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SalaryPosition Summary:
A Forklift Operator is a person whose role in an organization is to operate powered industrial trucks, and manage production workflow. A Forklift Operator, or material handler, is a certified associate responsible for controlling heavy machinery to move materials around a worksite. Their duties include preparing merchandise and securing it for safe, easy transport, using radio communications to determine priorities and ensure preventative maintenance and/or repairs are completed on forklifts and other tools. The ideal candidate is exceptionally detail oriented, and able to track multiple facets at any given time.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Complete daily pre-shift inspection checklists are completed and company guidelines are followed
- Identify areas of improvement and establish innovative or adjust existing work procedures and practices
- Report the effectiveness of operational activities and equipment requirements
- Confer and coordinate activities with reporting manager
- Input, retrieve and analyze data accurately
- Be certified to meet Powered Industrial Trucks standards per OSHA and company policy
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Read, comprehend, and carry out all work instructions, ability to count and do simple math, and write simple correspondence
- Careful attention to detail
- Safely demonstrate operating practices and procedures
Job Requirements:
- 18 years of age or older
- Ability to read, speak, and write English fluently (ability to speak multiple languages is a plus)
- A minimum of 1 year job experience in a related field
- Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time
- Able to lift up to 25lbs multiple times throughout the shift
- Able to lift 50lbs with or without accommodation
- Able to travel to various sites when needed
- Work in a non-climate-controlled warehouse environment
- Work as a team with other co-workers
