Warehouseman

Warehouseman

Under the direction of the warehouse supervisor, continuously picks, lifts, carries and places product into a pallet to accurately build customer orders in various temperature environments. Moves product into a trailer or storage unit, is responsible for visually inspecting incoming and outgoing warehouse products to determine acceptability for shipment and/or receiving of product.

Reads labels and or printing on product containers and associated documents. Counts and calculates quantity of product to verify accuracy of shipment.

Must be able to consistently meet company safety, accuracy and productivity standards. Steps into the driving position and uses full range of peripheral vision to operate a forklift or pallet jack in an accident-free manner.

Uses brooms, mops and other cleaning materials (including solvents and soaps) to clean work area. Completes any other functions that may be assigned.

Follow proper safety procedures including freezer operations, loading and unloading meat and other freight, licensed forklift operator, basic communication, reading, writing and math skills, knowledgeable in PPE, OSHA, MSDS, lock-out/tag-out, GMP, SSOP, and HACCP, observe and analyze equipment performance and report any problems to your supervisor, read and understand all company policies, procedures, and guidelines as they pertain to you and your job, keep area clean and clear of any safety hazard issues, other assigned duties as required.

Safety includes safe operation of forklift, pallet jack, and other assigned equipment, safe lifting practices, maintain good working condition of forklifts, familiarize self with area surroundings, such as emergency exits, report any unsafe equipment or conditions.

Set-Up includes making sure truck and dock areas are prepared for unloading, trailer is to be backed flush against the bay, check to make sure the rear wheels of the trailer are chocked, make sure the dock board is all the way down and secured in place, make sure the trailer lock is engaged and red light is on, check the dock area to make sure it is free of any objects which could interfere with maneuvering pallet jack or forklift, pick up bills of lading, generate shipping inventory and production tally sheets.

Monitor Operations includes following established procedure for receiving incoming shipments, obtain Beef Order Sheet and purchase orders from Managers office, obtain list of trucks that have arrived on premises from security guard, visually scan the entire load to make sure containers and product are in good condition, check the temperature of the trailer by reading the thermometer on the refrigeration unit, using a probe thermometer, check the temperature of the product before loading, insert the thermometer into the middle of the top layer of meat in the combos at rear of trailer, record the average temperature reading on the Meat Receiving Report, set the tare weight on the scales the same as shown on the combo, use a forklift to remove combo from truck and place on the scales, while the combo is on the scales, inspect the quality of the meat by sight and smell, on a color coded sheet of paper record the following: the actual net weight of the combo, the Lot (P.O.) Number, today's date, tape the sheet of paper to the top edge of the combo, remove the combo from the scale with a forklift and place in the appropriate area in the chill room, do not put new product in front of old product, keep combos of same P.O. number together, repeat step 4-9 for each combo in the shipment, when the entire shipment is unloaded, fill in the required information on the Meat Receiving Report and the Meat Receiving Log, exchange the number of reusable pallets received from the carrier and record the number on pallet slip and attach to Bill of Lading.

Housekeeping Procedures include keeping assigned work areas clean for appearance and safety purposes, pick up and discard trash or debris, mop up spills, oil leaks from vehicles, and any leakage from product, clean freezer daily, nothing should be leaning on the wall, all pest boxes should be in their proper locations, any other task necessary to keep work area clean, safe and neat.

Physical Requirements include being able to work on feet for 8 hours, manually lift and move 60 lb boxes from a truck and stack them on pallets, work in areas where temperatures will range from -10F to 100F, climbing and work up to approximately 30 feet heights.

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