Warehouse Associate - Day Shift

Home Chef • Baltimore, MD

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Home Chef is seeking Warehouse Associates to join their team. This role is responsible for ensuring the timely and safe delivery, shipping, and receiving of produce and packaged goods to meet the needs of both production and warehouse operations. The position follows a Day shift schedule, working from 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM, with designated days off on Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday. Home Chef is a leading meal solutions company with both a retail and online presence, committed to inspiring and enabling more people to cook simple, delicious meals. They also offer a new brand, Tempo, featuring ready-to-heat meals.

Requirements

• General high school degree, or equivalent, (e.g. GED).
• GED or High School diploma required.
• Willing to learn how to operate equipment needed to perform all warehouse duties including, but not limited to, manual and electric pallet jack and hand held scanners.
• Able to lift up to 50lbs.

Nice To Haves

• Previous warehouse experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Apply glad hand lock and wheel chocks for any trailer to unload.
• Assist FSQA and receivers with breakdown of pallets for quality checks and to transport to storage.
• Place received produce or packaged goods into correct storage, staged according to FIFO and in correct temperature storage location, and remove any plastic from produce that needs to breathe.
• Notify leadership if any product is found to be out of correct location.
• Work on creating space for inbound loads.
• Ensure all storage pods are kept free of debris.
• Set floor for decanting and shipping lines per drop list and boxing call out.
• Set all packaging material for the box team, shipping lines, and decanting area.
• Bring out requested material according to production's count before production runs out of product.
• Answer calls for any additional product needs for production.
• Move anything needed for production, warehouse, sanitation, or FSQA.
• Check with the production team and perform a visual check of produce/packaging in use to ensure the area is fully stocked before leaving the production area for any break.
• Remove any material from the drop zone and return area that production will not use for the incoming shift near the end of each shift.
• Return all product to its home location.
• Ensure all pallets in storage are front-faced, leveled, and plastic removed.
• Be responsible for the organization of assigned storage areas.
• Check all trailers loaded on the shipping dock for trash or pine pallets and remove any items found that are not needed for completed shipments.
• Put on glad hand lock on trailer and chock wheels prior to being loaded.
• Load trucks with completed pallets using the load diagram form, with management approval (full load is 26 pallets).
• Place a FedEx seal on the closed trailer door once fully loaded to signify ready for ship and put the serial number for the load seal on the load diagram form, then remove the glad hand lock.
• Turn in paperwork to leadership.
• Support other Warehouse functions by assisting with completing any function needed for the company to deliver finished goods to the customer, including using any certified equipment or assisting other departments.
• Follow all safety procedures, including performing pre-shift equipment checks and wearing required PPE.
• Follow facility GMPs and help enforce them.
• Sign for all equipment needed to perform duties and ensure they are signed back in upon completion of shift.
• Support the efforts of the company to maintain food safety systems (SQF) and quality programs.
• Be respectful of others and carry oneself in a professional manner.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance available
• Paid holidays, sick time and vacation time
• 401k program
• Flexible spending accounts for qualified medical, dependent care, parking, or transit expenses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED