Job Details

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