Shipping Dock/Cooler Attendant/Day Shift Job at Foster Farms in Kelso

Company Description

Foster Farms has been serving families since 1939. Since the founding days, Foster Farms has always been committed to providing consumers with the highest-quality, best-tasting poultry products available. Our commitment to excellence, honesty, quality, service, and our valued TEAM Members will shine through in everything we do.

Foster Farms is always looking for talented individuals to join the Foster Farms TEAM. We offer the experience of a large organization; however, we operate like a family business. More than half of our job openings are filled by internal promotion, and we encourage TEAM Members to gain a variety of experiences across different functional groups.

Job Description

Pay rates between $19.00-23.50 with Attendance Premium of $0.25 and Shift Premiums of $0.50 and $1.00 for hours worked during swing and night shifts. Longevity premium of $0.25 after one year of service.

We offer our TEAM Members the following benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance for themselves and their eligible dependents.
• Voluntary benefits such as Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Group Accident Coverage, Group Critical Illness Coverage, Individual Short-Term Disability Insurance, and Whole Life Insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health Care FSA and Dependent Daycare FSA).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• College tuition reimbursement (100% tuition, 80% books, and 100% parking).
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with a Company-contribution of up to 4%.
• Vacation, sick, holiday, funeral, and jury duty pay.

Essential Job Functions 

• Accurately identifying, staging and loading of product
• Stack all pallets properly by order number and product code.
• Label all pallets with Master Order Number.
• Verify price, pull dates and number of cases to the pick sheet.
• Take completed pallets to the correct manifest operator or stage area.
• Wrap and load pallets completed by manifest operator
• Check stage area for completed pallet.
•  Ensure that all cases are labeled and has a barcode that can be scanned..
• Maintain and improve quality and food safety to ensure compliance with Company quality standards and USDA regulatory requirements.

 

Qualifications

• Report regularly and on time to work as well as work all required hours, including overtime and weekends as scheduled.
• Understand and follow established rules and procedures as well as accept constructive feedback.
• Work safely and set an example of good working safe habits.
• Follow established Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and all Food Safety procedures.
• Must be self-motivated and be able to work in a very cold environment.
• Must have the ability to obtain forklift, pallet jack, and yard goat certification.
• Must have the ability to learn and utilize EMW system used for shipping and warehouse management.
• Ability to lift boxes weighing between 50 to 80 pounds repeatedly.
• Must be willing and able to work various shifts, overtime, and none standard work hours.
• Stand on concrete floor, grating, or metal stand for prolonged periods.
• Must have demonstrated history of dependability, particularly with regard to safety and attendance.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Foster Farms is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities, Females, Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Foster Farms participates in E-Verify during the hire process at all locations for all new TEAM Members.