Warehouse/Dock Worker- Sheriff's Office

About the role

Under general supervision, operates a major centralized jail stores facility to support the Metro and Oxbow Jails, the Sheriff’s Office Building, and the Special Operations Building facilities. Controls the inventory, unloading and delivery of supplies and prisoner meals; disposal of bio-hazardous materials generated by the prisoner populations, proper security for the destruction of confidential documents, and recycling of paper and cardboard, and the movement of over 1.5 tons of trash monthly from within the Jails.

Responsibilities

• Receives inventory and maintains security of the docks by verifying identification of persons entering/exiting the dock or warehouse area; checks trucks and semi-trailers to ensure no contraband enters jail; inspects and verifies all deliveries and packing slips and invoices for content to original order.
• Unloads and stores inventory in appropriate bins, shelves, and pallets, and rotates stock.
• Pulls and delivers orders using tugs, carts, trailers, or trucks; distributes janitorial supplies and other orders to prisoner pods, offices, and other buildings on Sheriff’s Office campus.
• Delivers breakfast, lunch and dinner meals prepared by contracted food services workers and prisoners to the units in the Jails three times a day.
• Prepares requisitions, purchase orders, and inventory control records; approves packing slips, invoices, and delivery paperwork.
• Picks up, secures, and disposes all bio-hazardous waste created during intake of prisoners and in medical units by the Doctor, Dentist, and nursing staff; responds to emergencies in the pods to remove and dispose of bio-hazardous materials in accordance with OSHA regulations.
• Removes all garbage from the Metro Jail and Oxbow Jail facilities, trash and garbage equaling more than 1.5 tons monthly using industrial trash compactor; sorts recyclable cardboard and tracks amounts for refund back to Jail budget; maintains security and storage for medical and prisoner documents identified to be picked up by contracted shredding vendor.
• Provides warehouse and yard maintenance to eliminate safety hazards; strips and waxes office floors; maintains equipment; ensures stock is arranged according