Job Details
Operates the equipped industrial forklift to move materials in the warehouse region and to load and unload truck trailers, customers or shipping containers. Operators maintain the equipment, machines, and electrical components.
Purpose:
Operates the equipped industrial forklift to move materials in the warehouse region and to load and unload truck trailers, customers or shipping containers. Operators maintain the equipment, machines, and electrical components.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Work closely with Lot Clerks to ensure quantity on pallets coming in and out of Production are verified and correct.
- Send out nightly De-issue Report on pallets that have been verified and if any adjustments need to be made.
- Make sure all pallets are properly labeled, wrapped and free of any debris.
- Cycle Counting
- Work closely with Supply Chain Lead to ensure all adjustments and/or corrections have been made.
- Researching inventory overages and/or shortages
- Effectively communicate between various departments the status of incoming or outgoing ingredients and if any adjustments need to be made.
- Make sure all ingredients are positioned to their respective locations.
- Moving controls, devices, and levers to drive forklifts of industry to transfer materials between unloading, processing, loading, and storage areas.
- Organizing and securing stored materials such as boxes, pallets, and so on.
- Loading or unloading materials manually, off or on to pallets, platforms, skids, or lifting devices.
- Performing routine post and pre inspections to ensure suitable working nature or forklift equipment.
- Reporting to Supervisor regarding any damage to faulty equipment or any other safety hazards.
- Weighing products or materials, and recording weight and further production information on label and tags.
- Completing forklift operator training provided by Surlean.
- Performing other duties as allotted by supervisor.
Working Conditions:Frequently requires standing, lifting, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, smelling, listening, speaking, and seeing to perform the essential job duties.
Work conditions vary, quitting time will vary based upon production needs, and flexibility is critical.Temperatures range from 30 to 110 degrees in processing departments.Exposure to potentially dangerous machinery and equipment are present in the plant.Potential electrical, mechanical, and chemical, hazards are also present.The noise level is high and constant.Floors are damp and slick.Must be able to bend, stoop, pull and lift up to 50 lbs., and to stand for long periods of time.
Skills and Specification:Excellent teamwork skills.
Ability to operate standup forklift.
Ability to read labels and numbers.
Ability to operate in high speed and fast-paced environment.
Ability to add, subtract, and multiply.
Able to follow instructions as directed by Supervisor.
Ability to stand for a long time.
Education and Qualification:High school degree preferred. Certification in operating forklifts is an advantage.