THIS IS A TEMPORARY/SEASONAL POSITION (Job will end mid-late December)

Chilly Warehouse

Weekly Pay

Day Shift; Full Time 40+ hours; Monday - Friday 7:30am - 4:30pm (Hours fluctuate with truck scheduling)

Overtime Opportunities Likely During Seasonal High Volume

Elmer Chocolate is the oldest family-owned chocolate company in America. Our factory in Ponchatoula is the 2nd-largest manufacturer of Valentine boxed chocolate in North America.

• Cigna medical plans for the entire family

• Monthly employee appreciation events

• Free chocolate

• T-Shirt Uniforms

• Generally 60% of Temporary Associates find permanent jobs at Elmer's!

Basic Responsibilities:

• Unloading of raw materials and finished products

• Fill orders for customers

• Quality control of received and produced items

• Operate forklift

• Operate manual and electric pallet jack

• Load and unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting device

• Complete receiving/order documentation including recording, weighing, labeling

• Keeps shipping/receiving area clean

Required Qualifications:

• Must be 18 years old

• Pass a drug screen

• Must be able to qualify for & pass forklift certification course

• Must be able to pass a general math assessment related to calculating inventory

• High School education or GED

• Reliable transportation

• Dependable attendance and ability to work overtime

• Ability to follow & read instructions

• Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed

• Reading, interpreting signs and short correspondence, shipping documents, and memos

• Basic math skills, adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals

• Ability to stand & walk for 12 hours+.

• Ability to sit, stoop, bend, kneel, reach, crouch, crawl, use force, carry, & push/pull

• Ability to lift < 50 lbs. occasionally

• Ability to apply manual dexterity and specified visual acuity

• Ability to hear and speak

• Some areas require PPE & may cause occasional exposure to higher temperatures

Elmer Chocolate is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to any protected class status.