Material Handler II (Forklift)

Litehouse Foods is looking to hire a strategic full-time Material Handler II.

Would you like to work for a 100% employee-owned food manufacturing company with an outstanding reputation as both a community leader and a great place to work? If so, please read on!

The Material Handler II will receive and supply raw materials and dressings as production needs required, pick orders, load/unload trucks, ship orders, and receive items with a fork truck.

Essential Job Duties

• Drive powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices to move materials and/or accurately pick/stack customer orders or receive vendor orders.

• Manually load or unload materials onto or off of pallets, or lifting devices, follow stacking patterns to ensure safety and customer quality is achieved.

• Maintain accurate inventory and inventory transactions.

• Responsibility to adhere to Food Safety policies and report food safety and quality concerns to their supervisor.

• Utilize hand-held scanner data collection system to maintain inventory accuracy and traceability.

• Must be able to achieve and maintain certification to operate industrial powered equipment appropriate for this position.

• Maintains clean work area and participates in housekeeping throughout the facility and grounds.

• Must be able to frequently work overtime and weekends as necessary.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED Strongly preferred

• Comfortable working in a cool, refrigerated environment

• Forklift experience preferred

• Detail orientated, self motivated and capable of working with little supervision

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Must be detail orientated and must maintain accurate documentation.

• Must have strong verbal and written communications skills with ability to express ideas effectively and efficiently.

• Must be self-motivated and capable of working independently with little supervision.

• Ability to multi-task, working in a fast-paced environment.

• Ability to establish & maintain effective working relationships with all contacts inside and outside of the company with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.

ABOUT LITEHOUSE FOODS

The Hawkins family started selling their homemade dressings out of the family's restaurant in Hope, ID over 50 years ago. Today, we are the leading producer and marketer of refrigerated salad dressings, cheeses, dips, sauces, and freeze-dried herbs. Our vision is to improve life one community, one table, and one bite at a time. Our pillars of operation are people, customer service, quality, and growth.

We do not offer sponsorship

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Must be able to pass a background check. Any job offer will be based on the results of the background check.