Warehouse Associate I-1
About The Position
The Warehouse Associate operates forklifts safely and efficiently; handles production and raw materials; maintains orderly warehouse storage and housekeeping; loads and unloads trailers; keeps access to dock doors clear; and prepares warehouse-related documents. The role supports inventory, quality, food safety, training, and continuous improvement activities, and performs other tasks assigned by supervisors. The associate must handle, transport, and store materials and finished goods in ways that maintain product quality and food safety. This includes labeling production, recording lot codes for traceability, isolating non-conforming products and materials, following GMP, personnel practices, HACCP, and prerequisite food safety programs, preventing foreign material contamination, communicating quality and safety concerns, and maintaining a clean and sanitized work area. The position requires a sense of urgency and accountability, the ability to work with limited supervision, and the ability to take direction, work with others, meet deadlines, concentrate accurately, and adapt to changing tasks. A high school diploma or GED and one year of forklift experience are preferred. The employee must complete or have completed OSHA Forklift Certification within 90 days of employment to earn an OSHA forklift certification/license.
Requirements
- Able to come to work promptly and regularly.
- Able to take direction and work well with others.
- Able to work under deadline-related stress.
- Able to concentrate and perform accurately.
- Able to adapt productively to change and handle other assigned tasks.
- Must complete or have completed OSHA Forklift Certification within 90 days of employment to earn an OSHA forklift certification/license.
- Physical ability to climb, stoop, crouch, reach, stand for sustained periods, walk long distances, push, pull, lift, grasp, feel, finger, talk, hear, perform repetitive arm/hand/finger movements, and use vision for data and figure analysis and close inspection.
- Able to exert up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly.
- Able to hear speech and sounds at the specified levels, with or without correction, and receive detailed oral information.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- One year of forklift experience.
Responsibilities
- Operate forklifts safely, wear a seat belt during operation, and maintain forklifts in safe and efficient condition through daily and weekly inspections.
- Remove product from production and stack units at appropriate heights in an orderly manner in the warehouse.
- Deliver raw materials to the production floor; weigh, identify, and stage waste raw materials.
- Sweep and maintain an orderly warehouse and keep dock-door access clear, including removing snow and debris.
- Prepare warehouse reports and review bills of lading, work orders, and other documents as needed.
- Load and unload trucks and trailers while following proper procedures.
- Assist coworkers and perform assigned tasks as instructed by supervisors.
- Assist with documenting daily and monthly inventories.
- Complete the Quality Control Orientation program and Warehouse Inventory Procedure training on the in-house computer inventory systems.
- Assist with training new employees in the Quality Control Orientation Program and on the in-house computer inventory systems as needed.
- Participate in plant teams and activities involving safety, quality, sustainability, community involvement, OEE, maintenance, employee wellness, brainstorming, and continuous improvement.
- Support personal development by seeking manager meetings, additional training, broader involvement, continuing education opportunities, and development and performance goals.
- Handle, transport, and store materials and finished goods in a manner that maintains product quality and food safety.
- Label and/or tag production and maintain raw and packaging material traceability by recording lot codes as required.
- Isolate and track non-conforming products and materials.
- Follow GMP, personnel practices, HACCP, and prerequisite food safety programs; perform work to prevent foreign material contamination.
- Communicate quality, food safety, and food defense issues to appropriate personnel.
- Maintain a clean and organized work area through housekeeping, sanitization, waste management, and adherence to the master cleaning and sanitization schedule; proactively address housekeeping and sanitization opportunities.
- Complete or have completed OSHA Forklift Certification within 90 days of employment.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
