Warehouse Person (Loader)

About This Role

This labor-intensive position is responsible for hand building pallets of product for bulk and route trucks, ensuring order accuracy, and loading/unloading trucks using forklifts or electronic pallet jacks.

Responsibilities

• Hand build pallets of product for bulk and route trucks
• Maintain strict attention to order accuracy for loading outgoing and unloading incoming trucks
• Build loads using a forklift and/or electronic pallet jack from an electronic order system or order sheets
• Ensure accuracy in loading and comply with shipper/receiver documentation
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment
• Move full pallets of products from the warehouse onto a trailer and remove returned pallets/plastic flats
• Unload raw materials and place them in designated warehouse space
• Select designated packages and flavors of products from the warehouse and load them onto a pallet or into a truck
• Maintain pallet stability through proper stacking and shrink-wrapping
• Unload returned products and pallets/plastic flats
• Drive power pallet jack or forklift to picking area and build pallet/load according to load sheet or voice pick audio equipment
• Mark load ticket for out of stock items
• Wrap pallet when finished and turn in paperwork for order check before loading
• Stage pallet and/or load into truck when ready

Requirements

• 18 years or older
• Ability to lift a very high volume of cases of product per day from 20-45 pounds repeatedly

Nice to Have

• Experience working in a warehouse environment (e.g., order selector, product storage, product staging, powered pallet jack/forklifts)
• Experience driving a forklift
• Experience working with racking systems and loading/unloading pallets
• Experience working in a team environment

Skills

* Required skills