Warehouse Associate in Boston, Massachusetts at Fortune International, LLC

10 Codfish Way, Boston, MA. 02210

Summary of Position:

Fortune Fish & Gourmet is a highly successful meat and seafood processor and specialty food distributor. The company serves a multitude of clients within the food industry with a focus on high quality and outstanding service. This is an exciting time to join our rapidly growing business! As an industry leader, we’re growing relationships through our quality products and services. We are continually looking for outstanding talent to join our extraordinary group of employees.

The Warehouse Associate is responsible for performing a range of general warehouse tasks, including loading, unloading, stock, inventory, picking customer orders, labeling, and receiving. The Warehouse Associate contributes to the efficiency of the warehouse production by ensuring high safety and sanitation standards are maintained at all times

Responsibilities:

Unload product from the truck, container, and stock them in the designated area

Ensures that the product is properly placed on racks, shelves, or in bins according to established practice.

Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or conveys orders to the packing station or shipping department, and prepares for shipping

Ensure that the product is handled in a sanitary manner.

Mark materials with identifying information

Records amount of materials or items received or distributed

Arranges products in the specified sequence for processing by other workers as needed

Drives forklift or other motorized equipment to transport items within the plant

Supports in maintaining inventory records

Adhere to the company’s safety practices at all times

Other duties as assigned by the supervisor

Minimum Requirements:

Education – High School Diploma or equivalent

Experience –at least one year of warehouse experience preferred

Work ethic – A sense of urgency in meeting critical and time-sensitive deadlines

Accuracy – Demonstrated ability to accurately pick products in a timely fashion.

Language – Basic English or Spanish speaking and written proficiency.

Mathematical – Ability to perform basic arithmetic tasks – adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplying

Environmental – Willingness to work in a cold climate of 35º and or below 0º.

Physical requirements – Must be able to lift 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation and stand/walk for up to 8 hours per shift. Able to frequently push, pull, bend, squat, reach, and operate a forklift.

Attendance – must adhere to scheduled shift time - 6 am- 2:30 pm Monday- Friday (Finishing times are estimated)

A combination of the above will also be considered