Forklift Operator (Second Shift)

GA Foods is hiring a Warehouse worker/Forklift Operator for our headquarters location in St. Petersburg, FL. This role will be responsible for performing warehouse duties and assist in warehouse operations in a safe, efficient and accurate manner.

Warehouse worker - Essential Duties:

Including but not limited to: 

• Pull customer orders (frozen, refrigerated, dry)
• Operate forklift in a safe manner
• Conduct physical product inventories;
• Assist with departmental housekeeping
• Receive and inbound product/unload inbound product
• Ship outbound product/Load outbound product
• Complete and maintain paperwork and records as required
• Other duties assigned by management
  
  

Warehouse worker - Job Specifications and Qualifications:

• 2 years of sit down forklift experience - required
• Pallet Jack experience
• It is required to work a full time scheduled shift (1:00pm - 9:30pm or until shift change including weekends)
• It is required to work in a freezer, 
• Able to work in the dry and Refrigerated Warehouses, 
• Able to work in the Dock; 
• Computer Experience including utilization of RFID scanning technology

Warehouse worker Physical Demands:

• Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. on a regular basis throughout the shift.
• Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as machine operation, etc.) most of the workday.
• Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves, but is not limited to: food debris, odors, constant equipment noise, temperature extremes, wet areas/water, or similar elements most of the workday.
• Must be able to stand, walk, climb, reach, lift, carry, pull, push, grasp, stoop, squat, bend and stretch as needed throughout the shift.
• Ability to perform repetitive motion tasks - primarily manual tasks - in a standing position for the entire shift.
• Under 1/3: Sit, Climb or balance, Stoop/kneel/crouch/crawl, Taste or smell.

• Over 2/3: See, Stand, Walk, Use hands to finger/handle/feel, Reach with hands and arms, Talk or hear.
  
  

Weight Lifting/Exertion:

• Under 1/3: Up to 80 lbs.
• Over to 2/3: Up to 50 lbs.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

At GA Foods, we are deeply committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is our policy that all employment decisions are made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetics, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal law. We base all employment decisions on merit, qualifications to perform the essential job functions (with or without reasonable accommodations), and business needs.

GA Foods also provides affirmative action in employment for qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act.

GA Food Services of Pinellas County, LLC (GA Foods) is proud to be a Drug-Free, Smoke-Free Workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.