Warehouse Associate (Picker - Packer)

Summary of Position:

Fortune Fish & Gourmet is a highly successful meat and seafood processor and specialty food distributor. The company serves a multitude of clients within the food industry with a focus on high quality and outstanding service. This is an exciting time to join our rapidly growing business! As an industry leader, we’re growing relationships through our quality products and services. We are continually looking for outstanding talent to join our extraordinary group of employee.

The Warehouse Associate is responsible for performing a range of general warehouse tasks including, loading, unloading, stock, inventory, picking customer orders, labeling, and receiving. The Warehouse Associate contributes to the efficiency of the warehouse production by ensuring high safety and sanitation standards are maintained at all times.The Order Packer/ Picker is responsible for properly processing product for shipment to customers. Additional duties may include; receiving, storing, and distributing products internally to ensure delivery schedules are met. The employee will ensure that high safety and sanitation standards are maintained at all times. 

Responsibilities:

Unload product from truck, container, and stock them in the designated area.

Ensures that product is properly placed on racks, shelves, or in bins according to established practice.

Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department and prepare for shipping

Ensure that product is handled in a sanitary manner.

Marks materials with identifying information

Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed

Arranges product in specified sequence for processing by other workers as needed

Drives forklift or other motorized equipment to transport items within the plant

Supports in maintaining inventory records

Adhere to the company’s safety practices at all times

Other duties as assigned by supervisor

Minimum Requirements:

Education – High School Diploma or equivalent 

Experience –at least one year of warehouse experience preferred

Work ethic – A sense of urgency in meeting critical and time sensitive deadlines

Accuracy – Demonstrated ability to accurately pick product in a timely fashion.

Language – Basic English speaking and written proficiency.

Mathematical – Ability to perform basic arithmetic tasks – adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplying

Environmental – Willingness to work in a cold climate of 35º and or below 0º. 

Physical requirements – Must be able to lift 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation and stand/walk for up to 8 hours per shift. Able to frequently push, pull, bend, squat, reach, and operate a forklift. 

A combination of the above will also be considered