Pallet Jack Operator SS Mid Shift

Simmons Foods•Gentry, AR

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for collecting and delivering products while adhering to company safety and quality procedures. The operator will use an electronic or hand-operated pallet jack to move materials between departments, buildings, and grounds. Key responsibilities include detecting and reporting defective materials, maintaining a clean work area, delivering materials to designated areas, and ensuring product and equipment are handled safely. The role also involves identifying and reporting any mechanical issues with the pallet jack, completing daily and weekly reports, and actively participating as a team member to foster cohesiveness and support business objectives. Familiarity with Simmons' operating systems, including quality and security, is expected, along with the ability to identify and communicate concerns or improvement ideas. The position requires the ability to work in a plant environment, stand, reach, and move about the facility, with light to moderate physical effort. Required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) includes footwear, gloves, apron, hearing protection, and hair nets.

Requirements

Ability to obtain and maintain company issued pallet jack licenses.
Ability to efficiently work in a plant environment.
Regularly required to stand, reach and move about the facility.
Light to moderate physical effort required.
Will use required footwear, gloves, apron, hearing protection, hair net(s) and other protective equipment as needed or required.

Nice To Haves

Experience in shipping and receiving.
Experience working with large moving equipment.
Preference for poultry or food processing organization.
Military experience and veterans are welcome.

Responsibilities

Operates an electronic or hand operated pallet jack between departments, buildings, and grounds.
Collects and delivers a wide variety of materials while adhering to established safety procedures.
Detects and reports defective materials or questionable conditions to the department supervisor.
Maintains the work area and equipment in a clean orderly condition and follows prescribed safety regulations.
Delivers materials to work areas as directed from the production supervisor, stacks materials in storage areas and loads shipments in trailers.
Ensures product or equipment being moved is undamaged and handled in a safe manner.
Responsible for identifying any mechanical problems or damage with the pallet jack and ensuring the problems are reported to the supervisor for further inspection and repair.
Completes and delivers daily and weekly reports to the floor supervisor.
Participates as a member of the team, fostering strong cohesiveness and supporting team concepts, programs, and policies.
Attends appropriate team meetings.
Accepts responsibility to quickly identify any areas that lack cohesiveness, bringing them to the attention of the team leader and working with the team in a supportive manner to resolve issues.
Actively looks for ways, and reinforces actions needed, to achieve synergy possible within the larger organization.
Is familiar with Simmons’ established operating systems (e.g. quality, security, office environment, company policies).
Understands the responsibility to maintain familiarity with the systems and this position’s role in support of these systems.
Considers the impact of individual actions on the systems and the responsibility to communicate concerns and improvement ideas.
Performs other duties as necessary in support of business objectives.