Warehouse Associate- Forklift Operator

Warehouse Associate
- Forklift Operator

Seasonal Manual Labor DeForest, WI, US

2 days ago Requisition

Warehouse Associate I is responsible for performing a range of general warehouse tasks including: loading, unloading, stock, inventory, labeling, and receiving. Warehouse Associate contributes to the efficiency of the warehouse production by ensuring high safety and food handling standards are always maintained.

Full-time hours, Monday through Friday on day shift. Weekend work and extended hours are expected during November and December. Opportunity for permanent employment based on performance and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Unload product from the truck, container, and stock in the designated area.
• Ensures that product is properly placed on racks, shelves, or in bins according to established practice.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department and prepare for shipping.
• Ensure that the product is handled in a sanitary manner.
• Adhere to the company’s safety practices at all times.
• Marks materials with identifying information.
• Records/removes amounts of materials or items received or distributed to ensure inventory accuracy.
• Arranges products in specified sequence for processing by other workers as needed.
• Drives forklift or other motorized equipment to transport items within the plant.
• Supports in maintaining receiving and inventory records.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
• Education – High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience – One to two years of related experience in food production.
• Work ethic – A sense of urgency in meeting critical and time-sensitive deadlines.
• Accuracy – Demonstrated ability to accurately pack product in a timely fashion. The ability to lift 25/50/pounds regularly.
• Language – Basic English speaking and written proficiency.
• Mathematical – Ability to perform basic arithmetic tasks – adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplying.
• Environmental:
  Willingness to work in a cold climate of 0-35 degrees
• A combination of the above will also be considered.

Physical & Mental Demands

• Stooping:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending the spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities.
• Kneeling:
  Bending legs at the knee to come to a rest on the knee or knees.
• Crouching:
  Bending the body downward and forward by bending the legs and spine.
• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Walking:
  Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing:
  Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Pulling:
  Using upper extremities to exert force to draw, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower position to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position - to - position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palms.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas using the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Heavy Work:
  Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.
• The worker is…