Warehouse Worker Days

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical and prescription coverage

Dental and vision plans

401(k) plan

Tuition assistance

Paid vacation and sick leave

Job summary

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits is hiring a Warehouse Worker in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The role involves managing shipments, operating forklifts, and maintaining warehouse cleanliness. Candidates should have at least 1 year of experience and be proficient with warehouse equipment.

The position offers a range of benefits including medical coverage and is suitable for individuals who can handle physical demands. Full-time work is expected, successful candidates will be at least 21 years old.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in a warehouse environment required.
• Must have experience operating various warehouse equipment.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Assist in receiving and loading/unloading shipments.
• Operate forklift and other warehouse equipment safely.
• Ensure cleanliness of assigned warehouse area.

Skills

Warehouse equipment operation

Forklift operation

Physical strength and endurance

Tools

Forklift

Pallet jack

Battery change station

Job description

What You Need To Know

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax‑saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

Overview

The Warehouse Worker is responsible for completing shipments by processing requests and supply orders; pulling materials; packing boxes; placing orders in the delivery area; driving truck or van to and from vendors; completing preventive maintenance requirements on truck and van; arranging for repairs; collecting stock location orders and printing requests.

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist in receiving dock operations by loading or unloading shipments
• Mechanically use a forklift, pallet jacks, or order‑picker, using a full range of peripheral vision to operate such equipment safely
• Place and/or pull stock from storage areas of the warehouse
• Ensure that the wheels of all trucks being unloaded have their wheels chocked before unloading begins
• Pick cases from bulk locations to fill forward pick locations
• Stock forward pick locations in the bottle room and the full case line in a neat and orderly manner
• Restock bottle and case returns from customer orders
• Pick VIA orders for Salesmen and Customers
• Stores out of place product, 360 product and 370 product as directed by the supervisor
• Sort pallets by size
• Handling of broken cases to include the re‑boxing of good bottles and sending the broken ones to the dump location
• Leave equipment in good working order and free of all trash for the next shift
• Ensure the cleanliness of an assigned area of the warehouse
• Perform all duties in a safe manner
• Wear all company issued safety equipment
• Report any damage to the equipment and building to a supervisor as soon as it happens
• Perform other related duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• 1 year of experience
• Experience operating warehouse equipment such as a forklift, pallet jack, and battery change station
• Must be at least 21 years of age

Physical Demands

• Physical demands include a considerable amount of time walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping
• Must be able to frequently lift, lower, push, carry, or pull up to 48pounds
• Must be able to regularly sit and operate machinery such as a forklift, pallet jacks, and battery change stations
• Work may involve repetitive motions, working at varying heights, and exposure to warehouse environmental conditions
• Extended hours, overtime, weekends, and peak‑season schedules may be required

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affimative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

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