Warehouse/Dock Worker- Sheriff's Office - Salt Lake County

Warehouse/Dock Worker 

$31,764.00 - $47,646.00 DOE* 
+$1 per hour worked in environmental pay 

*All job-related experience must be included on the resume portion for it to be considered in the salary offer.  

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love! 

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading. 

What it is like to work here: 

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop. 

Surround yourself with: 

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….it’s our heart and service that bring us together. 

We encourage a work life balance: 

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.   

For Benefits informationclick HERE 

JOB SUMMARY 

Under general supervision, operates a major centralized jail stores facility to support the Metro and Oxbow Jails, the Sheriff’s Office Building, and Special Operations Building facilities.  Controls the inventory, unloading and delivery of supplies and prisoner meals; disposal of bio-hazardous materials generated by the prisoner populations, proper security for the destructions of confidential documents and recycling of paper and cardboard; and movement of over 1.5 tons of trash monthly from within the Jails. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS 

One year of related experience and training in a dock or warehouse environment. 

Preference may be given for experience with an automated inventory control system.  

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background investigation.  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS 

• Receives inventory andmaintains security of the docks by verifying identification of persons entering/exiting the dock or warehouse area; checks trucks and semi trailers to ensure no contraband enters jail; inspects and verifies all deliveries and packing slips and invoices for content to original order. 

• Unloads and stores inventory in appropriate bins, shelves and pallets, and rotates stock. 

• Pulls and delivers orders using tugs, carts, trailers, or trucks; distributes janitorial supplies and other orders to prisoner pods, offices, and other buildings on Sheriff’s Office campus. 

• Delivers breakfast, lunch and dinner meals prepared by contracted food services workers and prisoners to the units in the Jails three times a day. 

• Prepares requisitions, purchase orders, inventory control records, approves packing slips invoices, and delivery paperwork. 

• Picks up, secures, and disposes all bio-hazardous waste created during intake of prisoners, and in medical units by the Doctor, Dentist and nursing staff; responds to emergencies in the pods to remove and dispose of bio-hazardous materials in accordance with OSHA regulations. 

• Removes all garbage from the Metro Jail and Oxbow Jail facilities, trash and garbage equaling more that 1.5 tons monthly using industrial trash compactor; sorts recyclable cardboard and tracks amounts for refund back to Jail budget; maintains security and storage for medical and prisoner documents indentified to be picked up by contracted shredding vendor. 

• Provides warehouse and yard maintenance to eliminate safety hazards, strips and waxes office floors; maintains equipment, ensures stock is arranged according to safety and security standards; performs walk through inspections of area and stock. 

• Operates forklifts, electric and manual pallet jacks, tugs, trucks, or other light equipment to move materials in warehouse and for distribution; maintains OSHA certifications and follows safety procedures for storing and stacking of inventory. 

• Assists Clothing Unit with movement of laundry carts throughout the Metro Jail, and transporting laundry to and from the laundry facilities at the Oxbow Jail.