Forklift Operator, Let Down

Sysco•Sysco Central Alabama, AL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This is an operations position responsible for stocking received merchandise in the appropriate location, operating and maintaining equipment associated with warehouse activity, and performing other related duties as required. The role operates in cooler, freezer, and dry warehouse spaces and may perform order selector duties as needed.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years old.
High school diploma/GED, or six months of related warehouse experience or training.
Six months of warehouse distribution experience.
Ability to work nights.
Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form and to solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Computer skills.
Ability to regularly stand, walk, use hands, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
Ability to regularly lift or move 50–80 pounds and handle up to 80 pounds.
Required vision abilities include close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Previous stand-up forklift experience.

Responsibilities

Operate an electric forklift using levers and pedals to drive and control the lifting apparatus in cooler, freezer, and dry spaces.
Unload and load product pallets using pallet jacks and forklifts.
Store and remove product pallets from rack locations.
Place product in overflow locations.
Hand-stack product onto and off pallets and into packing locations as required.
Maintain a clean work environment by sweeping, removing ice, scrubbing with rags and brushes, and removing trash.
Transfer leftover items to the Home slot at the end of the shift.
Clean aisles and pick up leftover pallets at the end of the shift.
Perform order selector duties as needed.