Warehouse Associate - 3rd Shift
About The Position
The Warehouse Associate operates forklifts safely and efficiently; handles production and raw materials; maintains orderly warehouse conditions and access to dock doors; loads and unloads trailers; and prepares warehouse documentation. The role supports inventory activities, assists coworkers and new employee training, completes assigned training, and participates in plant teams and continuous-improvement activities. The associate is responsible for handling, transporting, labeling, and storing materials and finished goods in a way that protects product quality, traceability, and food safety. The role follows GMP, personnel practices, HACCP, and prerequisite food safety programs; isolates and tracks non-conforming materials; communicates quality and food-safety concerns; and maintains housekeeping and sanitation standards. The work takes place both indoors and outdoors and may involve extreme heat, noise, vibration, moving mechanical parts, electrical current, chemicals, fumes, odors, dust, mists, gases, poor ventilation, and oils. Physical demands include climbing, stooping, crouching, reaching, prolonged standing, walking long distances, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, fingering, talking, hearing, repetitive motion, and vision-related tasks. Medium work involves exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally, 20 pounds frequently, or 10 pounds constantly.
Requirements
- A sense of urgency and accountability, and the ability to work with limited supervision.
- Ability to come to work promptly and regularly, take direction, and work well with others.
- Ability to work under deadline stress, concentrate, and perform accurately.
- Ability to react productively to change and handle other tasks as assigned.
- Ability to complete or have completed OSHA Forklift Certification within 90 days of employment.
- Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including medium work exertion and the listed physical activities.
- Ability to work in the described indoor and outdoor environmental conditions.
Nice To Haves
- High school diploma or GED equivalent.
- One year of forklift experience.
Responsibilities
- Operate forklifts safely, wear seat belts, and maintain forklifts in safe and efficient operating condition through daily and weekly inspections.
- Remove finished product from production and stack units at proper heights in an orderly manner in the warehouse.
- Bring raw materials to the production floor; weigh, identify, and stage waste raw materials.
- Sweep and maintain the warehouse in an orderly fashion, including maintaining access to dock doors and removing snow or debris.
- Prepare warehouse reports and review Bills of Lading, work orders, and other documents as needed.
- Load and unload truck trailers and follow proper trailer loading and unloading procedures.
- Assist coworkers as needed and perform tasks assigned by supervisors.
- Assist with documenting daily and monthly inventories.
- Complete the Quality Control Orientation program and training on the in-house computer inventory systems.
- Assist with training new employees in the Quality Control Orientation Program and on in-house computer inventory systems as needed.
- Complete or have completed the OSHA Forklift Certification program within 90 days of employment.
- Participate in plant teams and activities involving safety, quality, sustainability, community involvement, OEE, maintenance, employee wellness, brainstorming, and continuous improvement.
- Take responsibility for personal development by seeking manager meetings, additional training, broader involvement, continuing education, and development and performance goals.
- Handle, transport, and store materials and finished goods in a manner that maintains product quality and food safety.
- Label 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, and 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 compliance with the master cleaning and sanitization schedule; proactively address housekeeping and sanitation opportunities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
