Forklift Operator (Nights 6:55p-7a)
About The Position
Operates forklifts and 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 or manager, or a material handling manager. The role includes moving and scanning products, supporting order preparation and inventory accuracy, replenishing materials and pick locations, loading and unloading trucks, and maintaining the warehouse, manufacturing area, and equipment. The operator also performs equipment inspections, preventative maintenance, minor repairs, bay consolidations, and assigned shipping documentation, while following safety procedures and reporting damaged product and unsafe conditions. The position is safety-sensitive because it involves operating forklifts and other motorized warehouse equipment. Work takes place in a manufacturing and/or warehouse environment in varied weather and may involve hot, cold, humid, or loud conditions, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and forklift traffic.
Requirements
- Powered Industrial Truck Certificate, obtained through in-house training and licensing.
- Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
- Ability to meet the listed physical demands, including frequent use of controls and tools, reaching, and twisting or rotating.
- Close, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception; and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to work in a manufacturing and/or warehouse environment with varied weather and exposure to hot, cold, humid, or loud conditions, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and forklift traffic.
Responsibilities
- Move raw materials and stock in the warehouse or manufacturing facility, shipping lines, and other storage areas using forklifts and material-handling equipment.
- Complete system transactions and scan all product movements to support inventory accuracy.
- Assist with preparing material or truck orders and maintaining accurate counts of raw materials, pallets, and cartons.
- Restock raw materials and pick locations for order fulfillment.
- Load and unload trucks.
- Keep the manufacturing facility and/or warehouse and forklift clean daily.
- Perform preventative maintenance and minor repairs on material-handling equipment.
- Follow safety procedures and operate powered industrial truck (PIT) equipment according to OSHA specifications, including daily inspections and applicable dock and battery procedures.
- Perform bay consolidations according to warehouse requirements.
- Move products from production staging into the proper bay location.
- Notify the warehouse manager or supervisor and/or quality manager about bad or damaged products.
- Participate in the annual physical inventory process.
- Complete assigned load sheets (shipping orders) accurately and neatly using barcoding scanners.
- Comply with facility rules and regulations, report unsafe conditions and practices, and report near misses, accidents, injuries, and musculoskeletal symptoms or disorders.
- Intervene in unsafe activities where appropriate and communicate persistent safety violations to management.
- Wear required PPE and report defective PPE.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
