Reach Truck/Lift Operator (Finance)
Join our team and immediately become part of the largest distributor of conventional, natural, organic and specialty products in the United States and Canada. We serve over 43,000 customer locations with 200,000 different products. Our Warehouse associates supply thousands of consumers with better for you food that nourishes families nationwide. Our retailers range from small family owned stores to Wholefoods Markets and everything in between. Are you ready to make an impact on the lives of others and feel good about what you do? Join our growing Distribution team today.
Benefits include:
- (Sundays nights are MANDATORY)
- Competitive Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K & Vacation
- Recognition for great work, company events and picnics, and much more.
- Full-time employment opportunity.
- Opportunity for 40+ hours per week
- Safe, Team-Oriented Work Environment
- Excellent benefits that include: Medical (HSA & FSA), Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program
- Home, Auto and Pet Insurance offerings
- 401K Savings plan with matching contribution
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Referral Bonus
- Tuition Reimbursement
Shift: start time 12:00am (midnight) - Finish
Must be able to operate the stand up reach.
POSITION PURPOSE:
Responsible for moving product. A forklift operator at United Natural Foods is required to have a strong understanding of his/her lift, the loads he/she is carrying, productivity measures and safety procedures.
Essential Functions and Basic Duties:
- Reports to the shipping office at the beginning of each shift for the daily assignment, vehicle inspection sheet and replenishment discrepancies sheet.
- Inspects assigned lift and completes vehicle inspection sheet.
- Replenishes pick slots using the view request screen. If no requests exist, uses the manual replenish screen to fill empty or almost empty slots.
- Maintains correct counts and logs any discrepancies in inventory.
- Verifies that the correct product is being put in the appropriate pick location.
- Cuts and removes shrink wrap from all knockdowns
- Removes all empty pallets from pick locations and aisles. Separates the good, bad, and blue pallets and neatly stages in pallet staging area.
- Operates the lift in a safe and efficient manner.
- Parks and recharges lift in its appropriate spot at the end of the shift.
- Immediately informs a lead, supervisor, or manager of any potential safety violations of company policy.
- Perform duties in accordance with Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) and Safe Quality Food (SQF) policies and procedures, as appropriate for location.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Understanding of Safety guidelines
- Strong knowledge of applicable Bakco functions and RF systems
- Warehouse/Operations preferred but not required
- Have an understanding of procedures in other areas of the warehouse for a more global understanding of all processes
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions and to deal with ordinary, standardized situations
- Ability to perform very basic math skills including adding; subtracting, multiplying, and dividing two-digit numbers; the four basic arithmetic operations with money; and operations with units such as inch, foot, yard; ounce, and pound
- Able to read and communicate in English
- Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times when direct supervision may not be immediately available.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. UNFI is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive and respectful environment for all. - M/F/Veteran/Disability. VEVRAA Federal Contractor.
