Warehouse/Cooler Forklift

Basic Function

Operates forklift to either put away finished pallets of product, or to load customer orders on trailers for shipment.

Essential Duties

• Work in a safe manner by following all safety rules, regulations and procedures.
• Follow all GMP and HACCP requirements.
• Follow MSS.
• Responsible for reporting food safety or quality problems to management and assists in implementing corrective action measures.
• Complete all paperwork, charts, etc., in a timely and legible manner.
• Maintain general housekeeping; maintain a clean and orderly work area.
• Operates forklift to put away finished goods produced into racking.
• Operates forklift to load or unload trailers.
• Documents/scans product for inventory purposes.
• Ensures correct product is pulled and shipped to customer.
• Must be attentive to details to ensure correct product and code dates are supplied to customers.
• Manually builds pallets of product for shipment or storage as needed.
• Bring all maintenance related issues to the maintenance department through the use of a maintenance request form or immediate request over the paging system.
• Keep supervisor informed regarding actual versus planned production and nature of production disrupting problems and reasons for equipment downtime.
• Other duties as assigned by management/supervision.

Qualifications & Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Previous forklift and manufacturing experience helpful.
• Food operations experience a plus.
• Knowledge of GMP's, general safety rules and chemical right to know a plus.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved, written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems in standardized fashion.
• Must be able to read and comprehend verbal and written instructions.
• Must be able to add and subtract, count and tally production information.
• Must be able to write simple correspondence and fill out graphs, charts, and forms.
• Must be able to communicate on an interpersonal basis as it applies to co-workers, supervisor/managers, etc. in a manner sufficient to exchange and convey information and to receive work instructions.