Hpl - Warehouse Associate

Pay starting at $19.00 per hour.
Position Summary Description:
Unloads incoming freight and separates pallets by Island or Warehouse. Loads containers for delivery to the port. Responsible for ensuring containers are loaded accurately. Ensures product integrity and quality standards for pallets are met before loading.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Operates a pallet jack or forklift to unload incoming shipments.
• Verifies incoming shipments match the packing list.
• Scans paperwork to FCS.
• Applies FCS pallet tags to incoming shipments.
• Utilizes sailing chart to ensure that pallets are loaded into the proper container.
• Operates pallet jack or forklift to load products into containers for shipping.
• Checks product quality and minimizes damage prior to loading.
• Confirm pallets are stacked according to company standards.
• Notifies supervisors of any damages or discrepancies in orders immediately.
• Ensures all products are free from improper or unsafe stacking.
• Follows established safety standards for proper food handling.
• Responsible for general housekeeping in the loading docks and warehouse.
• Performs similar and related duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Uses the Company’s Mission/Vision Statements and Core Values as their guiding principles.

Qualifications:
Education/Training and Experience

• Six months to one year experience of distribution or warehouse experience, preferably in the food service industry.

Communication Skills

• Must be proficient in the English language and communicate clearly and effectively in written and oral form.
• Must understand and carry out oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to perform basic to moderately difficult mathematical functions involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, averaging and percentages.

Other Requirements

• Must be able to successfully complete in-house forklift certification test.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to lift and carry objects weighing up to 100 lbs. Employee must be able to stand, walk, bend, crouch, climb and sit intermittently up to 10 hours per day. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

Hawaii Pacific Logistics is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in hiring a diverse workforce and people-first culture. We are committed to non-discrimination on any protected basis, including disability and veteran status, or any other basis covered under applicable law.