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Transports material in the most productive, efficient, accurate, and safe manner with due concern for product quality and condition.
This position is available on second shift working Monday through Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm. Weekend and daily overtime as required.
Rate of pay: $23.08/hr
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Operate material handling equipment safely and efficiently to minimize risk to personnel and damage to inventory and equipment.
- Use equipment to move materials within the plant.
- Replenish pick slots.
- Demonstrate safe work practices to prevent on-the-job injuries by following all company and OSHA safety regulations.
- Load finished product and custom orders onto trailers in the correct sequence and according to loading requirements, while ensuring an accurate piece count.
- Operate a wrapping machine to wrap finished orders.
- Adhere to lockout-tagout procedures.
- Place proper documentation on pallets.
- Read the truck schedule and follow instructions to determine which materials or trucks to be moved.
- Perform tasks as directed by the Warehouse Management System (WMS).
- Work as a member of the warehouse team by communicating information to coworkers on time to ensure efficient operation of the warehouse.
- Perform daily inspection checks on forklifts.
- Complete accurate inventory transactions promptly, to reflect material movement and inventory status.
- Operate dock plates and dock locks following company procedures.
- Maintain cleanliness and sanitary conditions in the warehouse, daily.
- Identify problems with equipment, product quality, conveyor system, etc., and take corrective action.
- Use care when loading and stacking pallets on trailers to ensure that the product arrives at the customer damage-free.
- Use dunnage bags, load bars, and load straps, as needed.
- Complete HACCP outbound trailer inspection and report any deficiencies to the supervisor immediately.
- Turn completed paperwork in daily.
- Assist in the training of new Warehouse Workers and ongoing training of current employees, as requested.
- Assist in recouping damaged finished products and transport damaged products to recoup pallets.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Skill in operating material moving equipment safely and conscientiously.
- Performs basic math operations (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
- Ability to understand and carry out written and oral instructions.
- Ability to work as a productive member of a team.
- Ability to work at a rapid pace for continuous periods.
- Ability to organize and work on multiple tasks concurrently.
- Ability to deal effectively with persons representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view.
- Communicates effectively with plant personnel courteously and cooperatively.
- Demonstrates efficient material handling skills regularly.
- Displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment toward completing work tasks efficiently and safely.
- Demonstrates responsible behavior and attention to detail.
- Responds appropriately to supervision.
- Aligns behavior with the needs, priorities, and goals of the department and company.
- Maintain good attendance and punctuality.
- Actively participates in resolving issues or problems related to warehouse operations.
- Demonstrates a commitment to high-quality standards of workmanship.
- Must become familiar with plant layout for efficient material movement.
- Possess a high school diploma or GED.
- Must learn how to operate the Warehouse Management System
- Candidate must complete a Qualification Checklist
- Onsite training specific to job responsibilities.
- Must possess or obtain forklift certification.
Protective Clothing and Devices:
Many of the job duties of this position require you to wear personal protective equipment (PPE), if so, when and how to use this equipment will be explained to you at the time of hire.
To determine the ability to perform job functions where the use of a respirator is required, employees will be given a physical examination before performing this type of work.
SQF
Responsible for reporting any food safety and quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action.
Responsible for following cGMP’s
Responsible for maintaining cleanliness and good housekeeping
Ensure trailers are lean and in good repair for food transportation
Follow all appropriate cleaning procedures
Ensure pallets are clean and in good repair
Work Environment:
This position is in a manufacturing plant environment, works around moving mechanical parts, works around motorized vehicles and may be exposed to varying temperatures.
Must be able to lift up to 50lbs
May be required to work at heights up to 30ft off the ground
Majority of time spent operating a motorized vehicle
Physical Requirements:
Hearing, speaking: Continuously. Must communicate with others and discriminate sounds with machines
Vision: Continuously
Balancing: Occasionally to Frequently depending on the work environment.
Standing: Frequently to Continuously
Walking: Occasionally to Frequently
Forward bend in standing: Occasionally
Rotation in standing: Occasionally
Elevated work: Rarely up to 1-2 mins
Floor to waist lift: Occasionally up to 35 lbs, Rarely up to 50 lbs
Waist to crown lift: Rarely up to 35 lbs
Horizontal lift: Occasionally up to 50 lbs
Front carry: Occasionally 50 lbs up to 15 feet
One hand carry: Occasionally 30 lbs up to 15 feet
Push: Occasionally up to 80 lbs
Pull: Occasionally up to 80 lbs
Left hand grip: Occasionally to Frequently up to 45 lbs
Right hand grip: Occasionally to Frequently up to 45 lbs
Pinch Grip: Occasionally to Frequently
Right and Left hand coordination: continuous with average eye/hand coordination
Stair Climbing: Occasionally: Up to 100 stairs/day
Climbing: Occasionally
Squatting: Occasionally
Kneeling: Rarely
Stooping: Occasionally
Reaching: Frequently
Crawling: Rarely
Crouching: Occasionally
Repetitive Motions: Shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, fingers: Frequently to Continuously: Including twisting wrist, ulnar deviation, box cutting.
Moderate Work: Force from 20-30 lbs occasionally to frequently and up to 40-50 lbs rarely to occasionally.
Maximum Physical Demands:
Task:
Maximum Demand:
Floor to waist Lift
Occasionally up to 35 lbs, Rarely up to 50 lbs
Waist to Crown Lift
Rarely up to 35 lbs
Front carry
Occasionally 50 lbs up to 15 feet
One hand carry
Occasionally 30 lbs up to 15 feet
Right hand grip
Occasionally to Frequently up to 45 lbs
Left hand grip
Occasionally to Frequently up to 45 lbs
Pushing and Pulling
Occasionally up to 80 lbs
Stair Climbing
Occasionally: Up to 100 stairs/day
Standing tolerance
Frequently to Continuously
Walking
Occasionally to Frequently
Right & left hand coordination
Continuously with average eye/hand coordination
Kneeling
Rarely
Squatting
Occasionally
Pinch Grip
Occasionally to Frequently
Forward bend in standing
Occasionally
Rotation in Standing
Occasionally
Repetitive Motions
Frequently to Continuously with wrists, hands, fingers: Including twisting wrist, ulnar deviation, box cutting, operating fork lift controls.
Reaching
Frequently
Crawling
Rarely
Crouching
Occasionally
Horizontal Lift
Occasionally up to 50 lbs
Elevated Work
Rarely up to 1-2 mins
Functional Job Analysis
Rarely 1-5% of the day
Occasionally 6-33% of the day
Frequently 34-66% of the day
Continuously 67-100% of the day
Equal Employment Opportunity
B&G Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Applicants who require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process should contact Human Resources. For more information on your federal rights, please review the EEOC’s Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination Is Illegal poster at https://www.eeoc.gov/poster.
