Material Handler

Company Description

At Link Snacks, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands—Jack Link’s®, Lorissa’s Kitchen®, Golden Island®, BiFi®, and Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

Job Description

The Material Handler is responsible for performing tasks involving the shipping and receiving of food products..

Hours:  Monday - Friday 7:00am to 3:30pm

Pay - $17.00 per hour

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Operating standup forklifts, pallet jacks, and stock picker lift trucks in a safe manner
• Accurate and timely selecting of customers’ orders  
• Accurately completing work order sheets.  
• Working on both the Receiving and Shipping docks as needed.  
• Unload trucks and validate deliveries against appropriate documentation and notify supervisor or FSQ of discrepancies.
• Ensure products are correctly labeled and identified for proper storing and use.
• Distribute the items received to the person or department for which the item was ordered.
• Daily shipments must be picked, counts verified, pallets wrapped or stacked neatly for pick-ups, marked accordingly to customer, transportation and location of shipment.
• Load finished goods onto trailer within specified timeframe.
• Maintain an accurate inventory of finished products and supplies in the warehouse.
• Follow daily production schedule and achieve specified goals.
• Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), along with company pre-requisite programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP’s).
• Cleaning and maintaining warehouse floor and facilities as needed. 
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as necessary.
• Following set company and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines at all times.

Qualifications

Required Education: High School Diploma or GED, preferred.

Preferred:       

• Knowledge of warehouse and lift trucks experience.
• 1+  Months related manufacturing or food experience, preferred.
• Basic knowledge of supply chain, purchasing, materials, and/or Manufacturing.
• Knowledge of SAP.

REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES:

• Excellent attendance and dependability.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail
• Work well with others
• Working knowledge of computers and basic knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Excellent verbal communication skills; must work effectively with others.

Additional Information

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to be 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 regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to sit, and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant / office setting with varying degrees of temperatures and noise levels. Exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet / slippery floors. Travel may be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Link Snacks is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

E-Verify
Link Snacks provides the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new Team Member’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. IMPORTANT: If the Government cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, we are required to provide you written instructions and an opportunity to contact SSA and/or DHS before taking adverse action against you, including terminating your employment. We do not use E-Verify to pre-screen job applicants or to re-verify current employees and may not limit or influence the choice of documents presented for use on the Form I-9. In order to determine whether Form I-9 documentation is valid, we use E-Verify’s photo screening tool to match the photograph appearing on some permanent resident and employment authorization cards with the official U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) photograph. If you believe that Link snacks has violated our responsibilities under this program or has discriminated against you during the verification process based upon your national origin or citizenship status, please call the Office of Special Counsel at 1-800-255-7688 (TDD: 1-800-237-2515).

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.