Job Summary
Responsible for using forklift / pallet jack to locate and accurately pull products according to order. Prepares pallets for retail store delivery while adhering to safety and sanitation guidelines.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Uses warehouse communication system to locate and pull products for retail store orders in an accurate, productive, and safe manner.
- Maneuvers forklift / pallet jack to stack products onto pallets securely for delivery to store.
- Ensures cases, bales, and containers contain appropriate labels, tags, and information.
- Maintains clean, safe, and sanitary working environment by adhering to Company safety procedures.
- Shrink wraps store orders with label and moves completed orders to the loading dock staging area using pallet jack.
- Reports product discrepancies or quality issues to management including damaged product, equipment issues, etc.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Basic knowledge of the warehouse communication system and ordering machine.Basic mathematical skills.Ability to operate a forklift / pallet jack.Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and productivity.Ability to safely operate heavy machinery / hazardous equipmentAbility to work in a fast-paced production environment.Ability to comprehend and interpret information.Ability to learn new technology systems, methods and processes.Ability to reason, form concepts and recognize and solve problems.Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form.Ability to organize, prioritize and manage time.Ability to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends and holidays.Must be attentive to potential hazards and remedy or place appropriate warning signs or devices around or near the hazard as soon as is reasonably possible.Must report any potential hazards that cannot be immediately remedied to a supervisor.Education, Experience, and Qualifications
High school Diploma or GED and six or more months of related experience preferred.Food Handler certification required.Minimum of 18 years of age required.Partners must be 21 years of age or older to drive for Company business in accordance with the BGC Business Driver Policy.Required to pass a physical agility test.Physical Demands
Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus.Continuously required to talk and hear.Continuously required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 100 lbs.Continuously required to bend, kneel or squat.Continuously required to stand or walk.Continuously required to use hands for reaching, touching or handling.Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop or crawl.Occasionally required to use fine finger movements (ex. sorting and typing).Attendance at work is required.Work Context and Environment
Work is generally performed in a warehouse setting.Continuously exposed to industrial odors, fumes and dust.Frequently exposed to extreme cold conditions (non-weather) where applicable.Frequently exposed to extreme heat conditions (non-weather) where applicable.Occasionally exposed to wet, slippery or damp conditions.Occasionally exposed to outside temperatures and weather.Occasionally exposed to heights.Noise level varies.Brookshire Grocery Company strives to provide a safe, drug free and alcohol-free environment for its partners and guests. The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information or military status and any other trait protected by law.
