Material Handler - Ripening (Sun-Thu 6am-2pm)

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Material Handler/Order Picker - Ripening

Shift: Sunday – Thursday, 6am - 2pm
Type: Full-Time
Pay Rate: $17 - $21 per hour depending on experience
Start Date: ASAP

Job Overview
Bring on the fruit and veg! As a Material Handler and Order Picker, or Selector, this pivotal role involves racking, loading, and unloading trailers with pallets using a Hi-Lo (narrow aisle reach truck – experience required ) as well as picking items for customer orders. At JVI Specialty Produce you will join a close-knit team of diverse, dedicated warehouse professionals that work to distribute some of the most interesting, exciting, and fun specialty produce to retailers, foodservice distributors, and food manufacturers in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. This fast-paced role is for collaborative, energetic, and upbeat people!

What Makes This Job Great
There are hundreds of warehouse jobs out there with big-name companies. Why choose JVI?Here’s what we think:

• Never Boring : This is a fast-paced job handling colorful, delicious fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs – not an endless sea of boring brown boxes. We ship thousands of packages a day – and you’ll be a key part of the process of getting healthy food from farms to tables.
• Shift Options : We are a 24/6 facility and offer multiple-day schedules and start times around the clock to fit your lifestyle.
• Weekly Paycheck : Don’t wait for that paycheck. JVI sends you home with cash every week. You may even pick up some overtime pay.
• Feel at Home : JVI is a family-owned business, and we are a close-knit team – here you are a name, not a number.
• Teammates You Can Rely On : Many of our employees have been on the team for 20+ years. They know JVI is a great place to work and stay!
• Great Benefits : From FREE high-quality medical and dental insurance for you AND your dependents to a retirement plan with a generous employer match, you and your family will be well taken care of at JVI.
• Easy Commute: We’re centrally located right off of I-95 and I-76 near the Philadelphia Airport – the perfect location for anyone living in the Greater Philadelphia region.
• Skills Training: We offer ongoing training so you can improve your resume. We will ensure you are trained and certified to operate all warehouse equipment including forklifts and electric pallet jacks.
• Union Membership: As an Order Picker at JVI you’ll be part of the Teamsters Local #929 Union. We are proud to support union labor!

What Makes You a Great Candidate
We are looking for diverse, energetic, collaborative people who love fast-paced work and have an eye for detail. Do you have what it takes to rack, load and unload trailers, and pick customer orders with the best on our team and to ensure customer satisfaction?

• Stamina – This is a physical job. You’ll need the ability to lift 50lbs and regularly stand, squat, push, pull, bend, reach, and climb stairs during shifts.
• Comfortable in the Cold – You’ll be working in a refrigerated warehouse.
• Eye for Detail –We need your expertise to ensure orders are picked accurately, every time.
• Dedication & Motivation – If you love going the extra mile to make customers happy, you’ll do well here.
• Reliable & Responsible – We need you! Can you show up for your teammates?
• Ability to work independently – Taking initiative, performing tasks with minimal supervision, strong problem-solving skills, and taking ownership.
• Ability to Read & Write in English – People on our team speak many languages, but we communicate in English at work.
• Eligibility to Work in US – You must be eligible to work in the US.
• High school diploma or equivalent

About the Job

What does a JVI Material Handler and Order Picker do? Your primary focus will be racking, loading, and unloading trailers with pallets using a Hi-Lo (narrow aisle reach truck). You will also be accurately and efficiently selecting, building/stacking, wrapping, tagging, and loading orders for our customers, big and small. It’s the most important job in our company! You’ll become an expert in handling fresh fruits and vegetables.
Order Pickers in our warehouse don’t just select orders. You’ll also assist with receiving, loading, cooler maintenance, and inventory.

What’s it like in our coolers?

• Temperature: Our warehouse ranges in temperature from 32-65°F – but don’t worry, we provide a few layers. Plus our breakroom is warm and well stocked with coffee, tea, and water.
• Activity Level: You’ll be moving around from cooler to cooler when order picking. We’ll supply you with an electric pallet jack, but there is a lot of hop-on hop-off.
• Safety First: We are a SAFETY FIRST culture here at JVI – full stop. We have policies in place to ensure this is a safe, healthy environment for you and all our team members.
• Warehouse Intensity: The times when you’re busy picking orders, our cash and carry customers may also be selecting their own orders in the cooler. Be prepared to navigate during busy hours.
• Collaboration: You’ll work closely with our sales team to ensure that orders are picked correctly.
• Dress Code: We require that you wear sturdy, closed-toed shoes (preferably comfortable ones!) with socks and long pants. You’ll also need to wear a Hi-Vis reflector jacket when on the job, which we will provide. We ask that your clothing does not have any potentially offensive writing or drawings, but outside of that: be you!

About the Benefits
Ok, so what’s really in it for you? Let’s get down to it:

• Competitive wage, paid weekly
• Opportunity for overtime pay
• FREE healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription drugs) for you AND your dependents
• Retirement savings plan with employer match
• Paid holidays (after 90-day probation period)
• Paid sick time
• Optional Aflac short-term disability, life insurance, and accident plans
• Range of available shifts
• True full-time – We DO NOT cut hours!
• Free coffee & snacks

About John Vena Inc.
John Vena Inc. (AKA JVI) is a specialty produce wholesaler, distributor, and importer. We’ve been in business since 1919 – that’s more than 100 years! We source fruits, vegetables, and herbs from hundreds of growers around the world and distribute them to retailers, foodservice distributors, and food manufacturers up and down the East Coast. Our home is in the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market in Southwest Philadelphia. You can’t miss our facility – the building is more than a quarter mile long!

How to Get Started
You can apply right here online. We just need some basic information and a resume to get started. If you need help with your application, or you have questions about a job, you can contact us here: .

John Vena Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.