FT Warehouse Generalist 3rd shift (night and weekend premiums available)

Hy-Vee, Inc.•Ankeny, IA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Perishables Distributors of Iowa (PDI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hy-Vee, is hiring full-time Warehouse Generalists. The role manages products through their lifecycle, from receiving to shipping, using standard warehousing and customer service practices. The position is semi-skilled and involves working in refrigerated, freezer, and dry warehouse areas, with temperatures ranging from 35°F to -8°F and ambient outside temperatures in the dry warehouse. The environment is busy and noisy, and the schedule includes weeknights and weekends. The Warehouse Generalist selects and prepares products for shipment, receives and stores incoming products, rotates and replenishes stock, and loads trailers. The position requires operation of powered industrial equipment and compliance with sanitation, safety, attendance, productivity, and quality standards. Physical requirements include heavy lifting and frequent-to-constant standing, lifting, handling, stooping, walking, carrying, pulling, climbing, hearing, speaking, kneeling, seeing, pushing, bending, reaching, reading, matching, motor coordination, and manual dexterity. A pre-employment physical, drug screen, lifting test, hearing test, and background check are required.

Requirements

Industrial forklift and pallet jack licenses are required.
Ability to read and speak English.
Ability to meet the stated physical requirements, including heavy lifting and exerting 50–100 pounds of force occasionally, 25–50 pounds frequently, and 10–20 pounds constantly.
Satisfactory hearing in both ears to hear equipment, coworkers, and warning signals while wearing a headset over one ear.
Ability to work weeknights and weekends.
A pre-employment physical, drug screen, lifting test, hearing test, and background check are required.

Nice To Haves

High school education or equivalent.
At least one year of previous warehouse experience.
General knowledge of standard warehousing procedures.
Training in RF loading, receiving, stock rotation, and stock replenishment.

Responsibilities

Report to work as scheduled and on time, observe work breaks, and follow department attendance guidelines and company policies.
Maintain sanitation when handling products, report spills or distressed products to a supervisor, and perform general housekeeping duties.
Operate powered industrial equipment cautiously and follow applicable safety rules and regulations.
Meet established productivity and quality performance standards.
Select products for shipment using a stand-up rider pallet jack and voice-activated unit (VAU), and validate selections by speaking the check digit into the headset.
Build stable pallets that protect product integrity, stretch-wrap them, apply batch labels, and stage them on the loading dock.
Operate a forklift and use an RF unit to rotate stock by expiration date and replenish empty slots.
Receive incoming loads accurately; unload trucks, break down pallets, tag products with slot codes, and deliver products to the appropriate destinations.
Verify received products against supplier invoices, complete receiving paperwork, store products in the correct locations, and monitor incoming product temperatures according to guidelines.
Load staged products into trailers according to router comments, address pallet problems to prevent damage and spills, and coordinate with dispatch on splitting loads, add-ons, and combining pallets.