Receiving Lead - Weeknight Shift

Utz Quality Foods, Inc; Hanover (York County); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Utz Quality Foods in Hanover, PA is hiring a Weeknight Shift Warehouse Lead for our Broadway facility. This full-time role runs Sunday-Wednesday from 5:30 PM to 5:30 AM and focuses on leading receiving, shipping, and warehouse operations while ensuring safety and food quality.

You will supervise the shift, coordinate trailer movements, maintain inventory accuracy using D365, and train new team members. Forklift certification is required or obtainable, with strong emphasis on teamwork and

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of warehouse, receiving, manufacturing, or distribution experience preferred.
• Previous leadership or team lead experience preferred.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Forklift certification or ability to obtain certification.
• Experience with D365 or other warehouse management systems preferred.
• Knowledge of inventory control and FIFO practices preferred.
• Safety-minded and able to work well in a team environment.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and work around noise, heat, and moving equipment.

Responsibilities

• Lead shift in receiving, unloading and staging raw materials.
• Coordinate trailer movements and forklift operations.
• Maintain inventory accuracy using D365.
• Train new warehouse personnel.
• Ensure safety and food quality standards are met.
• Work in a team environment with production.
• Report unsafe equipment and practices to supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Problem-solving

Teamwork

Safety-minded

Stamina

Tools

D365

Forklift Certification

Job description

Looking to take the next step in a fast-paced warehouse environment? Utz Quality Foods is hiring a Weeknight Shift Warehouse Lead at our Broadway facility in Hanover, PA.

This is a full-time role working Sunday-Wednesday, 5:30 PM-5:30 AM. You\'ll help lead warehouse operations, support receiving and shipping activities, coordinate trailer movements, maintain inventory accuracy, and help train team members while ensuring safety and food quality standards are met.

If you\'re dependable, safety-minded, and have strong communication and leadership skills, this is a great opportunity to grow with the Utz Quality Foods team!

Responsibilities:

• Leads shift in execution of receiving, unloading and staging raw materials.
• Must have the ability to jockey trailers to and from docks. Training offered.
• Able to obtain a forklift license.
• Organizes, stages and loads finished goods in warehouse.
• Utilize D365 to record all inventory transactions.
• Responsible for inter-yard trailer movement.
• Coordinates trailer movements with other facilities using Yard Management system.
• Inspects incoming materials to insure receipt of correct items in proper quantities without damage.
• Places materials unloaded from trailers in designated areas using FIFO inventory control.
• Follows food safety practices and all applicable requirements of the SQF System.
• Maintain a safe and clean dock area.
• Trains new warehouse personnel.
• Works in a team environment with production.
• Responsible to report unsafe equipment and practices to supervisor.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements:

• 1-2 years of warehouse, receiving, manufacturing, or distribution experience preferred
• Previous leadership or team lead experience preferred
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills
• Forklift certification or ability to obtain certification
• Experience with D365 or other warehouse management systems preferred
• Knowledge of inventory control and FIFO practices preferred
• Safety-minded and able to work well in a team environment
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and work around noise, heat, and moving equipment.

Our Recruitment Process

• Easy Application (5 mins): Introduce yourself and answer a few key questions to get started.
• Engaging Chat Interview (20-25 mins): Share your experiences in an online chat, highlighting how your values align with ours.
• Live Interview: Selected candidates will meet with the hiring manager to explore their alignment with the team and overall Utz company culture.

Continuously Pursuing Excellence!

Here at Utz, we have a passion for exciting and delighting consumers with delicious snack foods made from high quality ingredients. After over a century with a strong family heritage, our diverse portfolio of brands includes Utz, Zapp\'s, Boulder Canyon, and On the Border. Our associates are the reason for the success of this company, so it is important we provide a supportive, caring and inclusive environment that offers opportunities for career growth and advancement. We also help take care of our associates by providing benefits, resources, and programs that ensure they live their healthiest lives. Our benefit package includes medical, dental, and vision plans, an employer match 401k, profit sharing plan, employee stock purchase plan and much more. Join our world class team and help us become the fastest growing pure-play U.S. snacking company of scale!

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.