RF Scanner / Meat Picker (Chilled Warehouse)

About the role

This is a casual warehouse position in a chilled meat distribution environment. You will be responsible for order picking, scanning, labelling, and pallet loading to ensure efficient dispatch of boxed meat cartons. The role requires working within a cold chain environment to maintain product temperature integrity and meet same-day transport pickup deadlines. On the job training supplied.

Key responsibilities

• Enter the chilled warehouse environment to locate and select specific boxed meat cartons using an RF scan gun
• Scan each carton accurately to update the inventory system, verify product codes, and apply the appropriate address labels directly onto the cartons
• Manually stack labelled cartons onto pallets efficiently, ensuring stable and secure loading for immediate transport
• Place completed pallets in the designated staging zone, ready for same-day transport pickup
• Work efficiently within the chilled environment to maintain product temperature integrity

About you

• Capability to handle repetitive manual lifting of heavy boxed meat cartons (typically up to 20–25kg)
• Comfortable working productively inside a chilled warehouse environment (0°C to 4°C)
• Ability to confidently operate an RF scan gun or barcode scanner for stock picking
• Precision in matching scanning prompts to physical cartons and ensuring correct address label placement
• Ability to work at a steady pace to meet daily transport pickup deadlines

Benefits

• Paid under the Meat Industry Award 2020, with casual minimum base rates starting at $32.18/hr (inclusive of 25% casual loading)
• Eligible for applicable award allowances
• Generous penalty rates apply for overtime or weekend work as per the modern award
• Initial casual trial period with genuine potential to transition to a permanent full-time position based on performance and reliability