Forklift Operator, Let Down

Sysco • Nashville, TN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This Operations position is responsible for stocking received merchandise in the appropriate locations, operating and maintaining equipment associated with warehouse activity, and performing other related duties as required. The role operates in cooler, freezer, and dry areas and may perform order selector duties as needed.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• High school diploma/GED or six months of related warehouse experience or training.
• Six months of warehouse distribution experience.
• Ability to work nights.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent; and draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Computer skills.
• Ability to regularly lift and/or move 50–80 pounds and handle up to 80 pounds.
• Ability to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Previous stand-up forklift experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate an electric forklift using levers and pedals to drive the truck and control the lifting apparatus in cooler, freezer, and dry spaces.
• Unload and load product pallets using pallet jacks and forklifts.
• Store and remove product pallets from rack locations.
• Put product in overflow locations.
• Hand-stack product onto and off pallets and into packing locations as required.
• Maintain a clean work environment by sweeping, removing ice, scrubbing with rags and brushes, and removing trash.
• Transfer leftover items to the Home slot at the end of the shift.
• Clean aisles and pick up leftover pallets at the end of the shift.
• Perform order selector duties as needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED