Salvage Associate

Duties And Responsibilities

• Unload all salvage trailers returning from retail stores
• Separate milk crates, milk pallets, cardboard bales, banana boxes, cigarette totes, store returns, store transfers, bread trays, and plastic bales
• Sweep out and prepare fleet trailers for shipping departments
• Load salvage trailers with milk crates for pick up from dairy
• Reclaim product to be shipped to reclaim center
• Wash the interior of trailers
• Separate, sort, and load bad pallets
• Load plastic trailers, cardboard trailers, and vendor pallets (CHEP/PECO)
• Key completed trailers into Yard Management System (where applicable)
• Maintain communication with the switcher to ensure accurate and timely trailer moves
• Follow proper sanitation practices; keep work area clean and free of debris
• Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting work group or center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs
• Able to work needed schedule to perform assigned duties

Qualifications

• Excellent customer service
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to meet production standards set by the company
• Able to read and understand written and numeric product identifiers
• Able to use a personal computer for data entry and research purposes
• Able to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

Physical Requirements

• Able to reach, stoop, bend, and lift up to 60 lbs.
• Able to stand for long periods of time
• Able to work in a warehouse environment with varying conditions (i.e. cool temperatures, concrete floors, powered industrial trucks)

Preferred Requirements

• High School Education
• Certified on powered industrial equipment where applicable
• Familiarity/experience in a distribution environment
• Highly motivated self-starter and team player with strong attention to detail