Warehouse Lead

PNW Veg Co dba NORPAC is seeking applications for a Swing Shift Warehouse Lead to join our warehouse team at our location in Brooks, just north of Salem, Oregon. This is an hourly position and is eligible for overtime. Our swing shift runs 3:00pm-11:00pm.

Job Summary

The Warehouse Lead primary responsibilities are to assist in supervising and direct activities for the warehouse, fill in for the Warehouse Department Supervisor when absent, perform the same duties as supervised staff, help others when needed, and work in the freezer as well as outside the freezer. Temperature ranges from -10 degrees F to Ambient temperature. Employees in this position also need to demonstrate leadership in plant wide culture towards Safety, Food Safety, Communication, Quality and customer expectations.

Duties

• Direct workers engaged in all areas of frozen and dry warehousing.
• Organize work crews, assign jobs to individual crewmembers, and train new employees in areas of frozen processing, warehousing, repackaging and shipping.
• Ensure accurate and proper completion of company inventory control procedures relating to production, warehousing, shipping and/or use of frozen and dry product.
• Coordinate department activities with supervisors and leads of other departments.
• Ability to learn systems, RF Scanning, and all other computer programs needed to operate the warehouse and maintain inventory.
• Maintain accurate records as required.
• Ensure a safe and sanitary working environment.
• Ensure company process and policies are being followed.
• Train and coach employees.
• Properly account for use of products and materials through computer and hand-written reports and RF Scanning equipment and maintain accurate records as required.
• All key responsibilities of Cold Storage Lift Truck driving, as needed: Position forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, totes, skids, boxes, products, or materials; load, move, unload, stack and/or unstack said items between designated areas. Fill fuel tank, change/recharge batteries, and perform an inspection of equipment prior to operation as directed. Report equipment malfunctions to designated personnel. Properly account for use of products and materials through computer and hand-written reports and RF Scanning equipment and maintain accurate records as required. Assist other drivers and general plant employees, perform non-driving labor as assigned. Maintain an accurate inventory in the warehouse/bin codes. Use RF Scanning equipment, read and understand reports used for inventory, shipping, receiving, production orders. Set up materials for processing. Use forklift to unload/load trailers in a timely manner to ensure product integrity Stack, pick, and receive products following company policies and guidelines in a timely manner to ensure product integrity. Ability to use attachments such as “Slip sheet/Clamp attachment”, “Rotator”, “Barrel Clamp head”.
• Perform all duties of the positions being supervised and directed, as needed.
• Fill in for the Warehouse Supervisor as needed.
• Other duties as requested including non-forklift driving work as needed.

Requirements

• Read and interpret documents written in English.
• Write legibly and correspond in English.
• Communicate effectively in English in one-on-one situations with other employees and supervisors.
• Count, add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, as required.
• Compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs, as required. Math test may be required.
• Work independently with minimal supervision.
• Interact and work well with others.
• Apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions.
• Deal with problems involving a few variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to work overtime, any shift, and weekends.
• Practice and emphasize safety to co-workers in performance of all job functions.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Regularly required to stand; walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hand and arms, operate a forklift from a seated position for extended periods of time, and work in a -10-degree environment for extended periods of time. Frequently is required to talk or hear. Occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, and crouch. Regularly lift and/or move up to 55 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 55 pounds with assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Regularly work in high, precarious places and regularly works near moving mechanical parts. Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, outside weather conditions, driving on rough terrain and vibration. Regularly exposed to chilled temperatures of -10 degrees F. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Pay: $29.07 - $29.60 per hour

Expected hours: No less than 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Retirement plan

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to work swing shift?

Work Location: In person