Overnight Perishable Specialist

BJ's Wholesale Club; Elkton (MD); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Free BJ’s Memberships

PTO

Health benefits

401(k) match

ESPP

Job summary

BJ's Wholesale Club in Elkton, MD is seeking a Warehouse Associate to support unloading, receiving, stocking, and order fulfillment in a fast-paced distribution environment. You will work with pallets, labels, and pick tickets, ensuring accuracy and safety.

Candidates should have a high school diploma or GED, be able to lift up to 50 lbs frequently and 100 lbs occasionally, and be willing to work nights, weekends, and holidays. Weekly pay and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required or equivalent
• Warehouse experience preferred
• Ability to operate material handling equipment
• Must read, write, speak, and understand English
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs frequently and 100 lbs occasionally

Responsibilities

• Receive product without damage and complete paperwork
• Check product temperature and report discrepancies
• Build pallets and load trailers safely
• Maintain cleanliness of dock and facility areas
• Operate material handling equipment after training
• Adhere to food safety and housekeeping standards
• Work flexible hours including nights, weekends, and holidays

Skills

Warehouse experience

Attention to detail

English literacy

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Material Handling Equipment

Job description

A World-Class Team

BJs Wholesale Club is powered by more than 30,000 team members who make a real impact every day. Whether you're stocking shelves, solving problems or shaping strategy, your work helps families save on what matters most.

Were a team built on purpose and opportunity. Join us and be part of something meaningful.

Why Youll Love Working at BJs

At BJs Wholesale Club, our team members are at the heart of everything we do. Thats why we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, well-being and future both on and off the job. When you grow, we grow.

Heres just some of what you can look forward to:

• Weekly Pay: Get paid every weekso that you can manage your money on your terms.
• Free BJs Memberships: Enjoy a complimentary The Club Card Membership, plus a free Supplemental Membership for someone in your household.*
• Generous Paid Time Off: Take the time you need with vacation, personal, sick days, holidays, bereavement, and jury duty leave.*
• Flexible and Affordable Health Benefits: Choose from three medical plans, and access optional dental, vision, Health Savings Account (HSA), and flexible spending account options to fit your lifestyle.*
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: Build your financial future with a company match (available to team members 18 and older).*
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Accumulate funds through after-tax payroll deductions that can be used to purchase shares of BJs common stock at a 15% discount.*

*Eligibility requirements vary by position.

Job Summary:

Perform varied functions throughout the operation including, but not exclusive to, ensuring proper unloading of trucks, receiving and verifying inbound product, selecting product to fill customer orders, loading product onto trailers, and other duties as needed.

Job Responsibilities:

• Properly and accurately receive product, free of damage, and turn in complete, legible, accurate paperwork
• Check temperature of products and report any discrepancies to a supervisor
• Check condition of pallets and exchange where necessary
• Promptly report damage and all inventory discrepancies to supervisor
• Maintain cleanliness and repair of dock and facility areas
• Ensure pallets are wrapped and stacked for safe transport to storage Load and unload product when required
• Properly, efficiently, and accurately select damage-free product to neatly and accurately build pallets with appropriate product according to customer specifications with labels facing out, arrows facing up
• Verify product against pick tickets and case label and turn in complete, legible, accurate paperwork
• Maintain required productivity level at 100% standard
• Maintain accuracy levels as set forth by management
• Accurately select appropriate pallets and/or cross-dock product and verify against pick tickets (paperwork).
• Verify all load sheets and turn in complete, legible, accurate paperwork (such as load diagrams and pick tickets)
• Handle and load product onto the trailer while minimizing damage Hand-stack all floor-loaded trucks appropriately (labels out, correct ti-hi, no mixed product, etc.)
• Safely operate appropriate Material Handling Equipment after training
• Maintain all food safety, housekeeping, and other applicable standards
• Other duties as assigned

Experience and Qualifications:

• Education - High school diploma or GED. College coursework, continuing technical education or comparable business experience preferred
• Warehouse experience preferred
• Experience operating Material Handling Equipment preferred
• Ability to remain calm and focused while prioritizing requests from multiple sources
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Able to read with corrected or uncorrected vision
• Able to read, write, speak, and understand English
• Ability to read and understand label data
• Ability to read small print on packaging and paperwork, with or without corrective lenses
• Ability to handle and physically be near products which may contain food allergens (such as fish, shellfish, peanuts, etc.)
• Ability to take directions using the headset selection system (such as VoCollect)
• Ability to accommodate flexible schedules to meet the needs of the customer to include nights, weekends and holidays

Environmental Job Conditions:

• Independently lift up to 50 lbs frequently and 100 lbs occasionally Able to sit, stand, walk, bend, squat on a frequent to continual basis in a refrigerated warehouse environment
• Able to grasp, reach, push, or pull (such as boxes of product, or a hand truck) on a frequent basis
• Able to step up onto and down from equipment as required by task (such as forklift, reach truck, etc.)
• Ability to reach above shoulder level frequently
• Ability to build pallets up to 6 feet tall with case weights up to 50 pounds
• Endurance for continuous, fast-paced work
• Able to adjust to fluctuating temperatures and withstand freezing temperatures as low as -20 degrees Fahrenheit
• Ability to work in a noisy warehouse environment
• Ability to work at elevated heights while wearing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for the job (such as fall protection harnesses)
• Able to wear and communicate through headsets for long periods of time as required by location Able to work while wearing appropriate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for the job (such as steel-toed protective footwear, harness, safety glasses, hard hat, gloves, insulated clothing, etc)
• Ability to utilize good hand-eye coordination and depth perception to operate forklift, reach truck, and HiLo safely and accurately
• Ability to work at elevated heights while wearing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) for the job (such as fall protection harnesses)
• Ability to utilize equipment for the job safely and accurately after training (such as computer, handheld tracker, copiers, scanners, printers, radio headsets, forklift, reach truck, etc.)

In accordance with the Pay Transparency requirements, the following represents a good faith estimate of the compensation range for this position. At BJs Wholesale Club, we carefully consider a wide range of non-discriminatory factors when determining salary. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, education, experience, and qualifications. The pay range for this position is $20.75 - $24.90We recognize the growing role of AI tools, including ChatGPT, and value familiarity with them. That said, we want to hear from your authentic self. Your application should reflect your own skills, experiences, and insights rather than AI-generated responses.