Forklift Operator | Various 12-Hour Shifts
About The Position
Operates forklifts and other material-handling equipment in a distribution center and/or manufacturing area. Receives and moves materials and products to staging or storage areas and arranges them for movement as needed. Works under the direction of a warehouse supervisor/manager or material handling manager. The role includes inventory transactions and scanning product movements, order preparation, restocking, truck loading and unloading, facility and equipment upkeep, and participation in annual physical inventory. Employees must follow safety procedures and operate powered industrial truck (PIT) equipment according to OSHA specifications. This is a safety-sensitive role involving the operation and handling of forklifts and other motorized warehouse equipment. Employees are responsible for following facility safety rules, reporting hazards and incidents, wearing required PPE, and addressing unsafe practices. Work takes place in a manufacturing and/or warehouse environment in varied weather and may involve heat, cold, humidity, loud noise, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and forklift traffic.
Requirements
- Powered Industrial Truck Certificate; in-house training and licensing are provided.
- Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
- Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including standing, walking, sitting, handling product, using controls/tools, reaching, twisting, climbing or balancing, and occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
- Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.
Responsibilities
- Move raw materials and stock through warehouse or manufacturing areas, shipping lines, and storage areas using forklifts and material-handling equipment.
- Complete system transactions and scan all product movements to maintain inventory accuracy.
- Assist with preparing materials orders and truck orders, and maintain accurate counts of raw materials, pallets, and cartons.
- Restock raw materials and pick locations for order fulfillment.
- Load and unload trucks.
- Maintain a clean manufacturing facility and/or warehouse and clean the forklift daily.
- Perform preventive maintenance and minor repairs on material-handling equipment.
- Follow safety procedures and operate PIT equipment according to OSHA specifications, including daily inspections, securing dock plates, engaging dock locks, and changing batteries.
- Perform bay consolidations according to warehouse requirements.
- Move product from production staging areas to the proper bay locations.
- Notify the Warehouse Manager/Supervisor and/or Quality Manager about bad or damaged product.
- Participate in the annual physical inventory process.
- Complete assigned load sheets (shipping orders) accurately and neatly using barcode scanners.
- Comply with facility rules and regulations and report unsafe practices or conditions to a supervisor.
- Intervene when coworkers engage in safety-rule violations or unsafe or unhealthy activities, and inform management about persistent violations.
- Wear required PPE correctly and report defective PPE.
- Report near misses, accidents, injuries, and musculoskeletal symptoms or disorders.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
