Warehouse Associate - Military veterans preferred

2024-04-06
AppCast (https://www.appcast.io)
Other

/yr

  full-time   employee


Chicago
Illinois
60290
United States

**Warehouse Associate**

* Chicago, IL

* Full-Time

* NorthPoint Fresh

* Warehouse Associate

NorthPoint Fresh provides cold storage for fresh but not frozen goods. We provide an inclusive environment that cultivates collaboration and mentorship. Our core values set the foundation of our culture and guide us in every business decision. We are looking for a reliable **Warehouse Associate** to operate industrial equipment and manually move materials in the warehouse region to prepare products for shipping.

*We truly believe, and Im convinced, we have some pretty incredible assets. But those assets have all come from our people. - Nathaniel Hagedorn | CEO.*

**How We Put You First:**

At NorthPoint Development we ask a lot of our employees, which is why we give so much in return. In addition to your competitive salary, we offer market-leading benefits and perks:

* A selection of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans

* 401k with 100% match up to 6%, immediately vested upon enrollment

* Potential opportunity to participate in NPE Employee Ownership Program

* Scholarships and paid professional development

* Robust Reimbursement Programs: Childcare, School Lunch, Tuition, Gym Membership, Cellphone

* $2000 annual HRA and HSA contribution

* Parental Paid Leave

* Living Generously program with 100% charitable contribution match

**What Youll Do**

* Moving controls, devices, and levers to operate equipment to move cases or pallets of product between unloading, processing, loading, and storage areas.

* Organizing and securing stored materials such as boxes, pallets, and so on.

* Loading or unloading materials manually, off or on to pallets, platforms, skids, or lifting devices.

* Weighing products or materials and recording weight and further production information on labels and tags manually or using RF scanners.

* Manually placing labels on cases in an accurate manner for shipping compliance.

* Wrapping material loads with a wrapper and making clean the warehouse premises.

* Hand Stacking containers.

* Examines loads to verify quantity, type of material, food safety compliance, and compliance with facility and customer requirements.

* Accurately documents information to provide traceability for product being received and shipped.

* Maintains clean work environment.

* Reads pick ticket and determines items to be selected and stacked on pallet for staging.

* Keys pick quantities into computerized scanning equipment to update inventory.

* Operates equipment in a safe and efficient manner.

* Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed.

* Follows HACCP and SQF requirements for food quality and safety.

**Are**

**Who You Are**

* Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

* Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

* Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

* Ability to speak effectively and professionally before groups of customers, team members of organization, and drivers.

* Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

* Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

* While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to walk, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.

* The team member frequently is required to stand, sit, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

* The team member is occasionally required to walk and reach with hands and arms.

* The team member must occasionally lift between 50-120 pounds.

* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.