Hoist Operator 1
About The Position
Drive a forklift truck equipped with lifting devices such as forks, grapples, clamps, elevating platforms, or trailer hitches to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move raw paper materials, work-in-process and finished products, equipment, or other materials in a warehouse, storage yard, or factory. The role may involve loading and unloading semi-trailer trucks and materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting devices. Maintain accurate inventory, report discrepancies, and perform safety checks on lifts. The operator may also lubricate the truck, recharge batteries, fill the fuel tank, or replace a liquefied-gas tank. The operator must safely control the forklift or clamp truck while starting, stopping, backing, and driving through building aisles, ramps, railroad cars, and trucks, and while lifting, lowering, and tilting forks. The role requires awareness of vehicle and load dimensions and lifting capacity, assessment of clearances and load balance, and familiarity with the storage-area layout to locate and place items without detailed instructions.
Requirements
- Skill in operating forklift or clamp-truck controls for starting, stopping, backing, and driving through aisles, ramps, railroad cars, and trucks, and for lifting, lowering, and tilting forks.
- Knowledge of the forklift truck and load dimensions and the truck’s lifting capacity.
- Ability to assess doorway, aisle, shelf, and bin clearances and determine the height needed to position loads.
- Ability to recognize whether the forklift can lift a load and whether the load is properly balanced.
- Knowledge of the storage-area layout to find and place items without detailed instructions.
Responsibilities
- Operate forklifts or clamp trucks with appropriate lifting attachments to move raw paper materials, work-in-process and finished products, equipment, and other materials.
- Push, pull, lift, stack, tier, and transport loads in warehouses, storage yards, or factories.
- Load and unload semi-trailer trucks when required.
- Load and unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting devices when required.
- Maintain accurate inventory and report discrepancies.
- Perform safety checks on lifts.
- Lubricate the truck, recharge batteries, fill its fuel tank, or replace its liquefied-gas tank when required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off
- Disability insurance
- 401(k) with match
- Life insurance and other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages
- Tuition assistance
- Maternity leave
- Adoption assistance
- Employer/partner discounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
