Picking Lead
Department: Picking
Type: Full-time, Permanent
Schedule: Varies, 1 day off every 5 days, including a weekend every 5 weeks
Pay: $13.00 per hour, plus an additional $1 per hour when scheduled on the weekend.
Description
A picking lead is part of a picking crew in the Picking department. They are responsible for gathering baskets from individual pickers and sorting them into wire racks. Picker Leads also track the number of baskets a picker harvests for pay by marking a punch card. One Picking Lead per day will operate a forklift to move the wire racks from the growing rooms to the packing area, where they will also weigh and record the wire rack weights. Watch a short video below to learn more.
Duties
Ensure pickers are filling baskets with trimmed and sized product
Sort baskets into wire racks
Mark picker punch cards
Clean floors in growing rooms of mushroom trimmings to ensure a safe work environment
On a forklift, move wire racks to the packing area
Weigh and record wire racks
Requirements
Ability to work in cooler temperatures, rooms are about 65 degrees F
Lift up to 50 pounds
Drive a forklift after training and testing
Assist the pickers
Work quickly
