Warehouse Associate I

Ring Container Technologies•Valdosta, GA

5d•$17

About The Position

The Warehouse Associate I operates forklifts and handles production materials, raw materials, finished goods, and waste materials safely and in an orderly manner. The role maintains warehouse housekeeping and access to dock doors, loads and unloads truck trailers, and prepares or reviews warehouse-related documents and reports. The associate also supports inventory activities, completes required quality and inventory-system training, and may assist with training new employees. The position requires handling, transporting, and storing materials in ways that protect product quality and food safety. Duties include maintaining lot-code traceability, labeling or tagging materials, isolating and tracking non-conforming products, following GMP, personnel, HACCP, and prerequisite food safety practices, preventing foreign-material contamination, and communicating quality, food safety, or food-defense issues. Associates maintain clean and organized work areas through housekeeping, sanitation, and waste-management practices. The Warehouse Associate is expected to participate in plant teams and activities involving safety, quality, sustainability, community involvement, OEE, maintenance, employee wellness, and continuous improvement. Personal development is supported through manager meetings, training requests, further learning, and performance goals. The work takes place in both indoor and outdoor conditions and may involve heat, noise, vibration, moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, fumes, dust, oils, and other environmental exposures. The role includes physical activity such as climbing, stooping, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, repetitive motion, and communicating. Medium work requires exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds constantly.

Requirements

Demonstrated sense of urgency and accountability, and ability to work with limited supervision.
Ability to report to work promptly and regularly, take direction, and work well with others.
Ability to work under deadline stress, concentrate, perform accurately, respond productively to change, and handle other assigned tasks.
Ability to meet the role's physical activity and exertion requirements, including medium work: up to 50 pounds occasionally, 20 pounds frequently, and 10 pounds constantly.
Ability to work in indoor and outdoor conditions that may include extreme heat, noise, vibration, moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, fumes, dust, oils, and other atmospheric exposures.
Complete or have completed OSHA Forklift Certification within 90 days of employment.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED equivalent preferred.
One year of forklift experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Operate forklifts safely, wear seat belts, and maintain forklifts in safe and efficient operating condition through daily and weekly inspections.
Remove product from the production area, stack units at proper heights in an orderly manner, and bring raw materials to the production floor.
Weigh, identify, and stage waste raw materials.
Sweep and maintain the warehouse, keep dock-door access clear, and remove snow and debris as needed.
Prepare warehouse reports and review Bills of Lading, work orders, and other documents as necessary.
Load and unload truck trailers according to proper procedures.
Assist co-workers and perform other tasks as assigned by supervisors.
Assist with documenting daily and monthly inventories.
Complete the Quality Control Orientation program and Warehouse Inventory Procedure training on in-house computer inventory systems.
Assist in training new employees on the Quality Control Orientation program and in-house computer inventory systems as needed.
Complete or have completed OSHA Forklift Certification within 90 days of employment.
Participate in plant teams and activities related to safety, quality, sustainability, community involvement, OEE, maintenance, employee wellness, brainstorming, and continuous improvement.
Pursue personal development through regular manager meetings, training and education opportunities, and self-development and performance goals.
Handle, transport, and store materials and finished goods in a way that maintains product quality and food safety.
Label or tag production and record lot codes as required to maintain raw- and packaging-material traceability.
Isolate and track non-conforming products and materials.
Follow Good Manufacturing Practices, personnel practices, HACCP, and prerequisite food safety programs; prevent foreign-material contamination.
Communicate quality, food safety, and food-defense issues to appropriate personnel.
Maintain a clean, organized work area using housekeeping, sanitization, and waste-management practices; follow the master cleaning and sanitization schedule and proactively address housekeeping and sanitization opportunities.