Warehouse Associate

Pretium Packaging • St. Charles, IL

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for various warehouse operations including loading, unloading, moving, and staging materials. The associate will operate warehouse equipment, manage inventory, and ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards. Responsibilities also include maintaining a clean and organized warehouse, assisting with production, and adhering to all safety and company policies.

Requirements

• Certification and safety standards for operating forklifts, clamp trucks, and other warehouse equipment.
• Ability to enter all warehouse movements, transfers, work orders, and inventory transactions into Oracle or other warehouse systems.
• Ability to monitor and verify inbound and outbound materials to ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards.
• Ability to ensure all product contact surfaces are restored to a sanitary condition after job completion.
• Ability to correctly document food safety and quality data.
• Ability to report product or process failures that may impact food safety to Quality, Maintenance, or Line Supervision immediately.
• Ability to maintain forklifts and warehouse equipment; perform inspections and report maintenance needs.
• Ability to keep warehouse, silo, and trucking area clean, organized, and free of debris.
• Ability to order warehouse and operational supplies as needed.
• Ability to assist production operations as directed by management.
• Ability to perform special projects and additional related duties as assigned.
• Ability to meet deadlines and demonstrate strong attention to detail.
• Ability to follow all company safety policies, Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements, and Employee Handbook rules.
• Ability to adhere to cGMP, PPE, food safety, and quality assurance guidelines.
• Ability to use required protective equipment and report damaged or missing safety devices.
• Ability to report hazards, regulatory violations, or unsafe conditions to supervision.
• Ability to participate in internal and external audits and inspections as required.
• Ability to request supervisory guidance when procedures are not understood.

Responsibilities

• Read work orders, requisitions, customer specifications, and production instructions if items need to be moved, gathered or distributed.
• Load, unload, move, convey, and stage materials and products safely and efficiently to other designated areas.
• Operate forklifts, clamp trucks, and other warehouse equipment in accordance with certification and safety standards.
• Dock, move, and set up trailers for customer deliveries.
• Sort and store materials on racks, shelves, bins, silos, or refrigerated rooms according to size, type, product code, FIFO, type, style or storage requirements.
• Open bales, crates, and containers safely.
• Arrange stock parts in specified sequence for production or assembly.
• Fill work orders or requests for materials, tools or other stock items and distributes items to production workers.
• Drive vehicle to transport stored items from warehouse to plan or to pick up items from several locations for shipment.
• Receive incoming supplies, raw materials, and finished goods into the warehouse.
• Verify shipments against purchase orders, invoices, bills of lading, and UPS/FedEx documentation to ensure accuracy.
• Oversee proper loading, unloading, handling, and documentation of shipments.
• Prepare and process packing lists, bills of lading, shipping paperwork, and parcels.
• Communicate with carriers, suppliers, and trucking companies regarding shipments and trailer availability.
• Inspect trailers for cleanliness, leaks, or damage prior to loading.
• Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
• Track, weigh, count, and record materials to ensure conformance with company standards.
• Perform daily raw material counts and maintain accurate inventory records.
• Participate in monthly and annual physical inventories.
• Monitor warehouse records and report discrepancies, damages, or shortages.
• Enter all warehouse movements, transfers, work orders, and inventory transactions into Oracle or other warehouse systems.
• Monitor and verify inbound and outbound materials to ensure compliance with food safety and quality standards.
• Ensure all product contact surfaces are restored to a sanitary condition after job completion.
• Correctly document food safety and quality data.
• Report product or process failures that may impact food safety to Quality, Maintenance, or Line Supervision immediately.
• Maintain forklifts and warehouse equipment; perform inspections and report maintenance needs.
• Keep warehouse, silo, and trucking area clean, organized, and free of debris.
• Order warehouse and operational supplies as needed.
• Assist production operations as directed by management.
• Perform special projects and additional related duties as assigned.
• Meet deadlines and demonstrate strong attention to detail.
• Follow all company safety policies, Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements, and Employee Handbook rules.
• Adhere to cGMP, PPE, food safety, and quality assurance guidelines.
• Use required protective equipment and report damaged or missing safety devices.
• Report hazards, regulatory violations, or unsafe conditions to supervision.
• Participate in internal and external audits and inspections as required.
• Request supervisory guidance when procedures are not understood.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed