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Graham Packaging Company•Spring Garden Township, PA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Graham Packaging Company is hiring a Forklift Operator based in York, Pennsylvania. This is a night-shift position working 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on a 2/2/3 rotating schedule, including every other weekend. Pay starts at $22.35 per hour, with an additional $3.00 night-shift differential. The position combines product handling and lift-truck operation to stack, transport, and store work-in-process and finished goods, supply production lines with materials, and move finished goods to the warehouse. The operator also records material and product locations and quantities, supports production-line employees during breaks and lunches, and performs related warehouse and production-support duties. Benefits are effective on day one.

Requirements

Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.
Computer usage and typing skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including communicating effectively with internal and external customers.
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service.
Ability to work independently and complete assignments within the parameters of instructions, prescribed routines, and accepted practices.
Ability to convey facts and information clearly.
Ability to collaborate, contribute proactively to group objectives, and volunteer to help others.

Nice To Haves

At least 1 year of forklift experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

Follow established safety, health, quality, GMP, and company policies, procedures, and recognized practices.
Inspect the lift truck and battery for safety, report damage or malfunctions, change batteries and add water when needed, record battery changes, and complete lift-truck status reports.
Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other assigned activities.
Review the daily production schedule with the Shift Supervisor, supply production lines with needed materials, report low supplies, and move finished goods to assigned warehouse locations.
Provide warehouse personnel with accurate information about unloaded, used, and produced materials.
Remove, store, and unitize production scrap bales; notify warehouse personnel when a full load is ready; manage corrugated scrap and baler duties; and move full bales to assigned warehouse locations.
Maintain accurate records of materials used and produced and complete the required paperwork.
Move held finished goods and other materials to assigned locations, store finished goods neatly at proper heights, and verify that products removed from production have product-code tags.
Participate in physical inventory counts.
Supply production lines with knockdown cases, dividers, and pallets; move full pallets to the warehouse for trailer loading; and return unused cases and dividers to their proper warehouse locations.
Assist with stock-handler duties or trailer loading when production is limited.
Perform additional production-support tasks, including supplying hot glue cases, color concentrate, cold-glue totes, slip sheets, and corrugated; removing excess cases; loading storage racks with gaylords; setting up rework and products on hold for quality control; relieving stock handlers; and loading or unloading corrugated trailers.
Follow forklift procedures and complete required safety and maintenance checklists.
Follow procedures for damaged finished goods and raw materials and report damage on the line-driver report.
Communicate shift and machine totals, changes, and problems—including damaged materials, damaged skids, and low inventories—to supervisors and other lift-truck operators.
Complete required written documentation.
Relieve downstream teammates for breaks and lunches.
Move finished-product pallets to stretch-wrap machines and then to the staging area or designated warehouse location; complete finished-goods reports or worksheets.
Maintain supplies of corrugated and other packaging materials at each machine.
Visually inspect completed product pallets for quality and compliance with packaging instructions.
Travel on a limited basis if required.