Warehouse Worker

About the role

A Warehouse Worker at Pacific Seafood is a key role on our Warehouse team supporting efforts to increase operational efficiency and maximizing cost control efforts within the warehouse. This position involves promptly unloading/replenishing products, and is ideal for someone who is organized, reliable, and safety conscious.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with transport drivers to ensure incoming loads are received in a timely manner
• Able to review receiving documentation to ensure accuracy
• Maintain the warehouse configuration according to the approved layout for product, packaging, and equipment storage
• Properly load a pallet to trucks and ensure loads are stable and secure
• Clean up spills immediately or flag the area off, avoid blocking emergency exits, and report any potential hazards to a supervisor
• Follow all established safety rules and obey safety signs and tags
• Properly operate forklift, pallet jack, and other necessary powered equipment
• Ensure product is inspected for quality, product/pallets properly tagged and rotated
• Verify that all return labels have been approved/checked prior to placing product back in inventory
• Promptly report all needed repairs and ensure preventive maintenance is performed on your equipment
• Understand and perform all the appropriate HACCP plans assigned
• Understand how to read and utilize pick tickets to pick, pack, and load orders
• Ensure product is fully received, rotation is complete, and product is staged in the correct quantities
• Perform necessary emergency replenishment for products that run below minimum levels to meet customer order demands from the daily order selection shift
• Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary to support the overall goals and objectives of the position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED
• No experience necessary, willing to train on the job

Preferred Qualifications

• Forklift and pallet jack experience
• Forklift certification
• Driver's license

Physical Requirements

• Must be available to work variable shifts, including weekends and holidays
• Must be able to watch and react to changing situations, to ensure safety
• Ability to lift items weighing up to 50 pounds
• Ability to stand or walk for long periods
• Ability to use hands and fingers to carefully complete tasks and skillful actions, making sure to pay close attention to details and accuracy
• Ability to read a limited number of two and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences
• Ability to understand and carry out written or oral instructions
• Capable of working and communicating in loud environments, while focusing on tasks
• Capable of training in using specialized tools and equipment pertinent to operations
• Capable of solving simple math equations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance

Working Conditions

• Traditional warehouse and distribution facility environment
• Large, specialized equipment
• Large moving equipment
• High noise level
• Exposure to cold/freezing temperatures
• Exposure to hazardous material
• Wet environment
• Safety equipment (hair nets, gloves, smock, etc.)
• Well-illuminated environment
• Scents related to the production facility

Benefits

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) Retirement Plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time off for all regular FT team members, to include sick days, holiday pay, vacation, and personal time
• Employee Assistance Program – Confidential professional counseling, financial, and legal assistance provided at no charge to Team Members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program