Seafood Puller

Welcome to Halperns Steak & Seafood!  We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share.  Here's a quick glance of who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There's a seat at our table for you...

Seafood Puller

Fort Lauderdale , FL

Welcome to Halperns’! The dedicated employees who work at Halperns' are passionately committed to this business and the customers they serve. Being part of Halperns' means being part of something important, something unique, and something special. This commitment is made clear by the superior meat and seafood specialty products we distribute.

There's a seat at our table for you…

Starting pay : $16/hr

Schedule: Sun - Thurs 1pm until finish

What we offer:
Medical, Prescription Drug, EFAP Benefits after 30 days of employment
Dental, vision and other voluntary plans
Pre-Tax Saving Accounts
Profit Sharing
Family culture and career advancement opportunities

Position Summary:

Responsible for accurately and efficiently selecting Halperns’ products to fulfill customer orders.  

Individual Contributor Competencies:  

Service Oriented:  Responds with a sense of urgency to meet the needs of customers, employees, and suppliers.

Communication:  Expresses thoughts clearly and concisely (both written and verbally).

Integrity:  Establishes trust and deals with issues directly.

Results Oriented:  Effective in the planning, prioritization, and timely execution of work

Self Management and Development:  Takes personal responsibility for own growth and development

Teamwork:  Modifies personal style, focusing on the needs of others, and listening effectively to achieve a common goal

Change:  Embraces and creates change

Business Acumen:  Understands and applies business knowledge  

Essential Functions:

• Reads batches of printed case labels to select customer orders in an efficient and accurate manner.

• Retrieves product from designated selection slot.

• Uses radio frequency scanner to scan products for catch weights or inventory identification.  

• Affixes label to the case in the appropriate manner and location.

• Uses a pallet jack and places product on pallets.

• Selects work units in sequential order. 

• Delivers product to the assigned shipping lane in a timely manner.

• Removes empty pallets from the selection slots and places them in the designated pallet storage area.

• Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials or hooks tow trucks to trailer hitch, and transports load to designated area.

• Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.  Load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids or lifting device.

• Takes inventory of materials on the work floor and supplies workers with materials as needed.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Ability to work in a fast paced, physically demanding environment requiring constant walking, ascending/descending stairs or pallet jack platform, bending, reaching, lifting and carrying.

• Must be able to work in temperatures ranging from -30 F to 100+F.

• Must be able to read, write and communicate in English. 

• Must be able to work independently or within a team environment. 

• Must adhere to all safety regulations and procedures.  

• Employees in all warehouse positions must be able to immediately perceive auditory warning signals such as bells, alarms, and horns that are used to warn employees of the startup, movement, or approach of equipment (including forklifts,  conveyors, trucks, and other equipment operated inside or outside the warehouse), mechanical abnormalities, and similar risk situations during warehouse operations. 

• Ability to operate powered industrial vehicle (PIV).

Equipment / Tools / Technology:

• Radio Frequency handheld computer

• Pallet jacks, hand trucks, Cherry Picker, Forklift

• Shrink wrap/stretch wrap equipment 

• Box cutter

• Internet, email, and other applications 

• Knowledge of WMS RF system of inventory

• Ability to operate powered industrial vehicle (PIV)

You are required to provide your most recent employment experience for your application to be considered complete.

BE PART OF AN AMAZING CULTURE WHERE WHAT MATTERS TO YOU, MATTERS TO US!

Halperns' Steak & Seafood values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Halperns' Steak & Seafood customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity is a matter of policy at Halperns' Steak & Seafood. and we are committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.  If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to halpernshr@gfs.com and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line.