What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Technician position at Prairie Aquatech?
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Prairie AquaTech Manufacturing, LLC dba Houdek is a manufacturing company based in Volga South Dakota that is improving animal health and nutrition by providing high-quality feed ingredients. Using patent-pending technologies licensed on a worldwide, exclusive basis from South Dakota State University and developed internally, the Company is upgrading soybean meal to high-quality ingredients used in aquaculture and other animal feeds.
JOB DUTIES
As a key member of the Logistics and Warehouse team, this role will report to the Logistics and Warehouse Manager and will be responsible for the following:
- Loading and unloading trucks; inspecting for damage and reporting damage as necessary
- Picking orders as needed
- Wrapping and packing products appropriately
- Labeling, shipping, and receiving products as needed.
- Performing daily preventative maintenance on forklifts
- Cleaning, organizing, and maintaining the work area, as well as external warehouses.
- Operating forklifts, pallet jacks, and trucks in a safe manner
- Maintaining a safe, compliant work area
- Completing daily documentation as required
- Maintaining responsibility for quality control; not sending out damaged products and not accepting damaged products in
- Packaging finished product for shipping.
- Staging finished product for loading
- Other duties assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Knowledge of approved forklift driving procedures is required.
- Basic understanding of OSHA safety regulations
- Must be self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and keen attention to detail.
- Experience with the Microsoft Office suite desired
- The ability to lift a minimum of 30-55 pounds is required.
