Production Forklift Driver

Novolex • Raleigh, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.
The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.
Production Forklift Driver|Raleigh| HIRING IMMEDIATELY
Incentives:
Pay: Starting $21.47 an hour
Benefits: comprehensive benefits package (see further details below)
Opportunity: career growth and promotions from within, annual & skills-based wage increases
Available Shift:
Rotating 12 hour shift 7am-7pm/7pm-7am
Must be able to work 12 hour rotating shifts on a Dupont schedule
Includes 7 consecutive days off every month!

Requirements

• Climbing off and on forklift (height of 3 feet)
• Looking over shoulder to right and left while reversing or driving backwards with load
• Operate right handed operating controls (little pressure required but frequent grabbing of controls)
• Sitting on forklift for 8 to 12 hours
• Changing battery (max. 3116 lbs) (using hoist) may require some upper body control of swinging battery (abs and shoulders)
• Looking up to 45 degrees tilting neck back when pulling orders, and putting pallet in racks

Responsibilities

• Moving pallets of product containing printed cartons
• Weigh waste pallets and report out on waste
• Band waste and run shrink wrapper
• Band and crush cores in a core bailer
• Unload corgated trailers
• Ability to operate PIT in a congested production environment
• Adhere to all safety policies and procedures
• Ability to read and understand schedules to ensure each shift is stocked with product

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision insurance
• variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health
• career growth and promotions from within
• annual & skills-based wage increases
• Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed