Warehouse Order Selector - Night Shift

Organically Grown Company; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Wellness program

4x10 schedule

Paid time off

Profit sharing

401k match

Fitness reimbursement

Overtime

Produce discounts

Job summary

Organically Grown Company (OGC), Northwest’s largest independent distributor of fresh, organic produce, is hiring Experienced PM Warehouse Order Selectors. If you have experience operating a riding pallet jack and working in a warehouse environment, we want to meet you!

OGC positions you in a fast-paced, refrigerated setting where you’ll lift up to 50 lbs, work evening/overnight hours, and collaborate with drivers to load outbound trucks.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year experience as an order-selector/warehouser picker in a produce or related environment.
• Minimum 1 year experience using riding pallet jacks and demonstrating safe riding technique.
• Minimum 1 year experience using Vocollect headsets or RF scan-guns.

Responsibilities

• Pick orders from the warehouse, build pallets, prepare products for delivery, and load onto trucks.
• Safely operate warehouse equipment including forklifts and pallet jacks.
• Maintain GMP and GFSI (food safety) standards.
• Spend a lot of time on your feet in a refrigerated setting.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Skills

Warehouse experience

Pallet jack operation

RF scanner usage

Team collaboration

Tools

Vocollect headsets

RF scan-guns

Job description

Description

Organically Grown Company (OGC), Northwest’s largest independent distributor of fresh, organic produce, is hiring Experienced PM Warehouse Order Selectors. If you have experience operating a riding pallet jack and working in a warehouse environment, we want to meet you!

Why work for OGC?

Warehousers play an important role in the produce trade, getting fresh fruits and vegetables into the hands of grocers and restaurants. Here, you’ll work closely with a great Warehouse crew and our Drivers using pallet jacks, forklifts, and Vocollect Headsets to retrieve boxes and load outbound trucks during the evening and overnight hours so that our customers have fresh produce the next day.

Join our team to earn:

• Comprehensive healthcare benefits for you and your family after 30 days of employment.
• Competitive Wellness Program.
• 4x10 schedule (5x8 schedule available).
• Generous Paid Time Off program.
• Annual profit share – 20% of profits distributed back to employees.
• 401k retirement program with a 5% company match (capped at $3500 annually).
• $200 annual fitness reimbursement.
• Opportunities for overtime.
• Free and discounted organic produce.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Pick orders from the warehouse, build pallets, prepare products for delivery, and load onto our trucks.
• Safely operate warehouse equipment including forklifts and pallet jacks.
• Maintain GMP and GFSI (food safety) standards.
• Spend a lot of time on your feet in a refrigerated setting.
• Perform other duties as requested.

Requirements

• Regular and consistent attendance.
• Minimum of 1 year experience as an order-selector/ warehouser picker in a produce or related environment.
• Minimum 1 year experience using riding pallet jacks and able to demonstrate safe & proficient riding technique.
• Minimum 1 year experience using Vocollect headsets or RF scan-guns.
• Able to safely lift 30-50 pounds in a refrigerated environment.
• Ability to work on a team and foster a culture of belonging.
• Ability to learn new computer software.
• Basic math skills.

It’s helpful if you bring:

• Previous work experience with perishable products, familiarity with food safety standards.
• Love or knowledge about organic produce.
• Computer savvy.

Physical Requirements:

This position requires the ability to regularly perform physical tasks including but not limited to lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, and reaching. Regular heavy lifting up to 50 lbs is required during approximately 15% of scheduled work time. Continuous mental and/or visual attention requires constant alertness to monitor warehouse processes and/or identify problems. The work environment will regularly be cold and may be exposed to dust, fumes, dirt, noise, and water. Ability to meet the above description of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

OGC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

At Organically Grown Company (OGC), we are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity --- and celebrate and thrive on the benefit our diverse workforce brings to our employees, customers, and community. OGC encourages individual differences and makes all employment decisions based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion or belief, color, national origin, gender identity, LGBT/ sexual orientation, veteran’s status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, age, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status or any other applicable characteristics that make you, YOU! OGC will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

OGC also considers qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.