Forklift Operator (Wknds Fri-Sun) 4pm-4am
About The Position
Operates forklifts and other material-handling equipment in a distribution center and/or manufacturing area. Receives, moves, stages, and stores materials and products, arranging them for proper movement and maintaining inventory accuracy. The role works under the direction of a warehouse supervisor/manager or material handling manager. The operator performs system transactions and scans product movements, prepares materials and truck orders, restocks materials and pick locations, loads and unloads trucks, and completes shipping load sheets using barcode scanners. Responsibilities also include maintaining a clean warehouse or manufacturing facility and equipment, performing preventative maintenance and minor repairs, consolidating bays, moving production-staged product to proper bay locations, reporting damaged product, and participating in annual physical inventory. The position requires compliance with safety procedures and OSHA specifications for powered industrial truck (PIT) equipment, including equipment inspections and dock-safety procedures. It is a safety-sensitive function. Work takes place in a manufacturing and/or warehouse environment and may involve varied weather and exposure to heat, cold, humidity, noise, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and forklift traffic. The stated schedule is Friday through Sunday, 4 p.m. to 4 a.m.
Requirements
- Powered Industrial Truck Certificate; training and licensing are provided in-house.
- Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
- Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including standing, walking, sitting, handling product, using controls and tools, reaching, twisting, climbing or balancing, and occasionally stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling.
- Close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and ability to adjust focus.
- Wear corrective lenses with protective safety over-glasses, or use the company Safety Prescription Program, if needed.
- Comply with facility rules, safety regulations, and PPE requirements.
Responsibilities
- Move raw materials and stock through warehouse or manufacturing areas, shipping lines, and storage areas using forklifts and material-handling equipment.
- Perform system transactions and scan all product movements to support inventory accuracy.
- Assist with preparing materials orders and truck orders, and help 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 warehouse or manufacturing facility and forklift daily.
- Perform preventative maintenance and minor repairs on material-handling equipment.
- Follow safety procedures and operate powered industrial truck 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 into the proper bay location.
- Notify the warehouse manager/supervisor and/or quality manager about damaged or defective product.
- Participate in the annual physical inventory process.
- Complete assigned shipping load sheets accurately and neatly using barcode scanners.
- Comply with facility safety rules and regulations; report unsafe practices, conditions, near misses, accidents, injuries, and defective PPE.
- Intervene when coworkers engage in unsafe activities and communicate persistent safety violations to management.
- Wear required personal protective equipment properly.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
