Forklift Operator I – 1st shift

Forklift operator role focused on material handling, product selection, shipping support, loading, unloading, and plant production movement.

Requirements

• 1–2 years of forklift experience with sit-down and stand-up forklifts
• Experience operating forklifts in an industrial plant environment
• Experience selecting product according to pick sheets
• Experience moving raw materials, finished goods, and palletized product
• Ability to follow safety, quality, security, and operations policies and procedures
• Ability to read and follow standard operating procedures and operator manuals
• Ability to understand and follow posted facility signage
• Understanding of lockout/tagout procedures
• Understanding of hazard communication policies
• Ability to demonstrate safety rule and regulation competency through written or verbal examination after training
• Knowledge of safety and environmental regulatory requirements associated with manufacturing
• Ability to work around machinery and chemicals
• Ability to move large amounts of product through congested areas using various types of equipment
• 20/20 vision or corrected 20/20 vision
• Ability to stand, walk, sit, reach, climb, stoop, and kneel
• Ability to perform repetitive physical work under varying climate conditions
• Ability to safely lift up to 70 lbs.
• Ability to stand or sit throughout the shift
• Ability to work in a plant environment with varying temperatures and physical requirements

Preferred Skills

• Forklift certification
• Shipping and receiving experience
• High-reach truck experience
• Experience selecting product for shipping
• Experience reading and working with SOPs
• Experience working with chemicals
• Light chemical manufacturing experience
• Loading and unloading experience in a high-volume facility
• Material handling experience
• Cycle counting experience
• Scanning experience

Responsibilities

• Select correct product according to pick sheets
• Place product on pallets according to specified requirements
• Move completed orders to designated staging areas for shipment
• Operate forklifts to move raw materials throughout the plant
• Load and unload trucks for shipping and receiving activities
• Stack finished goods onto pallets
• Wrap finished pallets
• Load finished pallets onto trailers
• Move product through congested plant areas using appropriate equipment
• Support material handling, cycle counting, and scanning activities
• Follow standard operating procedures and equipment operator manuals
• Follow safety and environmental regulatory requirements associated with manufacturing

Pay Details: $16.00 to $18.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Military connected talent encouraged to apply

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