Forklift Operator (Nights 6:55p-7a)
About The Position
Operates forklifts and other material-handling equipment in a distribution center and/or manufacturing area. Receives and moves materials and products to staging or storage areas and arranges them for movement as needed. Works under the direction of a warehouse supervisor/manager or material handling manager. The role includes inventory transactions and scanning product movements, preparing and loading orders, replenishing materials and pick locations, maintaining the facility and equipment, and following safety procedures. Operators perform daily equipment inspections, bay consolidations, product transfers from production staging, and assigned load sheets using barcode scanners. They also report damaged product and participate in annual physical inventory. This is a safety-sensitive function involving the operation of forklifts and other motorized warehouse equipment. The employee must comply with facility and safety rules, use required PPE, report unsafe conditions and incidents, and help maintain safe practices. Work takes place in a manufacturing and/or warehouse environment in varying weather conditions, which may include heat, cold, humidity, noise, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and forklift traffic. Physical demands include standing, walking, sitting, handling product, using controls and tools, reaching, twisting, climbing or balancing, and occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. The position requires the ability to lift up to 75 pounds and specified visual abilities. Corrective lenses may be worn with protective safety over-glasses, or employees may use the company’s Safety Prescription Program.
Requirements
- Powered Industrial Truck Certificate; in-house training and licensing are provided.
- Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
- Ability to meet the stated visual requirements, including close, distance, color, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
- Ability to work in a manufacturing and/or warehouse environment with varying weather conditions, noise, airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and forklift traffic.
Responsibilities
- Move raw materials and stock around the warehouse or manufacturing facility, shipping lines, and storage areas using forklifts and material-handling equipment.
- Complete system transactions and scan product movements to support inventory accuracy.
- Assist with preparing material and truck orders and maintaining accurate counts of raw materials, pallets, and cartons.
- Restock raw materials and pick locations for order fulfillment.
- Load and unload trucks.
- Keep the manufacturing facility or warehouse and forklift clean on a daily basis.
- Perform preventative maintenance and minor repairs on material-handling equipment.
- Follow safety procedures and operate powered industrial truck equipment according to OSHA specifications, including daily inspections and proper dock plate and dock lock procedures.
- Perform bay consolidations and move products from production staging to the proper bay location.
- Notify the warehouse manager/supervisor and/or quality manager of damaged or defective product.
- Participate in the annual physical inventory process.
- Complete assigned load sheets (shipping orders) accurately and neatly using barcode scanners.
- Comply with facility safety rules, wear required PPE, report unsafe conditions and practices, and report near misses, accidents, injuries, or musculoskeletal symptoms.
- Intervene in unsafe or unhealthy conduct by fellow employees and inform management of persistent safety violations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
