Forklift Operator Night shift 7pm to 7am $21.25

Graham Packaging Company•Lakeland, FL

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Forklift Operator in LakeLand, FL. This position operates on a night shift from 7pm to 7am with a pay of $21.25 per hour. Forklift Operators are responsible for handling products and operating a lift truck to stack, transport, and store work-in-process and finished goods. They ensure an efficient flow of materials to production lines, move finished goods to the warehouse, and accurately complete line driver reports. Additionally, they may assist production line employees during breaks and lunch periods.

Requirements

Minimum of 1 year forklift experience preferred.
Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.
Computer usage and typing skills are essential.
Excellent verbal and written communication, including the ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers.
Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
Communicates effectively: conveys facts and information clearly both verbally and orally.
Collaborates well with others: proactively contributes to group objectives; volunteers to help others.

Responsibilities

Follow all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices.
Perform a safety lift truck inspection and battery check and report any equipment malfunctioning or damage to the Warehouse Manager or Shift Supervisor.
Change lift truck batteries and add water when necessary; keep record of time batteries are changed.
Fill out lift truck status report.
Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned.
Review daily production schedule with Shift Supervisor, brings materials to the production lines when needed to execute schedule and notify supervisor of any materials running low.
Removes finished goods from production lines, back to assigned warehouse locations.
Provide accurate information of unloaded materials as well as materials used or produced to warehouse personnel.
Remove, store, and unitize production scrap bales and informs warehouse personnel when there is enough for a full load.
Removes excess corrugated from mezzanine and empties baler as required.
Takes full bales of cardboard scrap from baler to assigned location in the warehouse.
Maintain accurate records of materials being used and produced, and reports them in appropriate paperwork, back to warehouse personnel.
Remove finished goods and other materials in hold to assigned location.
Stores finished goods stacked neatly and in proper height.
Verifies that all finished goods removed from the production area must have a product code tag.
Participate in physical inventory taking.
Keep each production line supplied with the proper knock down cases, dividers, pallets and when each pallet is full take that pallet to the warehouse for loading on the trailer; and takes unused cases and dividers back to the warehouse to the proper location.
On limited production, may assist in stock-handler duties or load trailers as needed.
Bring up hot glue cases to the mezzanine, brings color concentrate to the lines, replaces cold glue tote, removes excess cases from production floor, brings slip sheets to production floor, loads storage racks with gaylords, set up rework, set up units of product on hold for Q.C., relieves stock handlers, loads and unloads corrugated trailers, identifies good corrugated from the bad and isolates it.
Follow established forklift procedures and complete required safety and maintenance checklists.
Follow established procedures for damaged finished goods and raw materials and report them on line driver report.
Communicate with supervisor regarding shift totals and machine totals reports and with other lift truck operators regarding any changes or problems that arise, including damaged materials, damaged skids, or low inventories.
Complete written documentation as required.
Assist in relieving downstream teammates for breaks and lunches.
Use forklift to move pallets of finished product to stretch wrap machines to stretch wrap them and to staging area after wrapping, or to specify warehouse location.
Completes finished goods report or worksheet.
Maintain supplies of corrugated and other packaging supplies at each machine.
Visually inspect all completed pallets of product for quality and conformity to the packaging instructions to ensure quality at the source.