Forklift Operator

About the Role

Forklift Driver moves product and material safely and efficiently in the production area, the warehouse area, or in shipping and receiving using material handling equipment.

Responsibilities

• Use sit down forklift, reach truck, stand-up counter balance truck, and manual and/or electric pallet jack as required to safely transport product and material among loading, processing, and storage areas, and to load and unload trucks
• Use Warehouse Management System to maintain transactions that validate the processing and disposition of product and materials sent to the warehouse. Use RF scanner to scan transactions to the system
• Load customer orders on trailers as needed for outbound shipping
• Unload product for putaway to designated bin system directed
• Pick, wrap, and stage orders to be shipped and generate and attach labels as required
• Perform and document daily inspection of the forklift and other material handling equipment and follow reporting procedure to communicate and resolve any maintenance or safety issues
• Record data on specified forms and complete required documentation
• Assist with training new warehouse employees
• Assist with daily, monthly and year end cycle counts
• Perform housekeeping and sanitation tasks to maintain a clean and orderly work area
• Comply with all company policies and procedures including GMP, PPE, HACCP, and JSA regulations
• Responsible for ensuring, where applicable, the product safety, quality, regulatory compliance and legality of all products produced and sold

Requirements

• High school diploma or higher
• A minimum one-year forklift experience in a warehouse environment
• Must be able to successfully complete all forklift certification requirements as required
• Ability to use RF scanner for WMS transactions and to ensure accuracy of inventory
• Ability to operate manual pallet jack and/or electric pallet jack

Skills

• Ability to read, understand, and comprehend documents such as Safety Rules, forklift operating and maintenance instructions, material handling, and quality procedure documents
• Ability to communicate with supervisors and others in work area
• Basic mathematics (i.e. counting)

Working Conditions

• Safety glasses with side shields if needed and steel-toed shoes are required. In addition, task specific PPE may be required
• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee may continuously remain in a stationary position, bend, use hands and fingers to operate controls
  • Frequently use arms to reach
  • Occasionally push and pull, and communicate
  • Occasionally move and position up to 50 pounds
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus

Benefits

• Full health insurance (medical, dental and vision)
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance