Forklift Operator

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Martinsburg
Posted on: May 3, 2024

Job Description:

$23.15 / hourUnloads transport trucks delivering finished products to the warehouse and stores it in its designated warehouse space. Loads empty pallets and plastic storage flats/shells for the transport truck to return to the manufacturing location. Position loads pre-made, multi-product pallets on to local delivery trucks. Position will likely have housekeeping duties such as recycling plastic, mopping/sweeping, and ensuring cleanliness standards). Must be able to pass Forklift Driving Skills test.----This position requires lifting cases weighing from 20-45 pounds repeatedly throughout a long work period. Also requires carrying and lifting cases while reaching, bending, climbing, walking/standing to move product through warehouse. Position may include periodic weekend and/or holiday work.--
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PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

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• Operate a forklift in a safe and orderly manner
  
• Receive and store incoming items according to warehouse standards
  
• Maintain a safe and orderly storage arrangement for all items handled
  
• Maintain cleanliness in assigned area (e.g. yard and warehouse)
  
• Reload route trucks promptly and safely
  
• Sort and store partial cases of products returned on route trucks
  
• Maintain records of daily check list (pre-trip inspections)
  
• Comply with GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES, safety, audit and food safety standards
  
• May be required to work with production equipment and associated technologies
  
• Meet performance/productivity standards
  
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance
  BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
  
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  • 18 years or older; 21 years or older if CDL Required
    
  • Pass the physical capabilities test (if applicable)
    
  • Must be able to pass Forklift Driving Skills test
    
  • Valid CDL license (if required)
    
  • Pass DOT physical and DOT Road Test (if applicable)
    
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    HELPFUL EXPERIENCE:
    
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    • Working in a high-speed manufacturing environment (e.g., team-oriented, deadline driven, high performance demands, fast-paced, etc.)
      
    • Driving a forklift (e.g., performing basic operations such as driving forwards, driving backwards, lifting and lowering boom, maneuvering in tight areas without damaging product, etc.)
      
    • Working with racking systems and loading/unloading pallets (e.g., pulling and placing pallets on/off vertical product racking systems and trucks, maximizing storage by stacking products vertically, etc.)
      
    • Working with standards of operation (e.g., OSHA requirements on minimum/maximum speeds, signaling, putting products in appropriate areas, etc.)--Our Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all other applicable laws, including but not limited to, San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance; and Chapter XVII, Article 9 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, commonly referred to as the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
      

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