Lumper

About the role

Join the Cold Chain That Feeds the World. For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose. We value customer service, innovation, and inclusion, and we invest in our people’s growth and well-being. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a company that puts people first, Americold is the place for you.

Responsibilities

Under general supervisor, the Lumper focuses on loading and unloading merchandise in accordance to established safety, performance, and accuracy standards.

• Verify container information according to the execution report and verify appropriate trailer chocking, glad hand locking, and cone procedures prior to the unloading process.
• Manually unload containers by separating each case by style, size, and color and placing them in a separate pallet for each.
• Accurately build and stage each pallet to the correct standard tie high as specified on the execution report and determine if pallets are ready to be shrink wrapped by identifying case quantity and shrink wrapping stage pallets.
• Maintain a safe, clean, neat, and orderly work environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to read and follow written and verbal instructions.
• Ability to perform basic math skills.

Qualifications

• Possess the ability to understand and operate a Warehouse Management System (WMS) to ensure accurate completion of assignments.
• Ability to work various shifts including evenings or weekends in order to complete objectives or to attend meetings.
• Possess a strong resistance to a cold environment.
• Ability to operate equipment including various electrical tools in a safe, clean, and efficient manner.

Physical Requirements

• Able to work in spaces with 55 inches (1.4 meters) of headroom.
• Able to tolerate working environment with inside controlled temperatures varying from 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius) to minus 45 (-45) degrees Fahrenheit (-43 degrees Celsius), as well as outside ambient temperatures (including heat, cold and precipitation).
• Able to climb ladders or step