Sanitation Worker

About the role

Responsible for and assisting the drivers in removing pallets and product from trailers when they return from delivering product to the members. Marking and recouping returns and returning the product to the pick slots where it can be shipped to our members. General warehouse sanitation duties.

Responsibilities

• Assist drivers in removing pallets and product from trailers upon return from deliveries.
• Mark and recoup returns, returning product to pick slots for shipment to members.
• Perform general warehouse sanitation duties.
• Separate good pallets from bad and Chep pallets from wood.
• Maintain accurate counts of Chep pallets loaded for Chep storage to keep inventory up‑to‑date.
• Segregate all returns by department to ensure placement back to the correct area.
• Ensure freezer boxes are cleaned before storing them on a trailer.
• Ensure VMC returns are loaded with totes for return to the VMC warehouse.
• Receive and load product destined for the reclamation center.
• Make equipment available for drivers to unload their trucks.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area.
• Recoup and mark grocery returns for return‑to‑stock using the WRAPS system and return product to pick slots.
• Verify returned product is not out‑of‑date or short‑dated before marking.
• Run batch reports for inventory control to add product back into the system.

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred.
• Prior warehouse experience plus warehouse mobile equipment operating experience preferred.

Requirements

• Conscientiousness
• Detail oriented
• Safety minded
• Self motivated to achieve
• High initiative
• Ability to work with limited supervision
• Team oriented
• Learning and applying information
• Ability to follow instructions in English (both written and verbal)
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; and smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Must have the ability to operate safely warehouse mobile equipment.
• Indoors, with adequate cooling, heating, and adequate lighting.
• Outdoors as needed.
• Working in warehouse environment with moderate noise due to industrial mobile equipment operation and varied temperatures based on assigned work area.
• Temperatures will vary based on outside temperatures for the non‑air‑conditioned section and cool temperatures ranging from -15 to the upper 40's for the perishable sections.
• This position's basic purpose is to use all available resources to assist the Distribution Department in continuous growth and financial success of the Membership and Company.

Skills

• Language skills: Ability to read and speak fluent English. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence relating to position.
• Mathematical skills: Ability to calculate figures and apply concepts of basic math and