Forklift Operator (3rd Shift)

Crescent Forklift Operators move materials throughout the warehouse in an effective, efficient, and safe manner, providing necessary logistics services to internal and external customers. Operators follow the Crescent Way—3 P’s: Purpose, Process, People—while upholding the culture of Doing it Right, Doing it Safe, and Doing it Well.

Responsibilities

• Safety
  • Read, understand, and follow the Doing it Safe Playbook
  • Comply with all safety requirements
  • Report unsafe acts or behaviors
  • Maintain a clean and organized warehouse
  • Complete forklift and trailer inspection forms accurately and according to procedure
  • Operate forklift safely in trailers, warehouse, production floor, and around other workers
• People
  • Work as a motivated member of the Crescent team
  • Complete individually assigned tasks
  • Work well in a high-paced environment
  • Collaborate with other FLO’s, Line Leads, Shipping and Receiving, and Supervisors to complete tasks on time, resolve issues, and continuously improve
  • Learn tasks, layout, and customer requirements quickly
  • Operate warehouse management system
• Productivity
  • Operate forklift efficiently to maximize productive time
  • Communicate with Production to prioritize, pull, and stage inventory accurately and according to procedure
  • Efficiently load and unload trailers to maintain turnaround times for each dock appointment
  • Communicate with lead and supervisor to maintain workflow for assigned tasks
  • Consistently reach pallets-per-hour productivity standard
• Quality
  • Load trucks according to Crescent and Customer requirements with consideration for weight, balance, and load security
  • Report all safety, quality, near misses, accidents, mistakes, and product damages accurately and according to procedures
  • Accurately verify and count items to be picked, staged, or loaded
  • Ensure the integrity of lot code is maintained through every product movement process
  • Maintain customer or inventory separation when required
• Customer Value
  • Handle customer-owned product with care and protect their brand
  • Work efficiently to provide on-time delivery for each customer request
  • Identify and participate in continuous improvement efforts
• Financial
  • Provide ideas to continually improve productivity, GMP’s, and RSW
  • Seek out means to remove sources of waste throughout the warehouse
  • Look for ways to increase sustainability
• Cultural Competencies
  • Do It Right: Ensure quality for customers, company, and people; monitor and measure key ingredients impacting quality
  • Identify and communicate continuous improvement opportunities
  • Accept and embrace change
  • Do It Safe: Provide a safe environment where risks are assessed and controlled, and well-being is prioritized
  • Adhere to safety and GMP requirements
  • Be patient and aware of surroundings
  • Do It Well: Optimize resources to perform tasks efficiently and effectively
  • Communicate clearly with peers and supervisors
  • Follow policies and procedures
  • Be resilient—able to deal with the unexpected

Work Environment / Physical Demands

• Fast-paced environment requiring adherence to specific guidelines and instructions to meet productivity goals
• Ability to establish repetitious routines and be flexible to the flow of the business
• Frequently sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Possess the necessary level of hand/eye coordination to safely operate industrial equipment

Skills

• Read instructions and perform simple math
• Confident and able to both make decisions and ask for support
• Communicate effectively and balance talking with listening
• Self-motivated and driven by achieving set targets while seeking opportunities to eliminate waste
• Ability to accept and embrace change
• Determine how information fits together and relates to the task at hand
• Break problems into steps and produce logical, timely solutions
• Manage time effectively, schedule, and prioritize tasks according to daily demands

Systems Usage

• Pack Manager
• SAP

Performance Metrics and Trends

• Moves per hour
• Incidents and accidents
• Participate in Safety Observations
• Pack-Manager Data Entry
• Absenteeism
• On-time/timely performance

Requirements

• High school diploma and 2 years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• Ability to communicate effectively through oral and written communications

Preferred Qualifications

• Regulatory GMP manufacturing experience
• Lean manufacturing and continual process improvement experience

Success Criteria

• Operate safe, risk-free industrial equipment
• Achieve all Productivity and Quality targets
• Maintain an organized warehouse

Pay

$20.70 USD per hour