Fork Truck Operator IN -2nd Shift Wednesday - Saturday

2nd Shift: Wednesday - Saturday

Responsibilities

• Accurately and efficiently pick orders while using first in first out (FIFO) methods to fulfill customer orders
• Follow all Safety, SQF, GMP, and housekeeping rules and regulations
• Efficiently and safely operate fork truck in a potentially hazardous environment (wet, sloped floors, heavy pedestrian traffic)
• Responsible for proper use and maintenance of the scanning system
• Verify cases picked to match Bill of Lading
• Perform daily safety and maintenance check of vehicle
• Communicate all issues to management for improvements
• Properly and accurately complete paperwork
• Other duties as assigned

Food Safety Responsibilities

• Ship product free of contamination
• Follow all Ken’s Foods Security and GMP policies
• Report any suspicious activities anywhere in or around the plant
• Inspect work area for any possible product contamination issues on a continuous basis
• Report any leaking or spilled product immediately
• Inspect all incoming and outgoing loads for signs of product contamination

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• OSHA Certificate or prior fork truck license preferred

Skills

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit and talk or hear
• Occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands or fingers, to handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception

Mental Alertness Requirements

• Work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Perform tasks involving high levels of cognitive function and judgment
• Not mentally or physically impaired from any cause that can adversely affect ability to safely and competently perform the duties of the position
• Ability to take prompt and appropriate response to operating conditions
• Ability to work in an unfatigued state
• Ability to accurately gauge lengths of time and distance
• Ability to quickly store and recall instructions in one’s short-term memory
• Ability to concentrate
• Ability to cope with sudden changes in surrounding and/or emergency situations and/or alarms
• Demonstrated caring, committed and concerned attitude about safety

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• Frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud

Employment with Ken’s Foods is contingent upon successful completion of a drug test, background screening, and pre-employment assessment.