Class A CDL Warehouse Associate

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Competitive Pay $21/hour plus $.75/hr premium, with $1.50 pay increase every six (6) months until full rate is reached (max two years) $29.06!
• Clean work environment
• Climate controlled
• Professional training
• UFCW benefit eligible after 90 days
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

Job Purpose and Overview

As a Class A CDL Warehouse Associate, you will participate in the manufacturing warehouse activities related to receiving, storing, selecting, shipping, dispatching, and delivery of product to ensure effective and efficient warehouse operations and product transportation. Additionally, will safely move trailers between shipping, receiving, and trailer lot locations to support efficient yard and warehouse operations.

Shift Schedule:

• Monday - Wednesday 5:42 am-2:12 pm
• Occasional weekends required based on business
• All overtime is scheduled per the UFCW Contract

What Does It Take to be a Class A CDL Warehouse Associate at Dawn Foods?

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred

• Experience operating a forklift, reach truck, pallet jack, and/or hand jack preferred

• If no experience, training will be provided to operate safely

• Class A CDL License in good standing

• Minimum of 6 months of Class A Commercial driving experience

• Requires oral, written, and communication skills

• Must be able to handle many diversified tasks at one time and correctly prioritize time

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide

• Computer skills helpful

What Will You Do as a Class A CDL Warehouse Associate at Dawn Foods?

• Safely load outbound trailers, including all LVLDC shuttle trailers utilizing the PUSH process, ensuring loads are balanced, secure, accurate, and completed in a productive manner
• Pick, stage, load, and prepare customer outbound orders, UPS shipments, and LTL orders in accordance with shipping schedules and customer requirements
• Unload inbound deliveries, verify receipt accuracy, and process materials into SAP in a timely manner
• Create and assign SUs for received materials and accurately move inventory to designated warehouse locations
• Receive, inspect, and store packaging materials, raw ingredients, and other inbound materials while ensuring inventory accuracy and proper storage practices
• Receive materials for internal departments and promptly notify the appropriate department upon arrival
• Conduct visual inspections of incoming and outgoing pallets to verify product quality, including pallet condition, bag counts, lot codes, labels, seals, and packaging integrity
• Utilize handheld scanners and SAP ERP systems to accurately receive, issue, track, and manage inventory transactions, including batch verification, material numbers, lot codes, quantities, SU assignments, and put-away activities
• Follow production schedules to ensure the correct materials, batches, and pallets are available to support manufacturing operations
• Maintain inventory accuracy through proper stock rotation and adherence to FIFO inventory management practices
• Pick and move rework materials to designated production lines and stage feed loads, expired materials, hold materials, and other designated inventory as required
• Select, palletize, shrink-wrap, strap, and prepare customer orders and finished goods for shipment
• Remove pallet dividers, wrap pallets, and perform other material handling activities necessary to support warehouse operations
• Adhere to all Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Food Safety standards, company policies, regulatory requirements, and food industry audit expectations
• Maintain a clean, organized, and sanitary warehouse environment while practicing safe food handling procedures
• Collaborate effectively with warehouse, shipping, receiving, and production team members to ensure efficient operations and customer service
• Operate warehouse equipment and material handling devices safely while maintaining productivity, quality, and safety standards
• Safely move trailers between shipping, receiving, and trailer lot
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member 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 team member is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to grasp, move, or utilize objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear
• The team member is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The team member is occasionally required to use sensory perception for quality measurement of products
• The team member must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and frequently lift and/or move 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus
• Temperature fluctuates with the season - colder during the winter/warmer during the summer
• Working around heavy machinery - hearing protection may be required in production area
• Must be able to tolerate potential allergens: peanut products, egg, dairy, gluten, wheat, and soy.

Note: The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.

About Our Benefits

Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply."

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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 38426