Loading Trainee

Loading Trainee

Department:
Shipping / Loading 1st shift

Reports to

Title:

Shift Supervisor with the direction from the Team Leader

Shift Days /

HOURS:

40+ hours per week over the course of 5 days. Some overtime may be required on Saturday. Shift starts at 6:00 am - 2:00 pm.

Starting Pay: $19.82 per hour with the ability to earn more.

The Loading Trainee assists in counting, measuring, or weighing articles to verify contents for shipments against bills of lading, invoices, or storage receipts by performing the following duties. The Loader is responsible for loading product onto trailers after pallet is verified, counted, and wrapped, ensuring the safety of the outbound loads.

• Examines articles for defects and sorts articles according to the extent of defect.
• Attaches identification data onto articles.
• Records factors causing goods to be returned.
• Loads products on trailers by following the load diagram.
• Ensures accurate loading of outbound products to support safe delivery for the Delivery Driver.
• Loads trailers ensuring dispatch times are met.
• Complies with safety policies and procedures.
• Wears the required personal protective equipment.
• Accepts feedback from the Team Leader to ensure the loads are up to safety standards.
• Completes special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Is conscientious, diplomatic, and detail oriented; remains calm in stressful situations (e.g., customer complaints, time pressures). Experience with forklift operation or other power equipment preferred.

The work environment characteristics and physical demands described are representative of those employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to fingers, handles, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms, talk to hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud and always without air conditioning.

• HS Diploma/GED
• Must pass a skills‑based test starter.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work efficiently and effectively, self‑motivated self‑starter with a minimum of three (3) months related experience and/or will train hands on, and equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must pass company background check and drug screen.

• Components of our Core: SAFETY, INTEGRITY, RESPECT, CELEBRATION, COMMUNICATION, TRUST, DIVERSITY, and ACCOUNTABILITY.
• We’re People Leaders
• Competitive Pay
• Paid Vacation
• Medical, Dental, Life
• Matched 401K