Sam Meeker
The Dalles,OR
Summary
Dedicated Warehouse team member skilled in operating equipment, prioritizing tasks and carrying out fast-paced work to meet team goals. Strong understanding of OSHA standards and optimal safety guidelines. Hard worker consistently arrives early and stays late to get deadline-oriented jobs complete.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate
Walmart
09.2023 - Current
- Worked varied hours to meet seasonal and business needs.
- Greeted customers and offered assistance for increased customer satisfaction.
- Prioritized tasks to meet tight deadlines, pitching in to assist others with project duties.
- Provided product price information to customers.
- Answered customer questions about products and services, helped locate merchandise, and promoted key items.
- Used in-store system to locate inventory and place special orders for customers.
- Prioritized helping customers over completing other routine tasks in store.
- Unload and sort all merchandise from incoming trucks
Receiver & Small order picker
Azure Standard
01.2016 - 04.2023
- Load/unload trucks, and take all new inventory into account and then put it away in bulk section
- Verified and kept records on incoming and outgoing shipments
- Affixed shipping labels on packed cartons
- Inserted items into containers, using spacers, fillers and protective padding
- Unpacked and examined incoming shipments, rejected damaged items, recorded shortages and corresponded with shipper to rectify damages and shortages
- Operated tier-lift truck and used handtruck to move, convey and hoist shipments from shipping-and-receiving platform to storage and work area
- Kept records of out-going orders
- Obtained merchandise from bins and shelves
- Completed order receipts
- Various other employment
Sustainability Technician
Azure Standard
01.2016 - 04.2023
- Sort recyclables, bale them up, use forklift to load said bales for shipping
- Organized schedules for refuse collection
- Filled out any needed reports for defective equipment
- Operated equipment that compressed collected recyclables
- Inspected site and conferred with supervisory personnel to determine procedures for utilizing site area for disposal activities and to remain in compliance with specifications
- Ensured that waste disposal activities were in compliance with public health insect and rodent control laws and regulations
- Examined loads of waste for recyclable material and directed sorting, handling and recycling operations.
Freelancer
Staffing Inc, Fruitland
01.2013 - 01.2016
- The three-year gap in employment was due to leaving the farm and finding work through the following:
- American Staffing 2084525575
- West Coast Reforestation 5035407851
- L-L Livestock
Ranch Hand
L-L Livestock
01.2003 - 01.2013
- Part of a team responsible for herding cattle for sorting, branding, vaccinating, and loading into trailers for sale and slaughter
- Fed and watered all animals at sunup and sundown
- Maintained and repaired fence and irrigation as well as assisting with vehicle repair
- Applied and administered medications and vaccinated animals
- Cleaned stalls, pens and equipment, using disinfectant solutions, brushes, shovels and water hoses
- Marked livestock to identify ownership and grade, using brands, tags, paint and tattoos
- Examined animals to detect disease and injuries
- Assisted with birthing of animals
- Castrated and docked ears and tails of animals
- Maintained equipment and machinery
- Segregated animals according to weight, age, color and physical condition
- Mixed feed, additives and medicines in prescribed portions
- Maintained growth, feeding, production and cost records
- Herded livestock to pasture for grazing and to scales, trucks and other enclosures
- Inspected and repaired fences, stalls and pens.
Education
Associates of Arts Degree - Psychology
Treasure Valley Community College
High School Diploma - undefined
Fruitland High School
Fruitland, IdahoRelevant Coursework included General Education. Earned above average grades while participating in campus activities including 4H and team sports. - undefined
Skills
- Working knowledge of warehouse operations
- Quickly learn procedures and methods
- Proficient in use of various software packages including word processing, data entry, and Internet based application
- Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
- Dependable - can work without supervision
- Capable of handling multiple projects concurrently
- Forklift and pallet jack certified
Languages
Spanish
Limited Working
Timeline
Associate
Walmart
09.2023 - Current
Receiver & Small order picker
Azure Standard
01.2016 - 04.2023
Sustainability Technician
Azure Standard
01.2016 - 04.2023
Freelancer
Staffing Inc, Fruitland
01.2013 - 01.2016
Ranch Hand
L-L Livestock
01.2003 - 01.2013
Associates of Arts Degree - Psychology
Treasure Valley Community College
High School Diploma - undefined
Fruitland High School
Relevant Coursework included General Education. Earned above average grades while participating in campus activities including 4H and team sports. - undefined
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