Warehouse Picker

Picking incentive available to earn up to an additional 2 dollars on the picking hours.

Position Purpose: To perform all responsibilities necessary to get all route trucks, both

conventional and express, loaded with product for the next delivery according to the

order/load sheet left by either the route salesman or the account manager.

Principal Accountabilities:

1. Must follow all food safety regulations as set forth by the Food and Drug Administration and Parent Company Standards. Each employee must understand and abide by Good Manufacturing Practices for cleanliness and sanitation and understand and follow all HAACP guidelines as outlined for their position through individual job specific training. Must also comply with all OSHA training as required by the company.

2. Must be able to read a load sheet that is either written by the route salesman or generated from the computer for express orders. This includes being able to correctly count the number of cases in each flavor that is needed to complete the order. Employee must be able to differentiate between all of the flavors, ounces, and packages the company distributes to customers and to place the correctly onto the skids for shipment.

3. Must have good eye/hand coordination and be physically strong enough to handle a variety of packages and weights including: 1) cases of 6 pack,12 pack and 24 pack cans, which weigh approximately 21 lbs per case; 2) cases of 20 oz bottles, 16.9 oz bottles, 1-liters, 2-liters, and occasionally other packages that weigh between 35-45 pounds per case; 3) employees responsible for loading fountain beverage trucks will handle canisters of pre-mix and bag-in-box syrup, and CO2 that weigh as much as 55 lbs each, and may have to load the canisters onto the trucks by hand, approximately 50 per night.

4. Must be able to place a wooden skid weighing approximately 50 lbs onto the floor and to stack to aforementioned cases onto that skid for shipment. A skid will hold 88 cases of can or 42 cases of bottles, once they are completed the forklift driver will either load them into the bays of the conventional route truck, or shrink wrap them and loading them onto the bulk trailer for delivery. In a typical 8 hour shift each employee may handle from 1000 to 1500 cases of the combination of products.

5. Employee must be able to perform the above duties while standing and walking on a concrete floor for eight hours with two 10 minute breaks, and one half hour lunch period. Other physical requirements are the ability to squat, bend from the waist, reach overhead, all while carrying a case(s) of soft drinks.

6. All employees in the warehouse are required to learn to drive a forklift to safely move product into position to complete the orders, and then to load the orders onto the trucks. Generally specific individuals are designated as the forklift drivers for such duties; however employees may be rotated occasionally between loading positions and forklift positions. Since our packages contain liquid, forklift drivers must learn to balance the loads as they drive and place the product. Forklift drivers must be able to climb onto and off of the lift frequently to help with preparing the orders, or to open bay doors on the route trucks, or to shrink wrap loads to be placed onto bulk trucks. It may be necessary to remove some empty skids, shells or canisters from the route trucks before placing the new load onto the trucks. Forklift drivers must also be able to change the propane fuel tank on their vehicle if the fuel gets low.

7. Housekeeping is important and all empty skids and shells must be kept stacked neatly, broken cartons or packages must be sorted and boxed, or sent to scrap. Floor must be kept clean from debris. Generally everyone is responsible for cleaning the work area at the end of the shift.

8. Getting all trucks loaded each shift is a team responsibility and all employees must work together to achieve this, and must be willing to help one another to get the work completely timely. As the work changes, there may be other duties assigned from time to time.

9. All plant safety rules and regulations must be followed at all times, and no horseplay is allowed.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $15.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $15