Job Details
* Volga, SD, USA
* Base pay starting at $18.00 per hour.
* Hourly
* Full Time
*Prairie AquaTech offers a comprehensive compensation package that includes competitive pay, medical plan options, dental, vision, PTO and Holiday pay, STD and LTD, 401k retirement plan participation and more.*
Prairie AquaTech Manufacturing is based in Volga, South Dakota. We are improving animal health and nutrition by providing high quality feed ingredients. Using patent-pending technologies licensed on a worldwide, exclusive basis from South Dakota State University and developed internally, the Company is upgrading soybean meal to high quality ingredients used in aquaculture and other animal feeds. Our company is currently experiencing rapid growth and we are seeking a full-time Warehouse Technician to join our rapidly growing team,
**Position Summary**
Under the direction of the Logistics & Warehouse Manager, the Warehouse Technician holds responsibility for overseeing the warehouse and ensuring it is well organized and kept clean and orderly. This individual manages incoming and outgoing products and various other items that are housed in the warehouse. This position is responsible for tracking the inventory of the warehouse and logging incoming freight and handling damaged freight appropriately. This position may alternate time between our Volga, SD facility and our Brookings, SD facility.
**Responsibilities**
- Loading and unloading trucks; inspecting for damage and reporting damage as necessary
- Picking orders as needed
- Wrapping and packing product appropriately
- Labeling, shipping, and receiving product as needed
- Performing daily preventative maintenance on forklifts
- Cleaning, organizing, and maintaining work area
- Operating forklift, pallet jack, and trucks in a safe manner
- Maintaining a safe, compliant work area
- Completing daily documentation as required
- Maintaining responsibility for quality control; not sending out damaged product and not accepting damaged product in
- Packaging finished product for shipping
- Staging finished product for loading
- Provides accurate and detailed end-of-month inventory of warehouse to Controller
- Other duties assigned.
**Qualifications**
* Excellent organizational and communication skills
* Knowledge of approved forklift driving procedures is required
* Basic understanding of OSHA safety regulations
* Must be self-motivated and able to work independently
* Ability to follow Standard Operating Procedures
* Ability to manage multiple priorities and keen attention to detail
* Experience with the Microsoft Office suite desired
* Ability to lift a minimum of 30-55 pounds is required
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