Warehouse Porter

Description

Consider a career that allows you to make a positive impact on others’ lives while enhancing your own. The Greater Cleveland Food Bank, the largest hunger relief organization in Northeast Ohio, provided over 50 million meals in 2024 to those in need across Cuyahoga, Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Ashland, and Richland counties.

Greater Cleveland Food Bank Mission Statement: “Together with our community, we provide nutritious food and essential resources so our neighbors facing hunger can thrive.”

Join the Greater Cleveland Food Bank team and experience a supportive culture of continuous learning and development. We offer competitive pay and excellent benefits, including:

• Paid Time Off and Holiday Pay beginning day one
• Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous retirement plan
• Wellness programs
• Childcare assistance
• Tuition and Student Loan assistance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Life insurance

The primary responsibility of this position is to maintain high standards of warehouse sanitation to meet regulatory requirements within our food distribution center. This will be done through operating warehouse equipment such as a floor scrubbing machine, scissor lift, forklift and electric pallet jacks.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. This list is not all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned.

• Provide janitorial / housekeeping maintenance to include cleaning of floors, walls, guardrails and other surfaces in the warehouse and office areas.
• Ability to obtain and maintain equipment license (electric pallet jacks, forklifts, lift trucks, scissor lifts and other equipment).
• Ability to operate power equipment such as baler, compactor, power washer, sweeper and floor scrubber.
• Physically walking the warehouse on a frequent basis to remove wood, debris and plastic from aisles.
• Pulling product out of pick slots using an electric pallet jack to clean with a scrubber and returning product as assigned.
• Conducts routine walkthroughs of warehouse areas and performs daily inspections of refrigerated and frozen storage areas to identify and remove plastic, cardboard, pallets, wood, and other debris from aisles, storage areas, and equipment travel paths. Maintains safe and sanitary conditions to prevent accidents and damage to material handling equipment.
• Cleans and maintains designated pest control inspection lines and perimeter areas as needed, ensuring they remain free of debris and accessible for pest monitoring and inspection.
• Routinely inspects and removes accumulated debris from loading dock pits to maintain cleanliness, prevent equipment damage, and support safe dock operations.
• Inspects pest control devices, including mouse traps and glue boards, for damage or deterioration. Reports deficiencies to the Facilities Manager and replaces damaged or ineffective devices as needed, in accordance with established pest control procedures.
• Performs minor maintenance tasks.
• Assists with grounds maintenances tasks
• Assess daily, that dangerous conditions are removed prior to an accident or injury occurring (i.e., water spill clean-up, etc.)
• Assist with moving furniture and / or equipment for meeting room or event set up.
• Follows and maintains high standards of warehouse sanitation and safety at all times.
• Actively support and champion initiatives aimed at driving continuous improvement throughout the organization. May participate in one of the following: LEAN council, a kaizen, 5S campaign or other process improvement efforts to support continuous improvement and improved processes within the food bank.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.

All employees are expected to demonstrate the following…