Forklift Operator- 1St Shift $21.50/Hour

This position operates forklift, pallet jack and electric hand truck equipment to collect or deliver materials, parts or products in or between departments, buildings and trucks.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Picks product and records appropriate information on pick ticket in the dry goods warehouse. Places goods into proper rack locations or blast cells.
• Completes orders and identifies properly. Records product by label, lot code and slotting location on product transfer sheets.
• Stages completed orders, stacks product onto pallets using proper pallet patterns.
• Loads orders on trailers, rotates stock and keeps accurate inventory.
• Unloads all finished goods transferring into warehouse from trailers.
• Picks and transfers product to and from racking for project room.
• Inventories and consolidates product as needed.
• Performs housekeeping to maintain clean work area.
• Performs routine inspection and preventive maintenance on assigned equipment and refers defects or repairs to supervisor; clean equipment.

· Participates in Continuous Improvement Process.

· Follows all Quality policies & procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s).

· Follows all Safety policies & procedures and participates in monthly observations.

· Serves as a member of various employee committees, as assigned.

· Forklift Certification or willingness to obtain a certification

· 1 year of relevant experience, or any equivalent combination of education and experience that demonstrates the ability to do the job

· Ability to speak, read, write and comprehend English

· Clean driving record and stand up reach truck experience preferred

· Experience working in a food manufacturing environment desired

· Good work attendance (no more than 3 occurrences)