Forklift Operator

McCain Foods USA•Rice Lake, WI

14h•Onsite

About The Position

Under limited supervision, the Backup Forklift Operator is responsible for supporting plant operations by performing a range of physically demanding manual tasks that require the operation of a forklift and adherence to safety and sanitation standards. This position rotates among receiving, onion hoppers, breading hopper room, and the freezer areas, ensuring production flows smoothly and efficiently. This role will require a working schedule on 2nd shift. Monday-Friday 3pm to 11pm.

Requirements

Ability to safely operate a forklift and perform strenuous manual labor.
Familiarity with warehouse operations, organization, and sanitation practices.
Capacity to lift and handle heavy materials repetitively throughout the shift.
Attention to detail in recordkeeping and adherence to safety/quality procedures.
Willingness and flexibility to rotate across different production areas as needed.

Responsibilities

Safely operates a forklift to unload semi-trucks containing raw and packaging materials, and transports items within the warehouse while maintaining cleanliness and organization.
Unloads, stacks, and transports onion sacks (up to 50 bags at 50 pounds each, stacking to 6 feet and handling up to 3 loads per 8-hour shift) to designated storage or processing areas.
Counts and dumps onion sacks into cutting hoppers; collects scrap onions in carts and empties into trash compactors; stacks, bales, and stores burlap sacks as needed.
Loads and elevates bags of batter/breading to the breading hopper room, and manually dumps 50 lb bags into hoppers for processing.
Maintains cleanliness by removing excess scrap, sweeping or shoveling floors, flushing with water, and assisting with machinery cleaning across multiple plant areas.
Completes product recall tags for palletized products, verifies that packed product cases match recall tag counts, and enters all required production paperwork into the AS400 system in an accurate and timely manner.
Ensures packaging areas are consistently stocked with raw materials and supplies.
Stacks cases onto pallets/slip sheets, stretch wraps, and transports finished and extruded onion ring products to cold storage as required.
Performs other duties as assigned, consistently applying established sanitation and safety protocols.