Forklift Operator - 1St Shift

Company Description:
Sojo Industries, Inc. is the premier automated food and beverage variety packaging manufacturer in the United States. Our company is fast-growing and has a diverse customer base that includes Fortune 500 companies and local craft breweries. Sojo has developed a unique and inclusive culture that encourages and rewards safety, teamwork, and individual contributions.
Our close-knit environment develops a culture in which we work hard but get to know each and every employee that helps us build our future. If you are driven, creative, and want to see your contributions reflected in real time, come work for us!
Position Summary
We are looking for a careful Forklift Operator to move packages and material around our facilities. You will be operating a forklift with the utmost care to ensure efficiency and safety. You’ll load and unload shipments of various sizes (packaging and finished good items) and you may use certain types of equipment such as stand-up, sit-down, or clamp forklifts and electric pallet jacks.
Your job could involve driving around warehouses, storage spaces and other facilities. You must be a responsible individual with great experience in driving industrial vehicles. The goal will be to ensure that materials and products will always be at the right place to achieve maximum efficiency. Our environment is team oriented, fast paced and safety focused.
Responsibilities:

• Unload materials and merchandise from incoming vehicles and stack them to assigned places
• Load, unload, move, stock, and stage products and materials using various types of forklifts or other power equipment
• Pull and prepare product for shipment ensuring the exact number and types of product is loaded.
• Locate and move stock of products to pallets or crates for storage or shipment
• Identify damages and report shortages or quality deficiencies
• Transport raw materials to production workstations
• Inspect machinery to determine the need for repairs and guarantee safety by performing regular maintenance
• Keep updated records of inventory and activity logs
• Assist in physical inventories.
• Comply with company policies and legal guidelines
• Help maintain a safe and orderly environment of the facilities
• Verify load accuracy; check the load count, stability, and product damage, report variances as necessary.
• Change equipment battery and monitor power source as necessary.
• Maintain the facility’s equipment and materials in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion.

Shift – 1st - 6am to 2:30pm
This position is eligible for an incentive bonus, as well as medical, prescription, dental, vision, 401K, Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage.
Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. Sojo Industries Inc. does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $19.00 - $20.00 per hour
Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person