Warehouse Associate

501 N. Dixon Street, Portland OR

Description

Nutrition Services is committed to creating healthy school environments that support life long wellness for students by increasing healthy choices and limiting access to minimally nutritious snacks and beverages. Our Nutrition Service team serves 9,000 school breakfasts, 19,000 school lunches and 1,500 suppers to Portland students daily. Become a part of our Nutrition Services Warehouse Team and work in a fulfilling and active environment where you can make a difference! Work Schedule: Monday to Friday - 5:00am-1:30pm Work Location: 501 N. Dixon Street, Portland, OR 97227 Salary: $18.59 per hour with great benefits! Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Vision, Life Insurance Union Representation, Employee Assistance Progam, Exclusive Discounts This is a great opportunity to actively learn about warehouse operations in one of the largest school districts in the Pacific Northwest. 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)