LIFT TRUCK OPERATOR I B shift

About the position

At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more - more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team. As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk. The primary objective of this position is to operate gasoline or electric-powered industrial trucks or tractors equipped with forklift and/or elevated platform to move materials under general supervision following standard work procedures and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Operates a fork lift or squeeze truck
• Operates drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks to transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas
• Operates lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams and swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, and stack material
• Moves pallets, skids, and boxes, and secures material or products for transport to designated areas
• Dumps, sprays, or releases materials into hoppers
• Performs routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment
• Manually load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, platforms, cars, or lifting devices
• Operates or tends automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines
• Weighs materials or products and records weight and other production data as required
• Records quality and output measures and completes any other necessary paperwork
• Performing a pre-shift daily inspection on the lift truck
• Attend any job-related training deemed necessary by supervision
• Follow all established standard operating and safety procedures as well as company policies
• Perform general housekeeping duties as necessary
• Perform other tasks assigned by management

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred
• Lift Truck Certification preferred
• Successful completion of all required on the job training
• Successful completion of all required health and environmental safety training
• Prior experience in a warehouse or as a general laborer preferred

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to operate in a team-based environment
• Basic math skills