<p>Introduction: This position is responsible for accurately loading completed customer-selected pallet orders onto designated trailers according to load diagrams. This includes ensuring pallets are placed in the correct positions and orientations, securing the load with straps, and properly positioning bulkheads to maintain load stability and safety during transport.</p> <p>Essential Duties and Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>Operate warehouse equipment safely and complete daily equipment inspections; report any issues to the supervisor </li><li>Coordinate trailer loading communicating clearly with the yard driver and other dock workers/loaders using two-way radios when necessary </li><li>Load trailers according to scheduled dispatch times </li><li>Ability to read a load map </li><li>Verify each pallet is in the correct position and orientation based on load map </li><li>Secure loads by strapping pallets tightly and verifying shrink wrap stability for safe transport </li><li>Maintain a clean, organized, and debris-free dock area </li><li>Follow and promote strict safety standards to ensure a safe work environment for all team members </li><li>Pick cases when assigned </li><li>Any other warehouse duties as assigned </li></ul> <p>Experience and Qualifications</p> <ul> <li>High school diploma preferred or GED accepted. </li><li>Ability to communicate and comprehend math, spelling and reading of various forms to ensure accurate records required. </li><li>Previous warehouse and freezer picking experience (preferred) </li><li>Warehouse industrial forklift experience (preferred) </li><li>Ability to identify different SKU numbers, barcodes, and each customers products to be loaded </li><li>Previous fork truck and loading experience (preferred) </li></ul> <p>Physical Requirements:</p> <ul> <li>Must be able to continuously walk the warehouse floor, cooler and freezer for an extended period of time. </li><li>Ability to stand, bend, reach and also to lift up to 100 lbs. repetitively </li><li>Warehouse environment with noise, dust, odors, and a diversity from very warm to very cold temperatures. </li><li>Move around facility during a minimum 8 hour shift </li><li>Warehouse environment with various temperatures that include freezer, cooler, and dry </li><li>Able to work in an environment with smells, dust, noise, and withstand frozen warehouse temperatures around (-5 degrees F) for extended periods of time </li><li>Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disability to perform the essential functions. </li></ul>