Forklift Operator - 2nd Shift - Monday - Friday 2:30pm - 11:00pm
About The Position
Saddle Creek Logistics Services is expanding into Litchfield Park, AZ, and is seeking Forklift Operators. The company emphasizes a diverse, friendly, and respectful teamwork environment, offering opportunities for skill enhancement and career building. Saddle Creek is a family-oriented logistics provider that values its associates and offers competitive pay and benefits. Forklift Operators are responsible for the safe and efficient loading, unloading, sorting, staging, and transporting of products within a warehouse. This role requires cooperative work with other associates and productive work with minimal supervision, with a strong emphasis on adhering to company safety policies and procedures. The company has been growing since 1966, built on principles of respect and collaboration.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
- Minimum of 1-year experience operating a forklift.
- Must be able to move and/or lift up to 50 pounds, and perform physically exerting tasks of the jobs in a warehouse environment that may be non-temperature controlled, meaning the indoor temperature fluctuates throughout each season.
- Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation.
- Must be able to work overtime and adjust schedule as needed.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with RF equipment.
- Warehouse experience in a high-volume environment; experience in a food grade, refrigerated warehouse helpful.
- Familiarity with and ability to use order management systems such as WMS.
- Forklift certified.
Responsibilities
- Operate a forklift safely and efficiently, in accordance with company or site-specific safety policies and procedures.
- Load and unload trailers, railcars, and transports to designated area.
- Check product on inbound/outbound to ensure that items and quantities are correct and there is no damage.
- Use handheld scanners/equipment for warehouse management system compliance.
- Perform daily maintenance inspections of equipment.
- Work cooperatively with other warehouse associates.
- Participate in keeping the facility maintained in a clean, neat, and orderly fashion.
- Additional duties assigned by supervisor.
Benefits
- Weekly pay with skill pay and shift differentials
- Benefits package including medical, dental, vision and medical reimbursement
- Medical employee-only premium less than $10/week with wellness discounts
- HSA with annual employer contribution
- Weekly 401(k) match
- Vacation immediately upon hire
- 8 holidays per calendar year
- Personal time after 90 days
- EAP and identity theft protection
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company paid life insurance and short term disability
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
