Job Details

Brookshire Grocery Company (BGC) is a family business based in Tyler, Texas, and currently operates more than 209 stores in four states - Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma - with three distribution centers and a corporate office. BGC prides itself on offering its partners one of the most comprehensive benefits packages in the industry which includes medical, prescription drug, vision, dental, paid time off, stock ownership, a 401k retirement plan, incentive plans, employee discounts, educational scholarships, and access to BGC's 205-acre outdoor recreation area.

Open Interviews

Applicants must attend open interviews to be considered for employment.

Starting pay $18- 19/hour + $2/hour weekend premium pay.

Open interviews take place at 200 Rice Rd., Tyler, TX 75703

Wednesday, April 9th 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Wednesday, April 23rd 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Job Summary

Responsible for using forklift/pallet jack to locate and accurately pull products according to order. Prepares pallets for retail store delivery while adhering to safety and sanitation guidelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Uses warehouse communication system to locate and pull products for retail store orders in an accurate, productive, and safe manner.
• Maneuvers forklift/pallet jack to stack products onto pallets securely for delivery to store.
• Ensures cases, bales, and containers contain appropriate labels, tags, and information.
• Maintains clean, safe, and sanitary working environment by adhering to Company safety procedures.
• Shrink wraps store orders with label and moves completed orders to the loading dock staging area using pallet jack.
• Reports product discrepancies or quality issues to management including damaged product, equipment issues, etc.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Basic knowledge of the warehouse communication system and ordering machine.
• Basic mathematical skills.
• Ability to operate a forklift/pallet jack.
• Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy and productivity.
• Ability to safely operate heavy machinery/hazardous equipment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment.
• Ability to comprehend and interpret information.
• Ability to learn new technology systems, methods and processes.
• Ability to reason, form concepts and recognize and solve problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written and verbal form.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and manage time.
• Ability to work flexible schedules including nights, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the BGC attendance policy.
• Must have visual capability to see up close and far distances.
• Must have auditory capability to hear and understand information given whether directly through a headset unit, over the intercom, and/or the ability to hear warning signals/sounds, hazardous sounds, etc.
• Must have full range of motion in both arms, hands, and shoulders to reach, lift, and handle products of various shapes and sizes in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be attentive to potential hazards and remedy or place appropriate warning signs or devices around or near the hazard as soon as is reasonably possible.
• Must report any potential hazards that cannot be immediately remedied to a supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Qualifications

• High school Diploma or GED and six or more months of related experience preferred.
• Minimum of 18 years of age required.
• Partners must be 21 years of age or older to drive for Company business in accordance with the BGC Business Driver Policy.
• Required to pass a physical agility test to demonstrate their ability to safely perform essential job functions, including lifting, reaching, bending, pushing, pulling, and repetitive movements.

Physical Demands

• Continuously required to use close vision, distance vision, depth perception or the ability to focus.
• Continuously required to talk and hear.
• Continuously required to push, pull, maneuver or lift objects up to 100 lbs.
• Continuously required to bend, kneel or squat.
• Continuously required to stand or walk.
• Continuously required to use hands for reaching, touching or handling.
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop or crawl.
• Occasionally required to use fine finger movements (ex. sorting and typing).

Work Context and Environment

• Work is generally performed in a warehouse setting.
• Continuously exposed to industrial odors, fumes and dust.
• Frequently exposed to extreme cold conditions (non-weather) where applicable.
• Frequently exposed to extreme heat conditions (non-weather) where applicable.
• Occasionally exposed to wet, slippery or damp conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to outside temperatures and weather.
• Occasionally exposed to heights.
• Noise level varies.

Brookshire Grocery Company strives to provide a safe, drug free and alcohol-free environment for its partners and guests. The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information or military status and any other trait protected by law.