Position Summary the Driver in our Cold Storage Department will be accountable to meeting daily and weekly goals, while also meeting quality, accuracy, and safety objectives.

Company Description

Tasteful Selections, LLC, located in Arvin, California, is a specialty potato company whose mission is to delight the consumer with great tasting, easy to prepare, inspirational potato products. A joint venture between RPE, Inc., CSS Farms, Inc. and Plover River Farms, Inc., the company is a vertically integrated farming operation which grows, packs, and markets baby potatoes, fingerlings and seed potatoes. More information can be found at www.TastefulSelections.com.

Relationships the Forklift Driver Level 2 will report directly to the Cold Storage Supervisor and will work closely with the Cold Storage Department.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Unloading goods from trucks
• Loading return material as needed
• Moving goods packed on pallets
• Putting away pallets of packaging in the correct location
• Staging material for production
• Performing daily equipment checks and recharging the forklifts
• Examining products to verify conformance to quality standards

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Good math, language and reading skills; basic computer skills required
• High degree of attention required to prevent injury to others; promote a safe work environment
• Follow instructions for operating equipment and keeping records
• Execute assignments in an accurate, timely, and safe manner
• Maintain a clean and safe environment
• Standup and sit down forklift certification per OSHA standards

Physical demands and abilities

• Regularly switching between sit down and stand up reach forklift
• Frequently lift to 50 pounds and adjust body position to bend, stoop, stand, walk, turn, pivot, and stand for long periods of time
• Having a good sense of balance
• Having good eye-hand-foot coordination
• Ability to assess weights and judge distances and heights
• Ability to work in varying temperatures, depending upon season

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Experience in Food & Beverage industry

Compensation

Salary will be commensurate with experience and skills. Tasteful Selections has a complete benefits package, including health, dental, vision and life insurance, company matched 401(k) and bonuses.

Tasteful Selections is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)