Salvage Associate (Days)

In this role as a Salvage Associate, you will be responsible for efficiently and safely moving and maintaining all salvage material. Being a motivated self-starter and team member, you will also maintain the upkeep and cleanliness of all fleet trailers.                (Additional $4 night premimum)

Duties and Responsibilities:

Unload all salvage trailers returning from retail stores

Separate milk crates, milk pallets, cardboard bales, banana boxes, cigarette totes, store returns, store transfers, bread trays, and plastic bales

Separate plastic clean, dirty, and/or empty pallets

Sweep out and prepare fleet trailers for shipping departments

Load salvage trailers with milk crates for pick up from dairy

Load reclaim product to be shipped to reclaim center

Wash the interior of trailers

Separate, sort, and load bad pallets.

Load plastic trailers, cardboard trailers, and vendor pallets (CHEP/PECO)

Key completed trailers into Yard Management System (where applicable)

Maintain communication with the switcher to ensure accurate and timely trailer moves

Follow proper sanitation practices; keep work area clean and free of debris

Make recommendations for modifications to procedures or processes impacting work group or center that will maximize efficiency, productivity, and reduce costs

Ensure compliance with Delhaize America standards in the areas of accuracy, safety and productivity

Able to work needed schedule to perform assigned duties

Minimum Qualifications

Able to reach, stoop, bend, and lift up to 60 lbs.

Able to stand for long periods of time

Able to work in a warehouse environment with varying conditions (i.e. cool temperatures, concrete floors, powered industrial trucks)

Preferred Qualifications:

Certified on powered industrial equipment where applicable

Familiarity/experience in a distribution environment

Highly motivated self-starter and team player with strong attention to detail

Skills and Abilities

Excellent customer service

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Able to meet production standards set by the company

Able to read and understand written and numeric product identifiers

Able to use a personal computer for data entry and research purposes

Able to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment