Warehouse Associate – 1st Shift | Growth Opportunity

Description

• Starting Pay: $18.75 per hour
• Schedule: Full-time, 1st Shift
• Employment Type: Full-time, non-exempt

Build warehouse experience. Grow with our team. Help feed eastern Wisconsin.

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is hiring a dependable, hardworking Warehouse Associate to help receive, organize, fulfill, and move food and other essential products through our Appleton distribution center.

In this role, you will support daily warehouse operations by fulfilling orders, receiving products, maintaining accurate inventory, operating material-handling equipment, and helping keep our warehouse safe, clean, and organized.

This is an active, hands-on position and a great opportunity for someone who enjoys staying busy, working as part of a team, and knowing that their work makes a difference in the community.

What You Can Expect

• Starting pay of $18.75 per hour
• Full-time, 1st-shift schedule
• Stable, year-round work
• Hands-on training and opportunities to build warehouse skills
• A supportive, team-oriented environment
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the community
• Growth opportunity: After 90 days of full-time employment, team members who demonstrate strong performance, reliable      attendance, and readiness for additional responsibilities may be eligible for promotion to Warehouse Assistant at $21.55 per hour!

Benefits

Full-time employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Safe Harbor 401(k) match of 100% on the first 4% contributed, with immediate vesting
• Employer HSA contribution for eligible employees
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Personal Day and Floating Holiday
• Volunteer Time Off
• Employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Mission-driven work supporting communities across eastern Wisconsin

What You Will Do

• Fulfill and prepare orders accurately and efficiently.
• Assist with shipping and receiving, including unloading trucks and checking in incoming products.
• Weigh, count, scan, label, and track products to help maintain accurate inventory.
• Move products to and from receiving, storage, staging, cooler, freezer, and distribution areas.
• Ensure products are properly scanned, labeled, stored, and placed in the correct warehouse locations.
• Inspect products for quality, freshness, food safety, or suitability concerns and communicate issues through the appropriate channels.
• Sort and organize products on racks, shelves, pallets, and other designated storage areas.
• Assist with inventory counts and cycle counts.
• Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and other material-handling equipment after completing required training and certification.
• Help maintain clean, safe, and organized warehouse, cooler, freezer, and work areas.
• Monitor and support proper storage conditions for food products, including refrigerated and frozen products.
• Follow warehouse safety, food safety, OSHA, and organizational policies and procedures.
• Work collaboratively with employees, volunteers, and other teams to support daily operations.
• Assist with other warehouse and facility-related duties as needed.

What You Bring

Required Qualifications:

• Commitment to understanding and supporting Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin's mission and work to address food insecurity.
• Respect for the people and communities we serve.
• High school diploma, GED, or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced warehouse environment while maintaining safety, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Ability to safely lift and move up to 50 pounds.
• Ability to regularly stand, walk, bend, twist, climb, reach, kneel, squat, and perform other physical activities associated with warehouse work.
• Ability to work in refrigerated and freezer environments, including temperatures as low as approximately -10 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Ability to communicate professionally and work effectively with people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
• Strong commitment to safety, reliability, teamwork, and quality.
• Ability to obtain and maintain forklift certification within two weeks of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Six months or more of warehouse, distribution, fulfillment, shipping/receiving, grocery, manufacturing, or similar experience.
• Previous forklift, pallet jack, or material-handling equipment experience.
• Experience with inventory systems, scanners, order fulfillment, or shipping and receiving.

Physical and Working Conditions

This is an active warehouse and material-handling position. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk, bend, twist, climb, reach, kneel, squat, sit, and use their hands to handle equipment and products.

The employee must be able to:

• Lift and move up to 50 pounds
• Move products throughout warehouse and storage areas
• Safely operate material-handling equipment after completing required training
• Work in warehouse, refrigerated, and freezer environments ranging from approximately -10 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit
• Work in environments with moderate to high noise levels
• Wear close-toed shoes and appropriate protective or cold-weather clothing

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

About Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is the largest local hunger-relief organization in the state, with locations in Appleton and Milwaukee.

Founded in 1982, we are a local and independent member of the Feeding America network. Together with our community partners, donors, volunteers, and supporters, we serve nearly half a million people experiencing food insecurity across 35 counties in eastern Wisconsin each year.

Our warehouse team plays an important role in this work. By safely receiving, organizing, preparing, and moving food throughout our distribution centers, they help ensure products reach our community partners and neighbors efficiently and safely.

Apply Today

We are looking for someone who is dependable, safety-focused, hardworking, team-oriented, and interested in growing with our organization.

Employment with Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is contingent upon successful completion of a background check and other pre-employment requirements applicable to the position.

Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination against applicants or employees based on age, race, color, creed, religion, disability, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, arrest or conviction record, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.