Stand Up (Only) Forklift Operator - 1st Shift

MasterBrand Cabinets LLC•Jackson, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

For nearly 70 years, MasterBrand has been shaping the places where people come together, enriching lives and creating meaningful memories for our customers. They are the number one North American residential cabinet business with over 14,000 associates across 20-plus manufacturing facilities and offices, known for a culture of continuous improvement. The Stand Up (Only) Forklift Operator position, under the direction of the Department Supervisor, involves assigning and directing workers in a group, ensuring production volume, cost, and quality goals are met, and delivery dates are achieved. This role is crucial for maximizing efficiency and productivity, ensuring the work group has necessary resources, and developing plans for fulfilling customer orders. The operator also performs continuous quality control, maintains compliance with company policies and safety standards, and assists in training and developing group members in process, team dynamics, quality tools, and problem-solving techniques. They guide the group's problem-solving towards continuous improvement and interface with other departments to coordinate material flow and resolve issues on the production floor, including operating industrial trucks or electric hoists.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Prior Forklift experience preferred

Responsibilities

Assigns and directs workers in group with respect to production volume, cost and quality of production and meeting production goals and delivery dates.
Assists in achieving maximum efficiency and productivity of group personnel.
Encourages efficient utilization of equipment and facilities.
Assists in ensuring that work group has necessary resources to complete requirements.
Works with Supervisor and group members to develop plans for fulfilling orders according to customer requirements.
Assists in updating the work group on information pertinent to the successful delivery of the order.
Performs continuous quality control inspections of own work and co workers during normal course of operations.
Assists in maintaining compliance with Company policies, safety standards, and good house-keeping practices.
Maintains work area, equipment and supplies in a neat and orderly fashion.
Directs co workers to do the same.
Assists in training of work group.
Assists in identifying training needs and provides technical assistance and training when necessary.
Helps facilitate the group process both in meetings and in daily operations.
Provides feedback and coaching for group.
Assists in developing individual group members in process, team dynamics, basic quality tools, and problem-solving models and techniques.
Assists in guiding the work group's problem-solving process toward continuous improvement of quality and productivity measures.
As directed by Supervisor, expediently advises group of any organizational changes that may affect their processes.
Orients new members of group.
Helps to ensure that group goals are pertinent and clear to all.
Helps the group reach consensus of key issues.
Interfaces with other departments as necessary.
Builds rapport with other organizational units and individuals critical to the group's success.
Refers unusual conditions or non routine problems to Supervisor.
Conveys materials from storage or work sites to designated area.
Confers with supervisors of other departments to coordinate flow of materials or products.
Operates industrial truck or electric hoist to assist in loading or moving materials and products.
Works with planner for daily workload, distribute to production floor.
Resolve issues on floor (shop orders, material problems, notes, quantities).
Assists with Final QC.
Backs up other Depts. as necessary.