What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Assistant position at Alphia?
JOB PURPOSE:
The Warehouse Assistant position is responsible for the pulling and staging of orders for delivery with extreme accuracy. Unloading and loading inbound and outbound shipments. Ensuring specifications, quality and quantity of orders are correct. Provide support to the Warehouse Manager for ongoing projects and daily tasks.
DESCRIPTION OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Operate: -Tote bag machine -Bag line -Labeling equipment -Lot code equipment -Sample finished product
- Receive and ship feed and ingredients.
- Load and unload trucks
- Weigh out ingredients.
- Sample ingredients
- Assist with stocking shelves.
- Load trucks safely and efficiently
- Maintain segregation of ingredients
- Assist with inventory count and control.
- Monitor quality of inbound ingredients
- Perform scale checks.
- Sweep out warehouse.
- Manage trash compactors.
- Uphold a safe work environment for yourself and others.
- Knowledge of forklift safety rules
- Provide support to the Warehouse Manager for ongoing projects and daily tasks.
- Report needed repairs.
- Ensure warehouse operates according to company policies and procedures.
- Report human and food safety hazards
- Responsibility to identify and communicate food safety and/or product integrity issues to appropriate personnel.
- Provide high level of service to ALPHIA customers.
- Be available to help in other departments when asked upon by your manager.
- Regular, predictable attendance is required and is an essential function of the position.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: (To perform this job successfully, and individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required).
- Education: High school diploma/GED required.
- Experience: Two years prior experience working in shipping, receiving, and packaging is required, but not required. Prior forklift experience desired.
- Ability to successfully obtain and maintain a forklift certification through ALPHIA required.
- Ability to operate forklift, scan guns, and computers required.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or other related software
- Willing to work in a team environment and contribute to group goals.
- Basic math skills including addition and subtraction.
- Ability to multi-task.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: (The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function. The phrases “occasionally,” “regularly,” and “frequently” correspond to the following definitions: “occasionally” means up to 25% of working time, “regularly” means between 26 and 75% of working time, and “frequently” means 76% and more of working time.)
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, walk, and move from place to place. The employee is occasionally required to sit, use foot/feet to operate machine, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl or reach above shoulders. The employee is frequently required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or touch.
The employee must exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and / or up to 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and / or greater than negligible up to ten pounds of force constantly. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
