Job Description
Job Description
About Down East Seafood
For over 30 years, Down East Seafood has been a go-to source for the freshest, highest-quality seafood among New York’s most celebrated chefs. What began as a single van sourcing clams from Maine has grown into a full-line seafood operation, delivering sustainably sourced selections six days a week across the Tri-State area. Based in a 17,000-square-foot facility in the heart of Hunt’s Point, the Bronx, Down East combines local expertise with coastal reach—providing premium seafood to restaurants in NYC, Westchester, Long Island, Southern Connecticut, and Northern New Jersey. With a commitment to freshness, traceability, and chef-focused service, Down East continues to bring the ocean’s bounty straight to the back of house.
Position Summary: As a Warehouse Worker, you will be responsible for providing warehouse support including picking, packing, assembly, sorting, shipping, and receiving of orders to meet the facility’s productivity and quality goals within the establishment.
What you’ll do:
- Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.
- Moves materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.
- Sorts and breaks down product by SKU, quantity, and product type.
- Ability to use electric pallet jack as well as stand-up forklift is a must.
- Effectively communicate with Receivers, Drivers, Driver Check-in, & Forklift Operators
- Adhering to proper safety practices for truck and trailer pull process on a daily basis.
- Sorts and stores goods in designated areas of the warehouse.
- Responsible for the proper handling of all company issued equipment, including PPE, voice equipment etc.
- Responsible for reporting all safety concerns in the work environment on timely basis.
- Must wear company issued uniform.
- Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves or moves orders to loading dock to prepare for shipping.
- Label pallets with identifying information when instructed.
- Opens bales, crates, and other containers when necessary.
- Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
About you:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
- one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.
Perks & Benefits:
- Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
- Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
- Weekly pay
- Life Insurance
- 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
- Employee discounts for travel and events
- 401k
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.