Warehouse Forklift

J&J Snack Foods•Bridgeport, NJ

31d•Onsite

About The Position

J&J Snack Foods is a leader and innovator in the snack food industry for over 50 years, providing branded snack foods to foodservice and retail supermarket outlets across the U.S. Its products include icons such as SUPERPRETZEL, ICEE, and Dippin’ Dots, along with other key brands like LUIGI’S Real Italian Ice, The Funnel Cake Factory Funnel Cakes, and Hola Churros. J&J also has a strong presence in bakery, supplying cakes, cookies, and pies to large grocery and convenience retailers. The company continues to achieve record sales through a talented team and a commitment to "Fun Served Here". The position aims to ensure trucks are loaded and unloaded in a timely and accurate manner, maintain a safe and clean work environment, and deliver ingredients and packing materials to the production floor based on expiration dates promptly.

Requirements

Must be self-motivated.
Able to problem solve.
Detail-oriented.
Able to stay on task.
Excellent organization and time management skills.
Must be a self-starter and be able to accomplish a versatile and evolving workload.
Excellent in all forms of communication.
Innovative.
Flexible.
Able to juggle multiple priorities.
Ability to multi-task.
Prioritize.
Adapt well to change.

Responsibilities

Conducts daily forklift checklist.
Changes forklift battery.
Follows safety procedures during forklift operation.
Employee is responsible for following (and/or implementing/supporting/maintaining) Good Manufacturing Practices, Food Defense, Food Safety and SQF programs.
Keep all production areas supplied with raw materials and packaging supplies.
Put away, in their proper place, all items not being used for production.
Receive all items being delivered to production, store them neatly in their respective places in accordance with the plan layout, return empty skids to suppliers when necessary and maintain the pallet log return.
Enter, in production receiving log, all items received and give all bills of lading, etc. to the Administrative Assistant.
Maintain the forklift daily as follows: Check water in battery and fill up if needed. Keep forklift on charge, when not in use. Report any mechanical problems to your supervisor.
Keep the receiving doors closed when not in use.
Take a weekly inventory of certain items, as required by the Production Supervisor and assist in taking the monthly inventories.
Operate the forklift in a safe manner and report all structural building damage of accident to your supervisor immediately.
Maintain the schedule delivery log for outside suppliers.
Communicate and interface with your supervisor, packing room and retail leaders and other forklift drivers.
Perform any other duties assigned to you by your supervisor.
Keep warehouse clean and orderly at all times.