Receiving Lead Person / Forklift - First Shift

Shipping Lead Person / Forklift Operator

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that's First in Food.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Norwalk, Iowa is a southern suburb in the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area. We are known for knowing our neighbors and enjoying a great quality of life! Our location produces high quality precooked egg patties as well as various French Toast products.

Responsibilities

The Shipping Lead Person / Forklift Operator is responsible for the receiving of ingredients and packaging materials. This role will unload trucks and put incoming material away in designated locations. Perform cycle counts and month end inventory of ingredients and packaging. Processes inbound and outbound packages. The lead will also provide training and direction to receiving team on three shifts. Perform Shag Driver duties as needed.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Schedules UPS and FedEx outgoing and incoming packages as needed.
• Responsible for daily processing of inbound and outbound shipments that includes completing Goods Receipt and delivering paperwork to the accounting department.
• Delivers the materials for plant to plant and company to company transfers to the appropriate staging area.
• Inspects and verifies counts of all inbound product discrepancies to manager.
• Complete inspection report on all incoming trailers. Document overall condition of pallets and product.
• Conducts monthly cycle counts of ingredients and packaging materials. Performs recounts as needed.
• Assigns work direction to receiving forklift operators on three shifts.
• Works evening hours as needed to help train and provides coverage during absences.
• Responsible for maintaining a clean and orderly dry ingredient and packaging warehouse by overseeing housekeeping duties in the respected areas.
• Operate forklift in safe and efficient manner and maintain forklift certification.
• Perform daily forklift inspection.
• Rotate inventory to comply with FIFO to ensure the oldest product is used first.
• Maintains consistent communication and fosters teamwork between all personnel, departments and shifts.
• Involvement in organizational teams and committees.
• Schedules receiving staff to cover weekends, vacations and extraordinary circumstances.
• Adhere to safe work practices, follow GMP's, maintain sanitary conditions and ensure that product quality is maintained. Report to management any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety, food quality or personnel safety.
• Responsible for Food Safety and Food Quality of MFI products.
• Perform pre-operation inspection as required by company guidelines to ensure vehicle and trailer/tanker are in safe operating condition.
• Watch for and report any unsafe conditions in parking areas.
• Move trailers and tankers in and out of dock area and tanker bay as instructed while avoiding cargo loss or damage.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education and experience required:

• High school diploma or G.E.D or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Effectively read, write and speak English.
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• One to three months related experience and/or training experience preferred in a warehouse setting; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Successful completion of Powered Industrial Truck training program and ability to pass forklift certification.

Preferred education, experience and skills:

• Computer knowledge or the ability to learn the following computer programs Word, Excel, Outlook and SAP.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in face paced environment.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, BOL and shipping documents.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively on the phone or before groups of customers and/or employees of our organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and convert units of measure
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• A minimum of six months experience in a palletized warehouse environment is preferred.
• Ability to work with exposure to loud noise levels, occasional exposure to temperature fluctuations (including hot and cold environments), occasional exposure to dust, fumes and gases.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work and may not include all of the duties required of the position.