1st Shift Shipping Associate​/Primer Turno Asociado de envío

Are you a motivated, experienced shipping associate looking for a day-shift job with a dynamic team and plenty of opportunities to earn additional money through overtime hours and continued professional development? Villari Foods is currently seeking hard-working, disciplined individuals with previous forklift training to join our day-shift team. While the physical work environment is cold (our warehouse is kept at freezer temperatures for the preservation of the meat), our Shipping Department provides a warm opportunity for continuous development, cross-training, and promotion from within the company.

Primary job duties of our Shipping Associates include shipping and receiving, checking products, and inventory control.

• Pull and prepare products for shipment. Pick orders, compare lot numbers, build pallets, unload and load trailers and verify proper stacking and freight on pallets. Tape or stretch-wrap pallet as required to ensure product stability.
• Count product, compare counts to drivers’ manifest, and check shipments for damage, infestation, and production code dates. Verify receipt of the product at the appropriate temperature.
• Move product using a forklift, pallet jack, or other power equipment. Stack and store the product in appropriate areas. Load, unload, move, stack, and stage product and materials. Pallet heights can reach up to 7 feet.
• Identify and recover any received or shipping damage.
• Assist in physical inventories with the use of scanners. Ensure proper stock rotation by following lot number identification.
• Maintain the facilities, equipment, and materials in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion. Inspect and verify equipment is in operating order each day before shift begins.
• Operate all equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

• High School Diploma or GED
• Previous forklift and warehouse training
• Experience with stand-up lifts and riding pallets jacks
• Availability to work third shift, 8:00pm to 4:00am, Sunday through Friday nights, with potential for overtime
• Flexibility with work hours, in general
• Have strong attention to detail
• Have good arithmetic (adding, subtracting, and multiplication) and English language reading skills
• Understand and follow verbal and written instruction
• Punctual with great attendance
• Ability to satisfy physical requirements (see below)

• Ability to operate a yard truck

• Competitive compensation
• Opportunity to earn overtime hours
• Medical
• 401K
• Paid Vacation Days and Holidays
• Employee Discounts on Villari Meat Products
• Opportunities for employee recognition
• Opportunities for promotion from within; more than 80% of our leaders started in an entry-level position at Villari Foods Group!
• Employment with a great team and a highly experienced supervisor

• As a family-owned and operated business, we’re more connected with our team members and truly consider each employee a member of the Villari family.
• We’re a people-focused culture. Team members are not only known but also cared for by peers, leaders, and owners. You aren’t just a number.
• The experience each employee has working at Villari is important to us. That’s why we strive for a better quality of work-life with a slower pace that avoids eventual burnout.

• The work environment will include cold temperatures between 50 to 10 (non-weather related), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to fumes or airborne particles, and chemicals Villari does provide cold-weather gear!
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but can be loud

• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, occasionally up to 100 pounds
• Able to drive a registered…