SCHOOL NUTRITION WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE

Job Title: SCHOOL NUTRITION WAREHOUSE ASSOCIATE

Department: SCHOOL NUTRITION

Reports To: School Nutrition Director and or Warehouse Manager

Supervises: N/A

FLSA Status: This position is a 19-hour a week exempt position, 12-month year, wage per classified salary schedule, 4 personal days annually. This position does not include insurance benefits or PERSI.

Contact information:

• Mike Harris
• Phone (208) 436-3625
• Email: Mharris@minidokaschools.org

JOB SUMMARY:

The School Nutrition Warehouse Associate supports the daily operations of the District’s food service warehouse by assisting with the receipt, storage, organization, distribution, and delivery of food, commodities, supplies, and equipment to District schools and facilities. The position assists with maintaining accurate inventory, rotating stock, preparing and loading orders, and ensuring warehouse areas are maintained in a clean, safe, and organized manner.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School or GED equivalent;
• Valid Idaho driver’s license;
• Knowledge of forklift operations and/or experience operating a forklift.

Knowledge of:

• Knowledge of computers, using program applications appropriate to assigned duties;
• Warehouse inventory and record-keeping programs;
• Warehouse operating methods and practices;
• Safety policies and procedures regarding warehousing operations;
• Basic Maintenance and repair work;
• Methods, materials, tools, and standard practices of chemical cleaning agents.

Ability to:

• Determine the quality and quantity of items received against the ordered amount;
• Safely operate power lifting equipment and delivery trucks;
• Perform heavy physical labor for sustained periods, following appropriate safety procedures;
• Perform arithmetical computations rapidly and accurately.
• Follow written and oral instructions and observe department policies and procedures;
• Operate a motor vehicle;
• Perform minor equipment maintenance of kitchen equipment such as, but not limited to, dishwashers, mixers, ovens and holding cabinets;
• Operate a computer;
• Communicate effectively with the public and other employees.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (may vary by assignment):

• Coordinates the ordering of food and supplies with the assistance of the food service supervisor;
• Manages receipt of commodities, some food, and non-food orders;
• Coordinates resolution of discrepancies of product deliveries through communication with food service supervisor and vendors, as necessary;
• Works directly with Food Service Supervisor and Kitchen Managers to ensure the availability and distribution of all products to schools;
• Ensures all purchases and deliveries to schools are complete and timely;
• Manages warehouse and storage of all supplies and equipment, working to develop and build to levels for all warehouse products;
• Works with food service supervisor to plan for orderly replacement of existing movable equipment as it becomes obsolete or deteriorates;
• Prepares and maintains a preventative maintenance plan;
• Assists with preventative maintenance measures of food service equipment and utensils;
• Operates tools, equipment, and vehicles according to prescribed safety procedures;
• Corrects unsafe conditions in work areas and reports any conditions that are not correctable to the Food Service Supervisor immediately

Other Related Duties:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL ABILITIES

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to discern verbal instructions, communicate in person and discern warning and safety alarms such as vehicle backup alarms; operate a motor vehicle, operate a forklift, and to operate a variety of hand and power tools and to make adjustments to equipment; lift or move 50 lbs. regularly and up to 80 lbs. occasionally; and stand or sit for long periods and work in a warehouse environment. Related job tasks may require, with or without reasonable accommodation, walking, standing, sitting, lifting, stooping, squatting, kneeling, bending, crouching, pushing, grasping, and reaching.

All classified employees of the Minidoka County School District #331, including employees in this position, are “at will” employees. The job description/classification specification does not constitute an employment agreement between the District and the employee, and is subject to change by the District as the needs of the District and the requirements of the position change. All employees may be required to perform such other duties as may be requested by their supervisor, department manager or other District official.