Forklift Operator II - 1st Shift

Ventura Foods • Fort Worth, TX

24d • Onsite

About The Position

Forklift Operator II is a forklift operator who is cross trained across all functional areas and duty assignments routine to daily lift truck operations at the manufacturing facility. This role involves staging orders, accurately completing the order selection process, and staging orders for loading. It also includes loading customer orders onto trucks, following proper safety protocols, equipment inspections, and using RF systems. Responsibilities extend to receiving packaging, ingredients, and finished goods, ensuring proper storage, rotation, quality assurance, and documentation. The operator will provide production support by moving finished goods from production lines to warehouse locations (take-away and put-away) and managing product temperature requirements. Troubleshooting inventory issues, handling defective materials, making location adjustments, and locating NIL, zero balance, and damaged items are also key. A full understanding of warehouse safety operations such as battery changing, watering, pallet exchanging, shrink wrapping, allergen compliance, issue reporting, vehicle inspections, and damaged goods processes is required. Additionally, the role supports manufacturing decks by issuing ingredients and managing tote storage.

Requirements

• High School graduate and the experience required to execute the major responsibilities listed above.
• At least one year of stand up forklift experience and the ability to pass the annual required forklift certification process.
• Good Math Skills and the ability to operate an RF computer, desk top computer and calculator.
• The ability to read, write and verbally communicate effectively.
• Safety knowledge requisite to the duties and responsibilities listed above including the ability to recognize and communicate issues.

Responsibilities

• Staging orders - can accurately complete the order selection process and stage orders in appropriate areas for loading by loaders. To complete orders following the proper procedures which include use of the RF System, proper documentation and selecting products and lots as instructed.
• Loading trucks - can accurately load customer orders on to trucks for dispatch or the drop lot following proper loading procedures. Procedures include but are not limited to proper safety protocol and equipment inspections, order review for complete shipments, RF system and document processes.
• Receiving - knowledgeable and capable of receiving packaging, ingredients, and finished goods and the proper storage, rotation, quality assurance, computer entry and documentation processes required for accurate and timely receiving of goods.
• Production Support - knowledgeable and capable of Finished Goods production support of the manufacturing process. Taking finished goods from the end of the production lines and putting product into warehouse locations commonly referred to as take-away and put-away. Also the proper scanning process required for production reconciliation and product temperature requirements.
• Troubleshooting - must be capable, knowledgeable and willing to competently troubleshoot inventory issues, know how to place defective materials on pending hold, how tomake location adjustments properly to locate NIL (not in location), zero balance and damaged items that are found in the process of routine tasks identified as essential for this role.
• Warehouse Safety knowledge - must possess and exhibit a full and complete understanding of safety sensitive operations such as: battery changing, battery watering, pallet exchanging, shrink wrapping, allergen compliance, issue reporting, vehicle inspections and damaged goods process.
• Production Support - Deck Supply - Knowledge and capable of supporting the manufacturing decks. Issuing of ingredients to the decks and returning properly back to warehouse, if need be. Must follow proper tote storage process as well.
• FSMA

Benefits

• Medical, Prescription, Dental, & Vision – coverage beginning on your 1st day for eligible employees
• Profit Sharing and 401(k) matching (after eligible criteria is met)
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Holidays
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Employee Assistance Programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees