Repacker

Company: Americold
Location: Sioux City
Posted on: August 6, 2022

Job Description:

Overview

Americold provides temperature-controlled warehousing and transportation to food producers, restaurants, schools, and retail outlets such as grocery stores. We're proud to provide an essential link in the food industry supply chain and to help put food on tables around the world.

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Americold owns and operates 180+ temperature-controlled warehouses in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and Canada. We have nearly 13,000 associates and offer a wide variety of employment opportunities - from warehouse forklift operators and supervisors to accounting, customer support, engineering, transportation, and technology solutions positions.

Responsibilities

Primary Responsibility:

Under general supervision, the Repacker will manually pack single products into multiple pack cartons for retail sale. In addition, the Repacker will repack products from damaged containers into a new carton. They will check product for damage, labeling and palletizing the cartons in preparation for shipment.

Essential Functions:

• Manually pack single products into multiple pack cartons
• Efficiently stack and store the merchandise in the appropriate area
• Pick orders for shipment and assemble various types of merchandise to be shipped
• Check or count product for accuracy and/or damage and infestation.
• Conduct operations in a manner, which promotes safety
• Participate in physical inventories, as needed
• Perform labeling, sorting, and wrapping
• Comply with OSHA standards
• Assist in maintaining the security of the warehouse
• Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work environment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience:

• High school diploma or equivalent

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Strong teamwork skills
• Ability to read and understand safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to communicate with supervisors and other employees.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide
• Ability to pay close attention to details and meet deadlines
• Must be able to relate to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions: they must get along with co-workers without exhibiting behavioral extremes; perform work activities requiring reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to criticism from a supervisor
• Tools and Technology Required: Box Cutters and Automatic shrink film wrapper

Physical Requirements:

While performing the essential functions of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; bend; squat; stretch; twist; push; pull; grip; reach or lift hands and arms above head. The associate is frequently required to lift up to 60 lbs Required to perform various tasks in a fast paced environment. Repetitive motion with many job functions. Standing in one place for up to 2 hours at a time.

Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.

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