Warehouse Worker - 2nd Shift - Brooks, KY

Handsome Brook Farms•Brooks, KY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Warehouse Worker is responsible for day-to-day shipping/receiving, material handling, and loading/unloading trucks. This role ensures the timely and accurate movement of materials and products through the production area and staging areas, while maintaining a safe work environment and adhering to PPE, HACCP, and GMP's requirements.

Requirements

Ability to be forklift certified and maintain certification annually.
Ability to lift up to 50lbs continuously throughout the shift.
Ability to follow all safety and PPE requirements.
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
Excellent verbal/written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual is a plus.
3 years as a forklift/material handler in a warehouse environment.
3 years of Manufacturing, Food Industry.

Responsibilities

Observation of all safety requirements, including PPE
Follows Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s), which includes maintaining a clean and orderly work area.
Maintaining forklifts, hand-trucks, pallet-jacks daily by inspecting batteries, water levels, lights, horns, tires, mirrors, oil levels, backup beep indicators, and ensuring all parts are in good working condition.
Verify deliveries/discrepancies by inspecting materials by physically counting and comparing the amount printed on the delivery report.
Enter delivery receipts or material handling movements in ERP system.
Organize and rotate old material with new.
Ensure FIFO is being maintained with product staging.
Rotates date-sensitive stock to the front of the rack.
Check production schedules daily to stage packaging and materials properly.
Assist warehouse manager/lead with inventory balances through physical cycle counts.
Locates proper storage racks, sets pallets in place with forklift or pallet-jack or hand stack items on pallet, enter production data and location into database.
Performs count checks of incoming freight in the staging areas.
Removes empty pallets, cardboard packing, and strapping to the proper area or receptacles.
Inspects empty pallets for damage, stack and move pallets with pallet jack or forklift to the proper storage area.
Follow all preferred work methods, safety policies and procedures per company guidelines.
Ensure the work area is safe and report any unsafe conditions and/or acts immediately.
Meets required productivity and accuracy standards per location and company guidelines.
Works from receiving sheets, computer print-out, established procedures and practices, written and/or verbal instructions.
Inspects items for damage, performs temperature and quality checks and takes appropriate action as needed.
Label any open or partial ingredients or packing materials properly.
Must be able to operate a forklift and to be certified annually for forklift license.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Adherence to governing bodies requirements, FDA, USDA, OSHA, HACCP.