Storeroom Helper

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 24,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, VA seeks a Storeroom Clerk to receive and store food and non-food items for the restaurant and conference center. You will help keep the storeroom, cooler, and freezers orderly and compliant with sanitation guidelines.

This role requires 6 months to 1 year of storeroom or warehouse experience, good communication, computer skills, and a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and holidays; physical lifting up to 75 pounds may be needed.

Qualifications

• 6 months to 1 year of storeroom or warehouse experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Good computer skills is a must.
• Good knowledge of food products, specifications, storage, and rotation procedures.

Responsibilities

• Receive all food, supplies and materials for the restaurant and conference center.
• Rotate stock (FIFO).
• Order all goods and supplies based on department needs.
• Ensure that shelves are clean and sanitation guidelines are met.
• Keep all storage areas and inventory neat and orderly.
• Issue stored items to authorized personnel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Storeroom experience

Inventory management

Communication skills

Computer skills

Flexible schedule

Physical strength

Food knowledge

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

WILLIAMSBURG INN
300 E. Francis Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

WILLIAMSBURG INN
300 E. Francis Street
Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world.

Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse people who helped shape a new nation.

Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research.

The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library.

Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area.

Upon being hired for this position, you will enter a Probationary status, working up to 40 hours per week.
Upon completion of the probationary period, you could become benefit eligible.

• Responsible for the orderly flow of supplies so that all items are on hand when needed, to keep and maintain an orderly and clean storeroom, cooler, and freezers.
• Responsible for the receipt and storage of all food and non-food items and equipment received in the unit; the inventory and security of the stored items is under the control of this person.
• Receives all food, supplies and materials for the restaurant and conference center
• Rotate stock (FIFO)
• Order all goods and supplies based on department needs
• Ensure that shelves are clean
• Meet all sanitation guidelines
• Keep all storage areas and inventory in a neat and orderly fashion
• Issue stored items to authorized personnel
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements

• 6 months to 1 year of storeroom or warehouse experience
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Good computer skills is a must
• Good knowledge of food products, specifications, storage, and rotation procedures
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends and holidays;
• Physical requirements include, but are not limited to: (1) transporting 50 pounds; (2) lifting up to 75 pounds of goods into storage bins or onto shelves; (3) working while standing for long periods of time
• High School diploma or G.E.D. with computer training; college preferred

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