Warehouse Associate

De Silva Brothers | Pico Rivera, California

Reports to: Warehouse Supervisor / Operations Manager

Status: Full-time, non-exempt (hourly)

Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM, with overtime and occasional Saturday coverage during peak import and production periods

Pay range: $17.00 – $22.50 per hour, depending on experience

De Silva Brothers is a family-owned importer, blender, co-packer, and distributor of dried chiles, spices, herbs, grains, and seeds. Our roots trace back to 1955, when our founder began selling Ceylon cinnamon in Sri Lanka. Today we serve customers across the United States, Mexico, and Brazil from our facilities in Pico Rivera, California.

We are SQF-, HACCP-, GMP-, and Kosher-certified, and we operate on a simple principle: product safety and product integrity come before speed.

The Warehouse Associate keeps material moving accurately and safely — receiving inbound containers and freight, staging and storing products under food-safe conditions, supporting blending and packaging runs, pulling and building outbound orders, and keeping the paperwork behind every movement correct.

This is a hands‑on role in a food‑grade environment. Every pallet you touch has a lot number attached to it, and the accuracy of what you record is what allows us to trace product back to its source. We are looking for someone who understands that a warehouse in this industry runs on documentation as much as it runs on forklifts.

Receiving

• Unload inbound containers, trailers, and LTL freight
• Inspect incoming loads for damage, pest activity, odor, moisture, seal integrity, and trailer condition; document findings and flag non‑conforming loads to QA before product is put away
• Verify quantities, weights, lot codes, and country of origin against packing lists and purchase orders
• Stage received product in designated hold or release locations per QA disposition

• Put away product to assigned locations following FIFO/FEFO and lot segregation rules
• Maintain allergen, Kosher, organic, and customer‑specific segregation requirements
• Maintain lot and container‑level identity from receipt through shipment to support traceability and supply‑chain records
• Keep product off floors and walls, properly stacked, covered, and labeled
• Perform cycle counts, reconcile discrepancies, and maintain accurate inventory records in the WMS/ERP system

• Stage and weigh raw materials for blending and packaging runs against batch sheets
• Move work‑in‑process and finished goods between production and storage, maintaining lot identity throughout
• Support line changeovers, cleaning between runs, and packaging material staging

• Pick, weigh, palletize, stretch‑wrap, and label outbound orders against pick tickets
• Verify lot codes and quantities on every outbound shipment and record them on shipping documents
• Load trailers, complete bills of lading, and conduct outbound trailer inspections
• Report short‑picks, damages, and inventory shortfalls promptly rather than substituting on your own

• Follow GMPs at all times: hygiene, hairnets/beard nets, jewelry policy, no glass or brittle plastic, approved footwear
• Perform daily and weekly sanitation of racking, floors, dock areas, and equipment; complete sanitation logs
• Support pest control, glass and brittle plastic, and food defense programs; report any pest sightings, leaks, or foreign material immediately
• Complete all required records legibly and in real time — logs are not filled in at the end of the shift
• Support internal, customer, third‑party, and SQF audits by keeping the floor audit‑ready every day
• Follow all lockout/tagout, forklift, and PPE requirements; report near‑misses and injuries the same day

Required

• 1–3 years of warehouse experience in a food, beverage, ingredient, or other regulated manufacturing or distribution environment
• Working knowledge of GMPs, sanitation practices, and lot traceability
• Comfort with paperwork: able to read pick tickets, packing lists, BOLs, and batch sheets, and to complete logs accurately and legibly
• Basic computer skills and experience with…