Material Handler

Southern Foodservice Management Inc; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Foodservice Management is hiring a Materials Handler at Brooke Army Medical Center to support dining services with timely receiving, storage and distribution of food and supplies. The role requires unloading deliveries, verifying quantities, stocking, and maintaining FIFO; it involves working in kitchen, warehouse, and cold storage, and adherence to Serv-Safe and HACCP standards.

The position features a rotating schedule and requires ability to pass background checks and lift up to 70

Qualifications

• Experience in inventory control.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Good administration and organizational skills.
• Familiar with Serv-Safe and HACCP principles.

Responsibilities

• Unloads food and non-food items from the truck.
• Checks quantities received against order, noting overages and shortages.
• Date stamps stock and stores in correct location.
• Signs for receipt of direct delivery items.
• Receives paper requests for supplies from dining facilities.
• Ensures items are labeled and stored properly.
• Loads items onto carts.
• Maintains overall subsistence warehousing operation and FIFO rotation.
• Responds promptly to customer needs and service requests.
• Knowledge of Serv-Safe and HACCP principles.

Skills

Inventory control

Customer service

Administration

Organizational skills

Job description

Description

Southern Foodservice Management, a national contract food service company, is now looking to hire a Material Handler at our Brooke Army Medical Center location.

• The pay range is $16.84 base pay + $4.93 (Health & Welfare)
• The schedule is rotating between the following shifts: 5:00am-1:30pm / 7:30am-4pm / 9:30am-6pm
• Must be able to pass a Local and Federal Background Check

Job purpose:

To provide the best possible dining experience at BAMC for each and every guest by delivering excellent customer service and quality in every product we offer. On any given day, job duties may vary due to the needs of the operation as directed by your supervisor.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Unloads food and non-food items from the truck
• Checks quantities received against order, making notes of overages and shortages
• Date stamps stock and places in correct storage location
• Signs for receipt of direct delivery items
• Receives paper requests for food and non-food supplies from the dining facilities
• Assures that items are properly marked, tagged or labeled
• Loads food and non-food items onto carts
• Employee must have knowledge of overall subsistence warehousing operation and accepted warehousing methods, procedures, and technique
• Work is performed inside the kitchen, warehouse, open storage areas, receiving docks and in refrigerator and freezer areas
• Ability to work in temperatures of 0-45 degrees while in freezers or refrigerators
• Strong administration and organizational skills; Follows policies and procedures; Completes all tasks correctly and on time
• Performs duties efficiently and productively
• Experience in inventory control
• Restocks and straightens items using first-in/first-out rotation
• Customer Service- Responds promptly to customer needs; Responds to requests for service and assistance; Meets commitments of the organization
• Knowledge of Serv-Safe and HACCP principles
• Sweep and mop floors
• Clean and straighten work areas
• Dispose of waste, trash and recyclable items in proper receptacles
• May be assigned other tasks to support Meal Production and service or overall cleanliness of the Kitchen/Dinning Area

Southern Foodservice Management standards:

• Be courteous when speaking with customers, co-workers and supervisors
• Always use safe food handling procedures in accordance with Serv-Safe, HACCP requirements and SFM’s Policies, Such as: Wash hands at the beginning of the shift and as needed. Personal hygiene: Clean and proper uniform, fingernails short, clean and no polish. No jewelry allowed
• Read, understand, and follow SFM’s Employee Handbook. Ask for clarification on any item you do not understand
• Clean uniform: Shirt, Pants, Hat or Hairnet, Badge

Requirements

Physical Requirements:

• Strength: Standing 65%, Walking 25%, Sitting 10%
• Movement of Objects: Lifting 70 pounds, Carrying, Pushing, and/or Pulling 70 pounds
• Climbing or Balancing: Occasional
• Stooping: Frequent
• Reaching: Frequent
• Handling: Frequent
• Talking/Hearing: Frequent
• Seeing: Frequent
• Temperature Variation: Frequent