Location: Lorton, VA
Category: Warehouse
Department: Frontline Warehouse
Job ID: 10428-en_US
Primo Brands is a leading branded beverage company in North America with a focus on healthy hydration. We are proud to offer an extensive and iconic portfolio of highly recognizable, sustainably sourced, and conveniently packaged branded beverages distributed across more than 150,000 retail outlets.
Job Description
A Warehouse Associate is responsible for ensuring our products are moved within the warehouse in a safe and efficient manner and performing the loading/unloading of route trucks manually or by forklift operation.
Reporting Location: Lorton, VA
Compensation: $21.85 / hr + 6%-8% of base hourly rate shift differential paid for applicable hours worked
Schedule: Sun-Thurs, occasional Fridays
Start Time: 07:00 PM until workload is completed. Overtime may be required depending on business needs
Benefits: Medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, company discounts, paid vacation, and much more! Employees are eligible for benefit election on day 1 of employment
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensure warehouse standards are upheld by working in a safe and professional manner
- Load and unload route delivery trucks and tractor trailers by hand and forklift
- Palletize products for loading
- Operate warehouse equipment such as Forklifts, Electric Pallet Jacks etc.
- Take care of our products through proper handling and storage
- Ensure inventory is properly maintained
- Ensure good housekeeping and warehouse standards are upheld
- Work indoors and outdoors in all weather conditions
- Move our delivery trucks for loading and unloading and perform truck refueling
- Handle administrative responsibilities as needed (bay mapping, inventory tasks, damaged product counts, and allowing housekeeping entry during their scheduled time)
Qualifications
Skills Required:
- Safely operate a forklift to move raw materials or finished products to the warehouse or onto trucks for distribution to customers
- Complete pre-trip inspections and maintain energy source for lift
- Operate, changeover, clean, troubleshoot, and complete basic maintenance on palletizing equipment
- Conduct hourly quality checks and inspect full goods and pallets or other raw materials as needed
- Complete and maintain quality, inventory, and preventative maintenance documentation
- Use scanning equipment to ensure accurate tracking of inventory within the facility
- Work as a team with other forklift drivers to prevent line stoppages and improve operations
- Maintain work area in an organized and clean manner ensuring safety and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
- Monitor and track equipment downtime, equipment output, and other key metrics
- Meet or exceed performance goals, including pallets/labor hour, line loading, and truck turn time
- Interact with production and warehouse team members, quality control, and maintenance to maximize output and efficiency
- Cross train to perform other lift and off lift activities as required
- Provide vacation coverage to team members
- Participate in Safety Initiatives
Primo Brands’ established portfolio includes billion-dollar brands Poland Spring® and Pure Life®, premium brands like Saratoga® and Mountain Valley®, regional leaders such as Arrowhead®, Deer Park®, Ice Mountain® Ozarka®, and Zephyrhills®, purified brands, Primo Water® and Sparkletts®, and flavored and enhanced brands like Splash® and AC+ION®. Our extensive direct-to-consumer offerings and industry-leading line-up of innovative water dispensers create consumer connectivity through recurring water purchases across Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill. At Primo Brands, our more than 11,000 associates are at the heart of what we do and deliver on our mission to provide healthy hydration to consumers wherever, however and whenever they want it. We believe in fostering a respectful culture, which values our associates who are deeply invested in quality hydration, our communities, and the sustainability of our packaging and water sources for generations to come.