Night Freezer Captain

About Michael’s Finer Meat & Seafood

With decades of expertise and a legacy rooted in quality, Michael’s Finer Meats & Seafoods is a trusted partner to chefs across the Midwest and beyond. Known for premium center-of-the-plate offerings, Michael’s delivers hand-selected meats and pristine seafood to some of the region’s most iconic restaurants. Our commitment to consistency, service, and culinary excellence ensures that every cut, fillet, and portion meets the exacting standards of today’s top kitchens. From custom butchery to curated sourcing, Michael’s brings chefs the quality they expect—paired with the personalized service they deserve.

Position Summary:

The Night Freezer Captain Receives, stores, and distributes products within establishments by performing the following duties.  Verifying quality of product received and positioning received product from dock to pallet positions within the warehouse or out of these positions for forward pick position location picks if necessary.

What you’ll do:

• Available to Work at Nights
• Work in the Freezer
• Operate a Stand-Up Forklift/Electric Pallet Jack / Ride On pallet jack
• Reads customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.
• Conveys product and items from receiving or warehouse areas to storage or to other designated areas.
• Fills requisitions, work orders, or requests of product or other stock items and distributes items to warehouse dock to load.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets, freezer bag, or Bins orders to packing station or shipping department and prepare for shipping.
• Label product with identifying information on each box
• Weighs or counts items for distribution of product to ensure conformance to customer request.
• Reports such as inventory balance, shortages, defective, unusable product and any discrepancies;
• Responsible for adhering to food security, food safety regulations and policies (PRIMUS, HACCP, CGMPs)
• RF Scanning
• Other duties assigned or necessary depending on company
  
  

About you:

• HS diploma or equivalent;
• Certified to operate a pallet jack and forklift;
• Able to lift at a minimum of 50 lbs consistently;
• Basic math skills; Basic Computer Skills
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions; with minimal supervision;
• Ability to communicate with others;
• Dependable work attendance and committed to accuracy and attention to detail
• Maintain a safe working environment and fulfills essential job functions in consistent state of alertness and safe manner
• Work in cold temperatures ranging from -10 to 50 degrees
  
  

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  
  

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.