USD $23.10/Hr.

American Foods Group; Wright City (MO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

American Foods Group seeks a Palletizer to efficiently stack products on pallets, ensuring correct labeling and secure wrapping for shipping and storage.

The role requires daily pallet jack inspections, PPE usage, and safe operation around moving equipment, with attention to product dates and customer requirements. On-site duties include coordinating with loaders and delivering pallets to docks.

Qualifications

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to work in humid, cold, wet or slippery surfaces around moving equipment with PPE.

Responsibilities

• Stack products onto pallets and wrap as required.
• Use scan guns to build pallet tags and ship orders.
• Report unsafe conditions and perform daily pallet jack inspections.

Skills

Attention to detail

Safety awareness

PPE compliance

Teamwork

Tools

Pallet jack operation

Job description

Job Summary

The Palletizer is responsible for efficiently and accurately stacking products or materials onto pallets in preparation for shipping or storage. This role ensures that products are properly arranged, secured, and labeled, contributing to effective inventory management and safe transportation.

• Complete a daily inspection report of the pallet jack at the start of each shift. Report any deficiencies that would not allow safe use of the pallet jack immediately to the shipping supervisor.
• Order pickers will report to the load controller to receive load pick tickets.
• Order pickers will work with the high lift drivers to drop product required based on the pick ticket.
• Order pickers will be required to hand stack boxes, separate products by date if required by the customer and wrap pallets with a pallet wrapper or wrap pallets by hand.
• Order pickers will be required to check product code dates to ensure the oldest product is being picked or dates are being picked that adhere to the customer date restrictions.
• Order pickers will move the product to the dock and work with the loader when needed.
• Order pickers will be using scan guns to build pallet tags, complete pallet inquiries, ship orders, transfer products to various warehouses and complete customer returns.
• NOTE this description is not intended to be all inclusive. An employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization; these duties are considered marginal.

Minimum Qualifications (Required)

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• Must be able to work in a humid, cold, wet or slippery surface at varied heights in and around moving equipment and parts with the use of personal protective equipment (P.P.E)

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience/knowledge of manufacturing environment
• Previous knife experience in manufacturing environment

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Be attentive to detail
• Ability to work safely, wear P.P.E, and follow instructions
• Ability to attend work consistently
• Display strong work ethic

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk or sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move objects. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process can contact Human Resources at the location(s) where you are applying. We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations as required by law.

America's Heartland Packing is set to open its doors in early 2025. The 775,000 sq. ft. greenfield project will include a harvest floor, carcass chillers, fabrication area, rendering, further processing area, storage coolers, freezers, and loading docks.

What we offer

• Competitive total compensation package for you and your family.
• Excellent benefit plan. Benefits include Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Flex Spending Accounts, Voluntary Benefits, PTO, 401k, Long & Short Term Disability, Discount Meat Purchase Program, and more!