Warehouse Worker

501 N. Dixon Street, Portland OR

Description

Nutrition Services is committed to creating healthy school environments that support life-long wellness for students and serves 9,000 school breakfasts, 19,000 school lunches and 1,500 suppers to Portland students daily. This is a great opportunity to actively learn about warehouse operations in one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest. Pay: $18.59 per hour Schedule: Full-Time, Monday to Friday, no weekends! •    Temporary 6-month duration To Apply Click This Link: Position Summary:  A warehouse worker engages in receiving, storing, inventory control, processing and delivering all orders for food and supplies for the Nutrition Services department.  Essential Duties and Responsibilities: • Attendance is required. All employees must report for assigned days and hours of work.  • Processes Nutrition Services mail according to established procedures.  • Receives, checks and inspects all deliveries of food items and disposables.  • Assists with the loading/unloading of all food supplies and related food service equipment.  • Processes orders and stages for delivery of food orders in a timely manner for central distribution and Nutrition Service drivers.  • Maintain warehouse in a clean, safe and sanitary condition, storing all incoming food in an organized manner to ensure first in, first out distribution.  • Assists in conducting quarterly inventories for all items stored in the central warehouse, cooler or freezer.  • Follows all HACCP procedures, documenting any and all quality problems or and/or safety concerns  • Delivers special orders according to haul order requests and school supplies as needed in department vehicle.  Other Duties and Responsibilities:  • Work with the supply chain to ensure adequate inventory is on hand to fulfill the needs of the Nutrition Services department.  • Participates in meetings and in-service education programs as scheduled.  • Performs other reasonably related duties as assigned.  Knowledge:  • Portland Public Schools warehouse operations and storage procedures.  • Principles of food receiving, delivering, rotating, handling and storage.  • Acceptable product standards, including quality and sanitation aspects.  Skills and Abilities:  • Safely operate all gas or electric fork lift trucks, hydraulic pallet lift and power/hand tools.  • Operate standard equipment including computers and phones.  • Lift up to 75 lbs, push and pull up to 400 lbs.  • Stand and/or walk for up to eight hours on cement quarry tile floors.  • Use full range of motion.  • Work with other employees in routine business contact.  • Plan daily work effectively to ensure maximum efficiency for Nutrition Services Department with a minimum of supervision.  • Ability to compute simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions.  • Ability to work in cold and freezing temperatures for short periods of time (walk-in refrigerators and freezers).  • Maintains a current Multnomah County Food Handler’s Card or ServSafe Certification.  • Must have a valid Class C Oregon driver’s license and demonstrate skill in driving Nutrition Services department vehicle (van).  • Demonstrate ability to exercise careful judgment, diplomacy, and tact with co-workers and other district staff and outside personnel.  Supervision  • Responsible to the central distribution supervisor and supply chain manager. Salary: $18.59 per hour (DCU Contract in Appendix A)