Warehouse Associate Job at Maryland Food Bank in Halethorpe

The Maryland Food Bank (MFB) is a nonprofit hunger-relief organization dedicated to feeding people, strengthening communities, and ending hunger for more Marylanders by partnering with local organizations from the western mountains to the Eastern Shore. The food bank’s statewide network of food assistance brings enough resources together to provide nearly 114,000 meals every day (more than 41 million meals annually) to hungry children, seniors, veterans, and hard-working families, meeting the immediate needs of hungry Marylanders while simultaneously working to create pathways out of hunger. To learn more about the Maryland Food Bank, visit www.mdfoodbank.org.

The Maryland Food Bank embraces a philosophy that recognizes and values diversity. Our goal is to attract, develop, retain, and promote a talented diverse workforce in a culture where all employees will contribute to their fullest potential.

Overall purpose of the position: In this role, the employee receives food shipments, fills out the appropriate paperwork, and ensures the correctness of delivery. The employee stages or stores the food, depending upon the source. Additionally, outgoing shipments are “picked” and “pick tickets” with accurate counts are created. Assists in inventory cycle counts, loading and unloading food orders.

Education: High school diploma or GED required.

Experience: At least 1 year of experience in a warehouse environment is preferred. The ability to read, write, and speak English is required. One year of experience operating a forklift is required.

Supervisory Responsibility: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

80% Manual Labor: Move food products by lifting to 75 pounds and push/pull pallets weighing up to 2k pounds to load and unload orders and move products to appropriate storage areas. Pick orders for partners.

20% Inventory: Assist in ongoing cycle counts, staging inventory in accordance with FIFO system

Non-Essential Functions

• Assist in cleaning within the warehouse, per the daily cleaning list
• Assist in sorting salvage, including produce, as assigned
• Perform other duties as requested

Essential Working Conditions

Work Environment: The employee will carry out the job duties in/around a warehouse environment which will have greatly fluctuating noise and temperature conditions.

Physical Demands: 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. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 75 pounds and occasionally pushes/pulls manual pallet jacks containing up to 2,000 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear, stand, walk, and use tools and equipment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities associated with it.