Forklift Operator, Let Down

About the Role

This is an Operations position responsible for stocking received merchandise, operating and maintaining warehouse equipment, and performing related duties.

Responsibilities

• Operates electric forklift, including moving levers and pressing pedals to drive the truck and control the lifting apparatus in cooler, freezer, and dry storage areas.
• Unloads and loads pallets of products using pallet jacks and forklifts.
• Stores and removes pallets of products from rack locations.
• Places product in overflow locations.
• Hand stacks product onto or off of pallets and into packing locations as required.
• Maintains a clean work environment by sweeping, removing ice, scrubbing with rags and brushes, and disposing of trash.
• Transfers leftover items to the Home slot at the end of the shift.
• Cleans aisles and picks up leftover pallets at the end of the shift.
• Performs duties of an order selector as needed.

Requirements

• Age 18 or older.
• High school diploma/GED or 6 months of related warehouse experience or training.
• 6 months of warehouse distribution experience.
• Ability to read a limited number of two- and three-syllable words and recognize similarities and differences between words and series of numbers.
• Ability to print and speak simple sentences.
• Basic math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent, and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Computer skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous stand-up forklift experience.

Competencies

• Adaptability: Adapts to changes in the work environment; able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
• Attendance/Punctuality: Consistently at work and on time; ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent; arrives at meetings and appointments on time.
• Dependability: Follows instructions, responds to management direction; takes responsibility for own actions; keeps commitments; completes tasks on time.
• Ethics: Treats people with respect; inspires trust; works with integrity and ethically; upholds organizational values.
• Initiative: Asks for and offers help when needed.
• Interpersonal Skills: Focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; maintains confidentiality.
• Motivation: Demonstrates persistence and overcomes obstacles; measures self against a standard of excellence.
• Organizational Support: Follows policies and procedures.
• Planning/Organizing: Uses time efficiently.
• Professionalism: Approaches others tactfully; reacts well under pressure; treats others with respect; accepts responsibility for own actions.
• Quality: Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; looks for ways to improve and promote quality; applies feedback to improve performance.
• Quantity: Meets productivity standards; completes work in a timely manner; strives to increase productivity; works quickly.
• Safety and Security: Observes safety and security procedures; determines appropriate action beyond guidelines; reports unsafe conditions; uses equipment properly.
• Teamwork: Contributes to building a positive team spirit; builds morale and group commitments to goals.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger/handle/feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and talk or hear.
• Must regularly lift and/or move up to 50–80 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to handle up to 80 lbs.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to wet, hot, extreme cold, and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts.
• Frequently exposed to high, precarious places.
• Occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually loud.