Clamp Truck Oper - 2nd

Smurfit Westrock•Sioux City, IA

9d•$20 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

Smurfit Westrock is hiring a Clamp Truck Operator for its warehouse in Sioux City, Iowa. The role operates lift trucks to support corrugator production and material handling. The operator must pass a written and driving test to obtain an operator’s license, learn the controls of several trucks, and perform start-of-shift checks and daily preventive maintenance. Work includes keeping the corrugator stocked, maintaining an organized roll stock area and clean starch area, unloading highway vans, and assisting the corrugator crew and its hogging duties. Operators may also retrieve spilled stock from the floor and change LPG fuel tanks. The position requires frequent lift-truck operation, including reversing, turning to monitor traffic, looking up to place stock or read labels, and judging distances to move and stack materials safely. Operators may need to mount and dismount the truck, handle pallets and sheets, and perform other tasks related to machine operation. Employees may be reassigned by the shift supervisor to other duties or plant cleanup as needed, including sweeping, painting, mopping, snow removal, ladder climbing, and cleaning debris from the cyclone area in varying weather conditions. The job involves production-floor safety requirements, including required personal protective equipment. Eye and hearing protection are required on the production room floor, and Kevlar gloves are required where there is a cut hazard. Employees must wear a red S.A.F.E. hat or visor on the production room floor during their probationary period. Candidates must undergo drug screening after receiving a conditional offer and before starting employment.

Requirements

Be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Develop basic data-entry skills to enter daily dairies and machine production counts.
Have corrected vision sufficient to read factory order cards, print cards, signs, warning labels, MSDS sheets, and tape rules to 1/16-inch graduations, and to inspect printed boxes and view traffic.
Distinguish colors and hues, including print colors and the colors of plant controls and warning lights.
Hear warning buzzers, sirens, and other employees in the plant-floor environment.
Repeatedly step up and down from the conveyor system and navigate its crosswalks.
Have basic addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication skills.
Be able to tie a bundling knot, requiring finger dexterity, wrist and forearm twisting, and pulling with the arms and upper back.
Wear personal protective equipment required for assigned tasks; eye and hearing protection are required on the production room floor, and Kevlar gloves are required when there is a cut hazard.
Be able to handle 48-by-48-inch pallets weighing approximately 50 pounds; some jobs involve repetitive handling.
Meet physical demands that may include prolonged standing and sitting; bending; squatting or kneeling; repetitive motion or twisting; and gripping tools, knobs, and dials.
Work in varying climatic conditions, including hot, humid, cold, dry, wet, and windy conditions, indoors or outdoors.
Quickly learn the controls of different lift trucks and perform required checks and preventive maintenance.
Mount and dismount the truck using the three-point procedure.
Frequently operate the lift in reverse while turning the waist and head for visibility.
Tolerate continual bouncing while operating lifts with minimal cushioning.
Continually turn the head to monitor traffic and read stock tags, and frequently look up using the full range of neck motion.
Have good depth perception and peripheral vision to avoid collisions and stack stock safely.
Pick up spilled sheets as high as 65 inches when required.
Change LPG tanks when required, including handling tanks weighing approximately 20–60 pounds and transporting them to and from the storage racks.

Responsibilities

Pass a written and driving test to obtain an operator’s license.
Become familiar with the controls of several trucks.
Perform start-of-shift checks and daily preventive maintenance on the lift truck.
Keep the corrugator stocked and coordinate corrugator lineups.
Keep the roll stock area neat and organized.
Unload highway vans.
Keep the starch area neat and clean.
Assist the corrugator crew and its hogging duties as needed.
Operate the lift truck, including frequently operating in reverse and monitoring nearby traffic and stock.
Retrieve spilled stock from the floor when required.
Change LPG fuel tanks on the lift truck when required, following PPE and handling procedures.
Perform other tasks related to machine operation and duties assigned by the shift supervisor, including plant cleanup when needed.