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SalaryWhy Join the LACOSTA Team?
Our goal is to provide a safe and rewarding opportunity for motivated employees to achieve satisfaction in their career. We pride ourselves on our success due to our people, processes, and the resulting productivity we achieve for our customers. Our Employees help us create value for our customers.
Material Handler/Forklift Operator Job Responsibilities:
- Ensures orderly production and distribution of products by pulling orders from inventory, delivering production materials and supplies where needed, and staging finished products for final distribution.
- Contributes to orderly operation of stock/materials storage area.
- Maintains inventory by identifying, labeling, and keeping materials and supplies in stock, recording location of inventory, and reporting shortages.
- Locates materials and supplies by pulling and verifying amnd supplies listed on production orders.
- Locates and packs materials for shipping.
- Prepares finished stock for shipment by identifying, pulling, loading, and securing product.
- Documents product shipment by recording units shipped.
- Maintains material-handling equipment by completing pre-use inspections.
- Operates forklifts, pallet jacks, and other machinery to move products.
- Keeps inventory, loading areas, and machinery clean.
- Learns and adheres to workplace safety regulations.
Qualifications:
- Minimum of one year of previous forklift operation
- Proven experience as a Material Handler, Warehouse Associate or similar position
- Organizational Skills
- Ability to read and analyze information
- Adept to handling multiple complex tasks simultaneously
- Proficiency with prioritizing and meeting multiple deadlines
- Excellent time management
- Ability to lift heavy materials
- Computer experience is preferred
- Familiarity with voice picking systems or RF devices is a plus
Essential Functions:
- Ability to wear required PPE (Ear plugs, Hi-Vis Safety Vest, Safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes) for entire 12 hour shift.
- Must be able to constantly switch from standing/sitting.
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs.
- Must be able to work 12 hour shifts on rotating Day Shift 5:30 AM-5:30 PM or Night Shift 5:30pm-5:30am
Additional Information / Benefits
Day Shift Schedule 5:30 am-5:30 pm, 4 days on, 4 days off.
Night Shift Schedule 5:30 pm-5:30 am, 4 days on, 4 days off.
Starting Pay is $16.00 an hour and we pay weekly!
We offer many great benefits such as Steel Toe Reimbursement, Employee Referral Program, Bright Stars Education Program, along with health and life insurance benefits and 401K!
We do conduct a Background Check and Pre-Employment Drug Screening.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Rotating shift
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Required)
- Overnight Shift (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Owensboro, KY 42301 (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
