scanners for efficiency
Focusing on customer satisfaction, you will be loading trucks to ship orders to distribution centers and/or grocery retailers
To ensure that our standard of quality is being met, you will be organizing our finished goods area to accommodate the FIFO method of goods
Successfully use DSI scanning system to monitor movement of finished goods
Creating an excellent customer experience for our drivers will be your priority
Build pallets as needed for orders
Some of your time will be spent reading and understanding bill of ladings and sales orders to ensure efficient product movement

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