Material Handler- FLO (1st 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 and address 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, warehouses, production floors, 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 Forklift Operators, Line Leads, Shipping and Receiving, and Supervisors to complete tasks on time, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement
  • Learn tasks, layout, and customer requirements quickly
  • Operate the warehouse management system
• Productivity
  • Operate forklift efficiently to maximize productive time
  • Communicate with Production to prioritize, pull, and stage inventory accurately according to procedure
  • Load and unload trailers efficiently to maintain turnaround times for dock appointments
  • Communicate with leads and supervisors to maintain workflow for assigned tasks
  • Consistently meet pallets-per-hour productivity standards
• Quality
  • Load trucks according to Crescent and customer requirements, considering weight, balance, and load security
  • Report safety incidents, quality issues, near misses, accidents, mistakes, and product damages accurately
  • Verify and count items accurately during picking, staging, or loading
  • Maintain lot code integrity through every product movement process
  • Maintain customer or inventory separation when required
• Customer Value
  • Handle customer-owned product with care to protect their brand
  • Work efficiently to ensure on-time delivery for customer requests
  • Identify and participate in continuous improvement efforts
• Financial
  • Provide ideas to improve productivity, GMPs, and RSW
  • Seek ways to eliminate waste throughout the warehouse
  • Identify opportunities to increase sustainability
• Cultural Competencies
  • Do It Right: Uphold quality for customers, the company, and employees; monitor and measure key factors impacting quality; identify and communicate continuous improvement opportunities; accept and embrace change.
  • Do It Safe: Maintain a safe environment; adhere to safety and GMP requirements; remain patient and aware of surroundings.
  • Do It Well: Optimize resources to perform tasks efficiently; communicate clearly with peers and supervisors; follow policies and procedures; demonstrate resilience in dealing with unexpected situations.

Work Environment / Physical Demands

• Fast-paced environment requiring adherence to specific guidelines and instructions to meet productivity goals
• Ability to establish repetitious routines while remaining flexible to business flow
• 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 hand-eye coordination to safely operate industrial equipment

Skills

• Read instructions and perform simple math
• Confident decision-making with the ability to ask for support
• Effective communication, balancing talking with listening
• Self-motivated with a drive to achieve targets and eliminate waste
• Ability to accept and embrace change
• Determine how information fits together and relates to tasks
• Break down problems into steps and produce logical, timely solutions
• Manage time effectively, schedule, and prioritize tasks based on daily demands

Systems Usage

• Pack Manager
• SAP

Performance Metrics

• Moves per hour
• Incidents and accidents
• Participation in Safety Observations
• Pack-Manager Data Entry accuracy
• Absenteeism
• On-time/timely task completion

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
• Effective oral and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

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

Success Criteria

• Operate industrial equipment safely without risk
• Achieve all productivity and quality targets
• Maintain an organized warehouse

Pay

$17.50 USD per hour