Operations Lead-3rd shift, Fri-Sun, 6am-6:30pm

Jack Link's Protein Snacks; Underwood (AL); On-site; USD 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Steady, predictable shifts

A passionate team

Strong family values

Career opportunities with internal pro

Competitive pay including a bonus plan

Great medical, dental, and vision plan

PTO and holiday pay

Discounted product

Job summary

Jack Link’s Protein Snacks is seeking a warehouse team member to efficiently lead daily material handling and shipping operations. You will operate forklifts, scanners, and complete work orders while maintaining safety and accuracy in a fast-paced distribution center.

Responsibilities include paperwork, cross-department communication, and adherence to OSHA guidelines. The role offers steady shifts, strong team support, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to work un-supervised.
• Self-starter with leadership skills.
• Excellent attendance and dependability.
• Lift truck knowledge and experience.
• Attention to detail in fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Operating mechanical forklifts, pallet jacks, and stock picker lift trucks.
• Operating and maintaining RF Scanner (handheld warehouse computer).
• Accurately completing work order sheets.
• Cleaning and maintaining warehouse floor and facilities as needed.
• Completes reports and reviews for management.
• Maintains great communication with all departments in the Distribution Center.
• Handles and deals with customer, carrier, and employee issues.
• Follows set company and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines.

Skills

Ability to work un-supervised

Self-starter

Leadership skills

Excellent attendance and dependability

Lift truck knowledge and experience

Attention to detail

Fast-paced environment

Works well with others

Great communication skills

Computer knowledge; Outlook, Excel,SAP

Tools

Outlook

Excel

SAP

Job description

Company Description

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Jack link's is a family-owned, family-run business, and the #1 manufacturer of protein snacks worldwide.

We offer:

• Steady, predictable shifts
• A passionate team
• Strong family values
• Career opportunities with a goal to promote from within
• Competitive pay including a bonus plan
• Great benefits including a medical plan, dental plan and vision plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday pay
• Discounted product

Job Description

Responsible for successfully leading the departmental team producing, completing tasks, and receiving and shipping product in a safe, accurate and timely manner. Keeps crew on task and meets deadlines.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Operating mechanical forklifts, pallet jacks, and stock picker lift trucks.
• Operating and maintaining RF Scanner (handheld warehouse computer).
• Accurately completing work order sheets.
• Cleaning and maintaining warehouse floor and facilities as needed.
• Completes reports and reviews for management.
• Maintains great communication with all departments in the Distribution Center.
• Handles and deals with customer, carrier, and employee issues.
• Follows set company and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines at all times.

Qualifications

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES:

• Ability to work un-supervised
• Self-starter
• Leadership skills
• Computer knowledge; Outlook, Excel, SAP
• Excellent attendance and dependability
• Lift truck knowledge and experience
• Attention to detail
• Fast-paced environment
• Works well with others
• Great communication skills

Additional Information

The hiring range for this role is $21.81 - $27.26 (Hourly). Actual wages will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, and candidate skill set and experience. Base pay is just one component of Jack Link’s Total Rewards package for Team Members. Other rewards may include annual incentive and program-specific awards. Jack Link’s provides a variety of benefits to eligible Team Members, including medical, dental and vision benefits, life and disability insurance, 401k participation, paid holidays, and paid time off.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be 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 team member is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The team members occasionally required to walk, bend, stoop, and squat or kneel. The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds in RTW. The team member must frequently lift and/or move up to 35 pounds in RAW. The team member will frequently stand for a 10-12 hour shift. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors. Travel may be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Jack Link's is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify
Jack Link's provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that Jack Link’s has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.