Forklift Driver

Forklift

Location: Brevard, NC 28712

Pay Rate: $23.05/hr

Shift: B Shift (6 pm to 6 am)

Description: $19.05 + $4 shift differential

Objective: To work productively and according to current procedures, instructions, and quality standards in assigned contract area.

Essential Requirements:

• Operate forklift or other hand truck or battery powered lifting apparatus
• Unload materials and merchandise from incoming vehicles and stack them to assigned places
• 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
• Keep updated records of production sheet and new material tags
• Comply with company policies and legal guidelines
• Performs production tasks, efficiently, in assigned contract areas including, but not limited to, palletizing and depalletizing, case packing, blending, bag hook up, rework, sanitation tasks, inspections, and hand assembly
• Ability to maintain speed or pace depending on production needs
• Maintain compliance with GMP's and hygiene standards
• Ability to comprehend instructions, verbal and written, and accept feedback
• Ability to work in multiple production areas, as assigned
• Follow safety policies, procedures, and practices
• Help maintain a safe and orderly environment of the facilities
• Effectively communicate production needs, such as material requests, quality defects, foreign material, or food safety issues to appropriate peers and/or area supervisor
• Ability to stand for an entire shift, lift, twist, bend, stoop, push, and carry up to 15 pounds
• Posses visual acuity to assess quality standards and material integrity
• Some production tasks may require the ability to lift and carry 60 pounds, work at heights above ground level, perform functions that require manual dexterity, ability to read, write, and posses basic math skills, comprehension of weights and weight calculations, percentages, number sequences, and distinguish between color codes
• Ability to keep work area clean and organized
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

Qualifications:

• High School diploma/GED
• 2+ years' experience operating powered forklifts
• Completion of Forklift operation training