Kitter

About Golden State Foods

Golden State Foods is a distinguished leader in the food service industry, offering an extensive array of products and services to a diverse clientele. Rooted in the values of quality service and integrity, we are dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive atmosphere where employees can advance, innovate, and contribute to our ongoing success.

Kitter – Day Shift: 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM

Receives, selects, stores and loads products and/or materials, and maintains packaging and palletizing material for finished product. Safely operates all material handling equipment. Accurately completes all associated paperwork. Maintains a clean work area consistent with company standards and from a safety, food safety, quality and efficient perspective.

• Perform all work in accordance with environmental, health, safety, food safety, and quality standards, legal compliance, rules, regulations and practices of the facility.
• Continuously picks, lifts, carries, and places product into a pallet. Moves product into a trailer or storage unit; is responsible for visually inspecting incoming and outgoing warehouse products to determine acceptability for shipment and/or receiving of product.
• Reads labels and/or printing on product containers and associated documents. Counts and calculates quantity of product to verify accuracy of shipment.
• Must meet company safety, accuracy, and productivity standards. Steps into the driving position and uses full range of peripheral vision to pallet jack in an accident‑free manner.
• Pre‑weigh raw ingredients for the compounding deck by following instructions on batch card.
• Use brooms, mops, and other cleaning materials (including solvents and soaps) to clean the work area. Completes any other functions that may be assigned.

• High school diploma or GED.
• One to three months of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively communicate, present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, leaders, and other team members of the organization.
• Ability to use effective problem‑solving skills and make decisions using available resources.

• Ability to use mathematical functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in accordance with production paperwork.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.

• Ability to operate sit‑down and stand‑up forklift trucks.
• Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.
• Sit 8 or more hours per day.
• Stand/walk 7 or more hours per day.
• Continuously talk/hear throughout the day.
• Frequently bend, reach, twist/turn and grip/grasp.
• Frequently use eye/hand coordination and use handling/fingering to handle boxes, use hoses or tools.
• Frequently lift and carry less than 5 pounds from floor level to overhead.
• Occasionally kneel/crawl, squat or climb.
• Occasionally use eye/hand/foot coordination when handling film carts.
• Occasionally use fine motor tasks and taste/smell.
• Occasionally lift up to 50 pounds for an entire shift from floor level to shoulder height.
• Occasionally carry up to 50 pounds 50‑100 feet.
• Push film cart requiring 25 pounds of force 100 feet.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

• Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments.
• Constantly work near moving equipment with fumes or airborne debris.
• Constantly work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.
• Occasionally work with toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Constantly work in extreme heat/cold.
• Occasionally work with hand tools causing segmental or whole‑body vibration.

• Bump cap, hair net, safety glasses, hearing protection, and uniform or smock.
• Sit‑down and stand‑up forklifts
• Push/pull attachment and fork extensions
• Cut…