Forklift Op

About the role

Operates industrial forklift truck to perform material handling assignments. Identifies and transports material to and from storage areas, machines, loading docks, and/or trucks. Works under general supervision.

Responsibilities

• Obtains copy of production schedule or shipping order and transports material or equipment to and from designated areas in the plant.
• Identifies many types of raw material, in-process or finished product, equipment, or processing materials.
• Checks identification of materials to be moved, cross-references with production schedule or shipping schedule, and moves to required location.
• Reports inconsistencies or problems to supervisor.
• Familiarizes self with productive capacity of machines or loading schedule of shipping services to assure prompt delivery of required items to proper destination, so that equipment does not shut down for lack of supply.
• Keeps tally or count of product moved and reports to production planning department.
• Removes empty skids or pallets and stacks in designated area.
• Performs preventive maintenance on forklift truck, i.e., changing propane tank or batteries, change oil and water, etc.
• Reports mechanical or electrical difficulties to supervisor.
• May also use other equipment.
• May handle and dump scrap materials as needed.
• Keeps work areas clean and orderly.
• Responsible for conducting all works in a safe manner.
• May perform other duties as requested.
• May participate on project teams as requested.

Qualifications

Education/Experience Required: Satisfactorily passes forklift driver test.

Other Qualifications: Valid state motor vehicle operator's license. Ability to keep high degree of attention for prevention of injury to others.

Skills

• Reading/Writing: Ability to understand the meaning of written or printed matter. To record information by inscribing characters or symbols.
• Basic Math: The ability to add, subtract, multiply or divide. Determine the number of individual things in a unit or group.

Physical Demands

• While performing duties, employee frequently is required to sit, walk, or move, and uses repetitive foot action.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Lifting Frequency: Medium heavy lifting 80 lbs. maximum with continuous lifting and/or carrying objects with average weight of 40 lbs.
• Vision: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Repetitive Hand Action: Firm grasping - the ability to exert sufficient grip to pick-up a case of 12 oz. soft drinks or to pick-up a bowling ball. Requires approximate grip strength of 45-60 lbs. on a hand dynamometer.

Work Environment

• While performing duties, employee frequently works near and/or with moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.