Mentor Trainee Forklift Operator - Dryers - Graveyard - Springfield Plywood

Swanson Group, Inc. • Springfield, OR

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position inspects, bands, and tags units of dry veneer and works closely with forklift operators. The Dryer Forklift is responsible for using a forklift to load veneer onto the dryer infeed's, maintaining the flow of production, and performing daily pre-operation inspections on the forklift. The role also involves staging units, removing production tags and stickers, ensuring units from dryer 2 are correctly graded before transport, and scanning tickets for inventory purposes. Employees may be required to rotate to different positions for cross-training and assist with basic maintenance. The working environment is primarily indoors (75%) with significant forklift traffic, occasional pedestrian traffic, and congested areas. Employees will also work outdoors (25%) and be exposed to temperature extremes, moving from ambient outdoor temperatures to a dryer area with temperatures up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The environment is noisy.

Requirements

• Must be a trained and authorized forklift driver.
• Must be able to transfer veneer in an efficient, responsible, and highly organized manner.
• Organization and time management skills are required.
• Must be constantly aware of surroundings.
• Communicates with others via face-to-face communication.
• Work with little supervision.
• Must be self-directed in identifying and efficiently completing each next task.
• Constant use of hearing and vision.
• Frequent bending, twisting, pushing/pulling and reaching.
• Occasional lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling more than 50 lbs.
• Must read and write during safety training.

Responsibilities

• Use forklift to load veneer onto the dryer infeed’s and maintain flow of production.
• Help green end jitney driver as needed.
• Perform daily pre-operation inspections on the forklift.
• Stage units, remove production tags and stickers from units being loaded onto machine centers.
• Make sure units coming off outfeed of dryer 2 are marked the correct grade before transport.
• Scan tickets of units into associated barcoded bay for inventory purposes.
• Rotate to different positions for cross training purposes or to facilitate production.
• Assist Co-Workers or maintenance personnel in basic maintenance and upkeep of machine.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed