Forklift Operator

Responsibilities

• Loading and unloading trucks and supplying production areas with product.
• Removing finished goods to a warehouse storage area.
• Applying MTS tags and using handheld scanner machines for bar codes to track components and chemicals in the warehouse.
• Documenting, counting, and verifying customer piece counts for shipping and receiving.
• Maintaining paperwork to properly identify incoming materials and outgoing products in accordance with established product control systems and shipping orders.
• Ensuring the accuracy of the computer's inventory system and the physical location and organization of inventory.
• Loads/unloads trailers and verifies quantities against packing lists.
• Provides Lot numbers/batch numbers for Shipping Clerk.
• Performs cycle counts and product disposal per customer request.
• Maintains a continuous work pace that supports production and warehouse goals.
• Performs routine maintenance on vehicles, such as cleaning, recharging batteries, or replacing liquefied-gas tanks.
• Maintains cGMP’s and housekeeping programs.
• Operates equipment safely and efficiently, protecting self and others from accidents and injury.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with their department.
• Exhibits excellent judgment in the workplace.
• Follows rules and regulations to ensure food safety, quality, and legality.

Qualifications

• A High School Diploma (or GED) with experience is required.
• One year of previous experience operating a forklift in a professional environment.
• The ability to perform basic math functions such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
• Demonstrated capacity to receive work direction and perform to the expectation assigned.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment and multi-task in a multi-discipline.
• Understands how to participate as a member of a team; supports the goals of the team.
• Willing and able to work alongside a variety of people, with emphasis on respect and safety.
• Qualified candidates must be quality conscious, safety conscious, energetic, and innovative to be successful in this role.
• Recent experience as a dependable employee, particularly relating to low absenteeism and tardiness.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred but not required.