Stand Up Forklift

AWG Enterprises • Goodlettsville, TN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This position’s basic purpose is to use all available resources to assist the warehouse in continuous growth and financial success. Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) is a retailer-owned cooperative serving over 2300 retail member stores with a complete assortment of grocery, fresh meat, fresh produce, specialty foods, health care, and general merchandise items. Through an extensive distribution network and nine distribution centers, AWG and its subsidiaries deliver to over 2900 retail outlets in more than 30 states. AWG provides its retail members, many of them family-owned businesses, with assistance in establishing a strategic position in their marketplace that builds upon their unique strengths. Our procurement and marketing departments are positioned to assist members in developing plans to excel in virtually any effort, and resources are structured to provide support services that allow members the best opportunity to win at retail. AWG has been distributing success since 1924 and sales have grown steadily since then.

Requirements

• Stand Up Forklift operation
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds regularly
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 100 pounds frequently
• Ability to lift and/or move more than 100 pounds occasionally
• Close vision
• Distance vision
• Color vision
• Peripheral vision
• Depth perception
• Ability to adjust focus

Responsibilities

• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.
• Conveys materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or the other designated areas.
• Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, pallets, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.
• Sorts and stores perishable goods in refrigerated rooms.
• Fills and bills, work orders, or requests for materials, or other stock items and distributes items to production workers.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets, or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department.
• Marks materials with identifying information.
• Opens bales, crates, or other containers.
• Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed.
• Weigh or counts items for distribution within plant to ensure conformance to company standards.
• Uses computer to enter records.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks, and shelves by hand.
• Loads materials into vehicles and installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent shifting or damage in transit.
• Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
• Attaches identifying tags of labels to materials or marks information on cases, bales, or other containers.
• Loads truck.
• Lifts heavy objects by hand or with power jack.
• Operates industrial pallet jack or stand up power forklift to assist in loading or moving materials and products.

What This Job Offers

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