Fuel Your Career with Oberto Snacks!
Position:
Warehouse Associate
Type:
Warehouse
Location:
Kent, WA
If you’re looking for a dynamic workplace with exciting opportunities, consider joining
Oberto Snacks, Inc.
Here’s why you should apply:
Innovative Environment:
- At Oberto, we thrive on innovation. Be part of a team that constantly pushes boundaries and creates unique snack experiences.
Quality-Driven Culture:
- We’re passionate about delivering top-notch products. Join us if you’re committed to excellence and quality.
Team Collaboration:
- Our collaborative work environment fosters creativity and teamwork. You’ll collaborate with talented individuals across various functions.
Career Growth:
- Oberto offers growth opportunities. Whether you’re starting your career or seeking advancement, we’ve got you covered.
OBERTO HISTORY & MISSION:
Founded in Seattle by Constantino Oberto in 1918, Oberto Snacks Inc’s future is brighter than ever. With its growing portfolio of brands, each with its own mission, purpose and army of passionate fans, Oberto continues to be one of the nation’s leading and most innovative meat snacks companies. Employing more than 700 food professionals, Oberto’s mission is to empower people to make better choices for a healthier and happier life. As a part of that mission, we strive to provide innovative, delicious, healthy, and convenient protein-packed snacks.
ABOUT THE POSITION:
The Warehouse Associate is responsible for preparing Oberto’s outbound shipment to customers. This position requires a strong attention to detail and a relentless focus on following all safety standards. This position requires individuals to have a strong drive and passion for success and always putting the company’s best interests first. This position is responsible for wrapping and loading all outbound shipments to customers, ensuring that the freight is accurate and secure. The position is also responsible for the general housekeeping of the warehouse facility, as well as cycle counting inventory.
SCHEDULE:
Monday – Friday 7:00am – 3:30pm
WAGE:
$21.00 per hour
YOU BRING:
- Ethics & Integrity: Keeps the company’s best interests in mind, all the time. Understands and displays high standards of ethical conduct and understands the impact of violating these in the organization, self, and others.
- Customer/Team Focus:Demonstrates commitment to providing high quality services and programs in a timely manner. Actively participates as a member of a team (internal, external, cross-functional) to move the team towards completion of goals. Develops and sustains strong productive relationships, both internal and external. Communicates well with other departments and supports objectives of all Oberto teams.
- Drive for Results / Quality:Takes prompt action to accomplish objectives; consistently produces quality work. Adjust effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures while maintaining a positive and professional attitude.
- Communication: Presents ideas and information in a clear, concise, and respectful manner to individuals or groups.
- Functional / Technical Skills: Consistently executes the duties and responsibilities of his or her position in an efficient and accurate manner. Must be forklift/reach truck/pallet jack certified and can demonstrate safe operation of that equipment.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Always Work safely.
- Flexibility and the ability to adapt to unplanned changes.
- Wrapping Operations: Safely wrap pallets using handheld stretch film dispensers or operating automated stretch wrap machines.
- Audit freight shipments prior to loading.
- Load freight shipments into trailers.
- Perform various warehouse housekeeping tasks, including but not limited to sweeping floors and emptying trash cans.
- Apply labels to customer orders.
- Perform tasks with a sense of urgency with strong attention to detail.
- Securing Loads: Ensure all items are tightly secured, applying additional reinforcement (overwrap, tape, corner boards) for stability.
- Material Handling: Operate electric pallet jacks (EPJ) or forklifts to move finished pallets to staging areas.
- Safety & Maintenance: Adhere to safety protocols, keep work areas clean, and perform basic maintenance on wrapping machines.
- Strong focus and attention to detail.
Employee Safety
- Maintain a safe working environment by ensuring that the work area is cleaned daily.
- Bring up any potential safety concerns to warehouse leadership in a timely manner.
Quality
- Maintain the warehouse in accordance with the quality and cleanliness guidelines established by Oberto, the USDA, and pertinent third party (SQF) auditing facilities.
- Inspect loads for proper stacking, security, and labeling before they are shipped out to customers.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Participate in annual inventory counts by being available for counting, verifying, and researching inventory issues as required.
- Previous warehouse or fulfillment experience preferred but not required.
- Ability to follow structured schedules and comply with company policies.
- Willingness to receive training and follow direction from supervisors.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Work environment is that of a processing environment. This employee regularly works with hazardous machinery, materials, chemicals, wet floors and with wet equipment. This employee regularly works around high voltage, hot water, and steam
- Ability to frequently sit, long periods of stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl
- Full sensory perception
- Physical work includes climbing stairs, pulling hoses, etc.
- Willing to work in a various-temperature environment (25 – 90 degrees) depending on season. Warehouse and loading dock environment
- Ability to handle heavy objects safely and with proper body mechanics. Frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and routinely maneuver objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Ability to frequently talk, hear, and smell
- Good manual dexterity
- Dangerous fast-moving equipment
- Fast paced, changing workloads, moderate to high amount of stress
- Occasional slipper floors.
- Ability to frequently reach with hands and arms; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls
- Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus
Duties and responsibilities described are not comprehensive and additional tasks may be assigned from time to time as necessary. Roles and responsibilities typically evolve over time, reflecting the growth and maturity of the business.
ABOUT OBERTO:
We offer a creative, diverse, and inclusive workplace environment. We are committed to rewarding our teammates for their hard work, enthusiasm, and professional excellence.
BENEFITS:
- Excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, short term and long-term disability, life insurance and wellness program, Flex spending account.
- 401K Plan with a generous company match
- 10 Paid holidays, generous paid time off, and paid sick leave.
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan Oberto with contribution match.
EXTRA BENEFIT:
- Tuition Reimbursement, and career growth opportunities
- Discount commuter benefits
- Safety Shoe program, and Safety Glasses program
- Paid Jury Duty, and Bereavement Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Legal Services and Pet Insurance
- Employee Referral Program
- Service Award Recognition program, and Employee Recognition program
- Matching Charity Donations
- Pet Insurance
- Oberto Product Discounts
- Basic membership reimbursement to Costco or Sam’s Club.
- First-class onsite fitness center
Ready to Join Our Snack-Tastic Team? Apply Now!
Oberto Snacks is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.Oberto Snacks is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veterans’ status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. Should you have a disability that requires assistance and/or reasonable accommodation with the job application process, please contact the Human Resources department at (253) 437-6100 or by applying directly on our website at www.oberto.com/careers.com
EEO/
E-Verify
Statements:
Oberto Snacks, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. Oberto Snacks, Inc. participates in the E-Verify program.
**Please note, we do not engage with outside recruiters. All recruitment processes are managed internally by our Talent Acquisition team. Thank you.
21 To 21 (USD) Hourly
