Picker/Palletizer (Cold Chain)- 1st Shift

Why Work for KeHE?

• Full-time
• Pay Range: $20.25/Hr. - $20.25/Hr.
• Shift Days: S-TH, Shift Time: 5:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• Benefits after 30 days
  • Health/Rx
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
  • Supplemental life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Paid sick time
  • Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
  • Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
  • Holiday pay for company designated holidays

  Overview

  At KeHE, we’re obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others – and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we’re committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you’ll be embarking on a career that’s moving forward. When you join KeHE, you’re becoming part of a team that is a force for good.

  Primary Responsibilities

  The Warehouse Palletizer focuses on the quality unloading of all totes, full cases, and coolers. It also ensures that they are properly palletized by route and stop number. The Palletizer makes certain that pallets are orderly and properly built prior to being loaded.

  Essential Functions

  • The Warehouse Palletizer focuses on sorting, transferring, and stacking cases of goods or products onto a pallet.
  • Ensures that they are properly palletized by route and stop number.
  • The Palletizer makes certain that pallets are orderly and properly built prior to being loaded.
  • Scanning each individual package.
  • Condense cases and remove empty pallets.
  • Cleanup work area including palletizing lanes during shift and at the end of shift.
  • Communicate with management regarding mechanical issues with the lanes
  • Other duties as assigned.

  Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude

  • High School Diploma or GED required.

  Qualifications / Additional Skills / Aptitude:

  • Prior warehouse experience preferred.
  • Ability to communicate well with internal and external customers and management.
  • Ability to follow safe working practices, as instructed.
  • Ability to efficiently work independently of direct supervision.
  • Demonstrated regular and reliable attendance record.
  • Ability and willingness to work in a fast pace environment with daily deadlines and goals.
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to effectively complete a variety of repetitive and high urgency activities at the same time with minimal supervision.
  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to work with others in a spirit of teamwork and cooperation, proactively addressing problems and avoiding crisis whenever possible.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate in English both orally and in writing.

  Physical Requirements:

  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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to carry 20 pounds, lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee is frequently required to stand, climb, bend, and walk. May need to drive between stores as per assignment. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is subject to both a typical office/store environment and all outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environments is low to high

  Equal Employer Opportunity Statement

  KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. 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 as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes.