3610 Cutting Fl Op-Day Shift

Duties and Responsibilities

• Completes Pre-Operational Checklist each day before operating lift. Reports all forklift damage or malfunction to supervisor.
• Operates forklift always at a reasonable and prudent speed, watching closely for pedestrians or other motorized vehicles.
• Safely operates forklift to transport raw materials or supplies. Maintains proper volume of product in wet hopper at all times.
• Dumps product in wet hopper. Checks wet hopper for foreign objects after each box of product is dumped. Removes foreign objects from the wet hopper.
• When moving cardboard boxes of product, must hook safety chain on cardboard dumper to bolt on forklift. After dumping product, must remove safety chain from forklift.
• Documents supplier of product for traceability.
• Sets up washer, vibrator and hopper.
• Makes sure all machinery in work area is running properly (incoming conveyor to hopper). Reports problems to Supervisor.
• Fills wet hoppers with water or brine at the beginning of the work shift and regulates the flow of product going into the plant.
• Verifies that quality of product is acceptable; notifies supervisor of questionable product.
• Follows safety rules and company policies.
• Unstops pumps at wet hopper.
• Operates small weigh scales to weigh all product that is used in production. Record weights on tally sheet.
• Safely operates motorized pallet jack as needed.
• Inspects and cleans brush washer.
• Keeps work area clean and tidy.
• Participates in training, employee meetings, committees, project teams, etc. as appropriate.
• Receives written instructions from packing schedule or verbal instructions from supervisor on above tasks and performs other work as directed by supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Requires forklift operation.
• Ability to read and write in English needed.
• Basic understanding of addition, subtraction, and the multiplication table required.

Physical Demands

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady forces in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound.
• Moderate Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Work Environment

• Outside most all of the time, subject to wide temperature variations and intermittent wetting.
• Some contact with grease.
• Head cover required and beard cover required.
• Gloves required at times.