Forklift Driver

Forklift Driver

Lancaster - Lancaster, CA 93536

Overview

Salary Range $25.00 - $28.00 Hourly

Description

The position operates industrial forklifts to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials in and/or between departments or yards, and delivers finished goods from work areas to yard and/or loads on trailers

A highlight of your day-to-day will include:

• Demonstrates willingness to take directions and follows instructions.
• Adheres to schedule and maintains regular attendance at worksite. Works overtime as assigned.
• Maintains a safe and clean work environment, returns all tools after use to proper storage location, and performs routine housekeeping (i.e.: cleaning, organizing). Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures. Identifies unsafe working conditions and notifies supervisor.
• Completes daily forklift inspection. Advises supervisor of any issues after daily inspection.
• Chooses and utilizes the proper lifting device to lift products with forklifts to load, unload, transport, and stack material in appropriate areas. Operates forklifts in departments, production areas, and yards in a safe manner, always abiding by the speed limits and safety policies.
• Moves product around the facility and yard area in a careful manner to ensure product does not get damaged; moves finished product out of production areas and properly stores product in the designated areas within the yard; moves raw materials, equipment, and forms as requested.
• Inspects final loads prior to departure to ensure correct product, materials, and equipment are correctly loaded and accurate per load sheets; ensures that product is loaded with proper loading weight limits and proper positioning of product; adjusts load as needed to ensure safe transportation of products or materials; assists drivers to prepare for departure by securing loads as required.
• Obtains delivery schedule and loads correct products on trailers or boom trucks. Responds to will call requests and loads customer vehicles with appropriate product and/or materials

Who We Are Looking For:

• 2+ years of experience operating powered forklifts cranes, forklifts and other lifting equipment, when certified, in support of manufacturing
• Ability to follow instructions for operating equipment and keeping records
• Ability to troubleshoot work-related problems
• Ability to work independently
• Knowledge of various material-handling equipment

All About Jensen Infrastructure

Like you, our founder, Don Jensen was looking for a way to support his family, so he started his company in 1968. Since its founding, we've supported communities across Nevada, California, Arizona, Washington, Missouri and Hawaii.

Jensen likely impacts your daily life. We build culverts to drain water from your neighborhoods, underground utility boxes to hold cables, and manholes to allow workers access to the sewers deep below the roads we drive on. And that's just a small sample of what we do at Jensen daily.

When you work at one of Jensen's many locations, you will enjoy the close relationships and camaraderie of a small company while being part of a larger, well-established, growing company.

We are committed to ensuring employment practices that promote equal opportunities. Please let us know if you require any reasonable accommodation during your interview.

We consider the wide variety of factors in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits: Jensen Infrastructure offers various competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, PTO, and 401k with a Company match. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Jensen's annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. Incentive awards will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.