Forklift Operator 3

Lakeside Book Company•Owensville, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Forklift Operator will drive a forklift truck equipped with lifting devices to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move raw paper materials, in-process products, and finished products, equipment, or materials in the warehouse, storage yard, or factory. This role may also involve loading and unloading semi-trailer trucks. The position requires maintaining accurate inventory, performing safety checks on lifts, and potentially lubricating trucks, recharging batteries, filling fuel tanks, or replacing liquefied-gas tanks. The operator must be able to assess the forklift's lifting capacity and ensure loads are properly balanced. This job is physically demanding, requiring the ability to exert significant force to move objects.

Requirements

Proven experience in the handling of controls for driving forklift and/or clamp trucks.
Skilled in handling controls for starting, stopping, backings, and driving forklift trucks through narrow aisles in building, up and down ramps, and in and out of railroad cars, trucks, etc.; and, for lifting, lowering, and tilting forks by moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate controls.
Know how high, wide, and long the forklift truck and its load are, and how much the forklift truck can lift.
Good spatial ability to identify how high and wide a doorway and an aisle must be to drive the forklift truck and its load; how high and wide the shelf, bin, etc., must be to place the load; and how high the load must be lifted to reach the shelf or bin.
Knowledge of the layout of the storage area to be able to find and place items without need for detailed instructions.
Skilled in moving forklift trucks about in places where there is very little room to stack or remove loads.
Ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Responsibilities

Drive forklift truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, clamps, or elevating platform, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move raw paper materials and in process products and finished products, equipment, or materials in warehouse, storage yard, or factory.
May load and unload semi-trailer trucks.
Maintain accurate inventory and report any discrepancies.
May load or unload materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.
Perform safety checks on lifts.
May lubricate truck, recharge batteries, fill fuel tank, or replace liquefied-gas tank.
Recognize whether the fork lift truck is able to lift the load and whether the load is properly balanced.
Exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.