Forklift Operator Warehouse

Seneca Foods is one of North America's leading providers of packaged fruits and vegetables with facilities located throughout the United States. Our high quality products are primarily sourced from over 2,000 American farms. Seneca holds the largest share of the retail private label, food service, and export canned vegetable markets, distributing to over 90 countries. Products are also sold under the brands of Libby's, Aunt Nellie's, READ, Seneca Farms, Green Valley, CherryMan, Paradise, Pennant, and Seneca labels, including Seneca snack chips. Seneca also provides vegetable products to other companies under various co-pack arrangements.

Seneca Foods in Janesville, WI is currently seeking a Forklift Operator Warehouse to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Unload, load, transfer, and stack finished goods and supplies from trucks.
• Interprets shipping order or receiving report to determine item to be (un)loaded.
• Ability to stack and unstack pallets of products in rows.
• Checks product for quality, and proper shipping information.
• Daily inspection of vehicle before operating, corrects any low fluid levels.
• Track, input, change, and update inventory data with scanners.
• Comply with proper weight distribution on rail cars and trucks.

Qualifications:

• Must operate all warehouse lift trucks:fork truck, clamp truck, and chisel truck.
• Must be able to load railcars, semi-truck/trailers, and containers.
• Must be able to pick (set-up) customer orders, high stack brites, warehouse labeled product(from the end of lines), and support front of labeling lines.
• Must be able to use a scanner to maintain inventory in all applicable tasks listed above.
• Requires the ability to bend, lift, carry, push, and pull varying weights up to 50 pounds.
• Job entails extensive sitting. Must have depth perception, peripheral vision, near, mid and far-range vision, and must have good hearing.
• Must have the ability to effectively communicate with management and fellow employees.
• Must have the ability to effectively understand proper documentation and handling of paperwork involved wih the departmental operations.
• Ability to work the scheduled hours as necessary.
• Other duties may be required, or assigned by Management.
• Maintains general houskeeping.

Seneca Foods Corporation is committed to providing equal opportunity for all, through a positive and continuing affirmative action program. No employee or applicant will be discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military and/or veteran status or any other Federal or State legally protected classes. Seneca Foods Corporation will make reasonable accommodations for known physical or mental limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you are interested in applying for an employment opportunity and feel you need a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact us at ADA@senecafoods.com or call 585-495-4100.