New Hire-Forklift Operator

International Paper•Lumberton, NC

6h•Onsite

About The Position

Come be part of a leading manufacturing company with a team environment. The fundamental purpose of the Forklift Operator/Material Handler is to operate a forklift to stack units in shipping, stack products into trucks, take units from production line and put into finishing line, receive incoming supplies, and materials. This role involves adhering to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies, and procedures, while proactively seeking out potential safety hazards. The operator will work as a team to help meet or exceed production, waste, and quality goals, organize final products for shipping and distribution, and complete general housekeeping duties to maintain a continuously safe and clean teamwork environment.

Requirements

Must be able to pass drug screen, health assessment, & background check.
High school diploma or GED Preferred
Minimum 1 year Forklift experience in an Industrial Manufacturing Environment Preferred.
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Responsibilities

Adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures while proactively seeking out potential safety hazards.
Work as a team to help meet or exceed production, waste and quality goals.
Organize final products for shipping and distribution.
Complete general housekeeping duties to maintain a continuously safe and clean teamwork environment.
Following Safe Reliable Methods (SRMs)
Reporting any safety or maintenance concerns
Attending and participating in Plant safety meetings.
Managing controllable costs through proper equipment, tool and consumable usage
Operate a forklift to stack units in shipping, stack products into trucks, take units from production line and put into finishing line, receive incoming supplies, materials.
Complete a daily forklift maintenance checklist, checking and refilling fluids, refueling as needed.
Note any problems encountered with the condition of the forklift on the checklist.
Keep the forklifts clean, and includes blowing down with an air hose.
Take products from the line and store them in the warehouse.
Obtain pallets for finishing machines.
Move dunnage and scrap throughout the short order machines.
Refer to a production run list to determine pallet needs and warehouse space.
Return to production areas for reworking, re-banding if a problem is detected with the loads.
Assist with monthly inventories, taking physical counts of products.
Obtain pallets from the pallet yard to distribute to finishing machine.
Pick up or prepare load tickets indicating what is to be loaded (order number, item description, priority of loading, and occasionally the trailer the product is to be loaded into).
Locate the order in the warehouse and load trailers.
Prepare trailers for loading, by removing any pallets, sweeping out the trailer if necessary.
Depress buttons to engage dock plates.
Lock the trailer out by depressing a button to engage the truck restraint, applying personal lock to prevent a truck from moving during the loading process.
Load multiple orders.
Assure that counts appearing on tickets match the actual load.
Enter information into the computer (or provide information to the supervisor), to create bills of lading.
Have the carrier sign the bill of lading.
Keep the warehouse area clean, organized, and swept.
Help take monthly inventories.
Maximize the use of space in the trailer.
Turn the packing list into the supervisor.
Deliver supplies and materials to appropriate destinations throughout the plant.
Receive, unload, and store pallets.
Restack spilled loads.
Paint posts, guard rails, lines on floors.
Sound horn at intersections, corners, doorways, other specified points.
Drive the forklifts in reverse while loaded.
Communicate with machine operators, supervisors, other forklift operators, strapper operator, truck drivers.
Change the spread of the forks, by pulling a pin and sliding the forks laterally.
Work overtime as required.
Adhere to company and job specific safety procedures.
Attend any meetings, including safety meetings as required.