Production Worker - Forklift

Pacific Seafood; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Pacific Seafood is seeking a Warehouse Associate to manage incoming loads, maintain warehouse organization, and ensure compliance with safety protocols. The ideal candidate will have a high school diploma and will be trained on the job, with opportunities for career advancement in a supportive environment. A strong emphasis will be placed on teamwork and adherence to quality standards.

Benefits

Health insurance benefits options

401(k) retirement plan options

Paid time-off including sick days and holidays

Employee assistance program

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Forklift and pallet jack experience preferred.
• No experience necessary; willing to train.

Responsibilities

• Assist with warehouse-related activities including receiving, inventory, and order processing.
• Ensure quality inspection and proper tagging of products.
• Operate forklift and pallet jack to manage product movement.

Skills

Customer service skills

Good housekeeping skills

Ability to work with others

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Pallet jack

Job description

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community. We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary:

To assist with the smooth flow of all warehouse-related activities. Responsible for specialized warehouse tasks in receiving, inventory, and order processing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with transport drivers to ensure incoming loads are received in a timely manner.
• Able to review receiving documentation to ensure accuracy.
• Maintain the warehouse configuration according to the approved layout for product, packaging and equipment storage.
• Properly load a pallet to trucks and ensure loads are stable and secure.
• Practice good housekeeping skills i.e. clean up spills immediately or flag the area off, avoid blocking emergency exits and report any potential hazards to a supervisor.
• Follow all established safety rules and obey safety signs and tags.
• Properly operate forklift, pallet jack and other necessary powered equipment.
• Ensure product is inspected for quality, product/pallets properly tagged and rotated.
• Understand how to read and utilize pick tickets to pick, pack and load orders.
• Verify that all return labels have been approved/checked prior to placing product back in inventory.
• Understand and perform all the appropriate HACCP plans assigned.
• Ensure product is fully received, rotation is complete and product is staged in the correct quantities.
• Promptly report all needed repairs and ensure preventive maintenance is performed on your equipment.
• Perform necessary emergency replenishment for products that run below minimum levels to meet customer order demands from the daily order selection shift.
• Perform other duties, as assigned.

What You Bring to Pacific Seafood:

Required:

• High school diploma or GED.
• No experience necessary, willing to train on the job

Preferred:

• Forklift and pallet jack experience.
• Forklift certification
• Driver’s License

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the team member:

• Standing. Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking. Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
• Reaching. Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Grasping. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Regularly required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
• Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

Pay Range:$ 17- $18 per hour

Total Compensation:

At Pacific Seafood, your base wage is only a portion of your overall compensation package. We invest in our Team Members through a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package, including but not limited to:

• Health insurance benefits options, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, basic group life and short-term disability
• Flexible spending accounts for health flex and dependent care expenses
• 401(k) retirement plan options with generous annual company profit sharing match
• Paid time-off for all regular FT team members to include sick days, paid holidays, vacation, and personal time
• Employee assistance program providing confidential professional counseling, financial and legal assistance at no charge to team members and immediate family members
• Product purchase program

Pacific Seafood is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.