Forklift Operator, Let Down

Sysco • Gibsonton, FL

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This is an operations position responsible for stocking received merchandise in the appropriate locations, 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

• At least 18 years of age.
• 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 number series.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Ability to perform arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, and compute rates, ratios, and percentages and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to understand and carry out written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions using common sense, and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Computer skills.
• Ability to regularly stand, walk, handle objects, 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, and color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• Previous stand-up forklift experience.

Responsibilities

• Operate an electric forklift by using levers and pedals to drive and control the lifting apparatus in cooler, freezer, and dry spaces.
• Load and unload product pallets using pallet jacks and forklifts.
• Store and remove product pallets from rack locations.
• Place product in overflow locations.
• Hand-stack products 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 as required.
• 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.
• Operate and maintain equipment associated with warehouse activity.

Benefits

• Benefits information is available at SyscoBenefits.com; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED