Rolling Equipment (Forklift) Operator - Returns

About the role

MPS, a division of Macmillan Publishers, has an opening for a Rolling Equipment (Forklift) Operator - Returns in our Orange, VA facility. MPS provides back office support, warehousing, and fulfillment for Macmillan US, and is their primary distribution facility for North America.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Operate all equipment including Pacer, Turret Truck, Order Picker, and Walkie/Rider, and work at elevations of 35 feet wearing Personal Protective Equipment – Safety Harness
• Use WMS (Warehouse Management System) and computer knowledge
• Work in other areas and other locations as assigned based on workload
• Move, locate, relocate, stack, and count merchandise, as well as operate the baler
• Unload inbound shipments and move product to assigned staging area safely
• Stack and store merchandise in the appropriate location efficiently
• Put processed returns in the correct rack location according to transaction instructions
• Record moves and transfers of stock using WMS
• Move product from staging and/or storage areas to processing areas efficiently
• Keep appropriate records and reports to guarantee tight inventory control and security are maintained
• Ensure proper carton labels and pallet IDs are generated and affixed
• Review receipt BOLs for accuracy before signing
• Review Return Authorization file for inbound Collect Shipments
• Accurately separate strip covers from book shipment
• Properly enter Key Record receipt information into WMS for accurate tracking of materials through Processing
• Ensure that good pallets are properly handled and stored; damaged pallets are separated and placed on pallet trailer
• Deliver receipts to processing stations in a timely manner and ensure even distribution of work
• Remove and replace Gaylords (large corrugation box) of destroy from processing
• Ensure all loose cardboard and waste material is properly disposed
• Pull product for stock transfers to other warehouses
• Pull product for customer orders
• Resupply corrugate stock at forward rack locations
• Operate the stretch wrapper and pallet banding equipment
• Load outbound shipments onto carrier trailers
• Build outbound destroy loads for Hampton Steam/Covanta
• Move NOP/RES and strip cover product from Processing to designated areas
• Follow all processes regarding safe operation of shredder, baler and accurate counts and weights of trailer loads of hogged books
• Ensure product for shipments are properly palletized, wrapped, weighed and banded if necessary
• Separate mint-carton stock from loose stock before transferring to GVL warehouse
• Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area
• Comply with all established environmental, health and safety requirements in order to minimize injuries, loss of production time and damage

Secondary duties

• Assist in cycle counts
• Identify books that can be refurbished (made salable) from the "hurt category"

Certification training

• Attend classroom training and successfully complete a written test
• Types of Accidents
• Safety Procedures during all aspects of operating equipment
• Discussion on equipment capacity, load center, and center of gravity
• Equipment classifications
• Successfully complete hands-on training with a certified Forklift Instructor – must be certified to operate any piece of equipment (Turret Truck, Order Picker, Pacer, Reach Truck, and Walkie Rider)
• Picking up a load, traveling with a load, stacking & dropping a load, loading & unloading trailers
• Demonstrating safe operating procedures and control of equipment
• Preview a 20 minute film on Forklift Safety
• Receive a copy of An Operator Training Program – Forklift Safety Handbook
• Successfully complete hands-on training with Sled to remove & install a battery
• Wear a full body harness to work at elevations of 30'
• Harness replaced every 5 years; harness to be replaced immediately following a slip or fall
• Proper way to wear all PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) required for certification and safety
• Location and use of Eye Wash Stand

Qualifications

Education and/or experience: High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) and six months to one year related rolling equipment experience.

Language skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, safety rules, and memos. Ability to write legibly and effectively communicate one-on-one.

Mathematical skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Other skills and abilities: Basic computer and keyboarding skills and the ability to learn WMS.

Pay

$17.2800 to $23.8400

Physical demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk; stand; bend; use hands and arms to feel, grasp, reach and have the ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee is sometimes required to climb stairs, sit, stoop, kneel, and crouch. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to temperature changes; dust; and working around moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.