Hauler Perishables

About This Role

The Hauler Perishables role ensures the safety and stability of perishable products moving from docks to storage racks, maintaining efficient flow and inventory accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Maintain regular and consistent attendance
• Train and mentor other team members
• Assist as needed to ensure pallets are wrapped and stacked for safe transport to storage
• Check condition of pallets and exchange where necessary
• Promptly report damage and all inventory discrepancies to supervisor
• Coordinate with receivers and reach truck operators to ensure the proper flow of inbound product
• Remove product from docks in a safe and efficient manner
• Maintain a minimum performance expectation to APT (ELS) work standards
• Handle product properly to minimize damage, turn in complete, legible and accurate proper paperwork
• Maintain cleanliness and repair of dock and facility areas
• Maintain all food safety, housekeeping and other applicable standards

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• Ability to remain calm and focused while prioritizing requests from multiple sources
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Able to read, write, speak and understand English
• Ability to read and understand label data
• Ability to read small print on packaging and paperwork, with or without corrective lenses
• Ability to take directions using the headset selection system (such as VoCollect)
• Ability to accommodate flexible schedules to meet the needs of the customer to include nights, weekends and holidays
• Ability to independently lift up to 50 lbs frequently and 100 lbs occasionally
• Ability to sit, stand, walk bend, squat on a frequent to continual basis in a refrigerated warehouse environment
• Ability to grasp, reach, push or pull (such as boxes of product, or a hand truck) on a frequent basis
• Ability to step up onto and down from equipment as required by task (such as a pallet jack, etc.)
• Ability to reach above shoulder level frequently
• Ability to build pallets up to 6 feet tall with case weights up to 50 pounds
• Endurance for continuous, fast paced work
• Ability to adjust to fluctuating temperatures and withstand freezing temperatures as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit
• Ability to work in a noisy warehouse environment
• Ability to wear and communicate through headsets for long periods of time as required by location
• Ability to work while wearing appropriate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for the job (such as steel-toed protective footwear, safety glasses, hard hat, gloves, insulated clothing, etc)
• Ability to handle and physically be near products which may contain food allergens (such as fish, shellfish, peanuts, etc.)
• Ability to utilize equipment for the job safely and accurately after training (such as computer, handheld tracker, copiers, scanners, printers, radio headsets, pallet jack, etc.)

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.

Nice to Have

• College coursework, continuing technical education or comparable business experience preferred
• Warehouse experience
• Experience operating Material Handling Equipment (pallet jack, etc.)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits