Baler Forklift Operator
$33.28k - $37.44kRed, White & Blue | Mile High Thrift | World Thrift | Valley Thrift | Community Thrift | Thrift
Pay Range: $16.00 to $18.00 per hour
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Job Summary
As a Baler / Forklift Operator at RWB Thrift, you play a crucial role in the efficient operation of the baler machine and forklift activities. Your primary responsibilities include collecting, sorting, and feeding materials such as clothing, textiles, cardboard, or plastics into the baler's hopper. You will monitor the machine's controls to ensure it applies the appropriate amount of pressure to compact materials into tight bales, and securely tie and label resulting bales before moving them to designated storage areas using a forklift. Safety is paramount, and you will follow strict guidelines and protocols to prevent accidents and maintain equipment. Your role not only maximizes storage space and streamlines operations but also supports the thrift store's sustainability efforts by facilitating recycling and waste reduction.
Key Responsibilities
- Operate and maintain baler machines and forklifts to efficiently process and transport materials such as clothing, textiles, cardboard, or plastics
- Feed materials into the baler's hopper and monitor controls to ensure proper compaction into tight bales
- Securely tie and label bales before transporting them to designated storage areas using a forklift
- Operate and maintain various equipment, including baler machines, trash compactors, and janitorial tools, ensuring they function safely and efficiently
- Organize and sort donated items, ensuring accurate documentation and placement in designated areas
- Follow strict safety protocols and guidelines to prevent accidents and maintain a safe work environment
- Communicate effectively with team members, following store procedures and coordinating operations to streamline processes
- Perform routine maintenance on equipment to ensure optimal performance and longevity
- Maintain cleanliness and organization in work areas, including baler and storage areas
- Collaborate with team members to achieve production targets and support thrift store operations
- Support recycling and waste reduction efforts in alignment with company policies and procedures
Qualifications
- Previous thrift, retail, warehouse, or back of house experience is preferred, but not required
- High school diploma or GED preferred
Physical Requirements
- Ability to Safely Perform Job Functions: Capable of safely and effectively performing essential job functions in accordance with ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting both qualitative and quantitative productivity requirements.
- Physical Strength: Must have the ability to occasionally lift and carry up to 70 lbs, frequently exert up to 25 lbs. of force, and constantly apply negligible force when handling objects.
- Endurance: Able to stand for extended periods of time.
- Manual Dexterity: Proficient in performing repetitive motions such as extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction and working primarily with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm.
- Fine Motor Skills: Skilled in tasks involving seizing, holding, grasping, turning, or otherwise working with hand or hands.
- Balance and Agility: Capable of maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces, as well as maintaining balance when performing agile tasks.
- Visual Acuity: Possesses clarity of vision at 20 inches or less and 20 feet or more.
Work Environment
- Atmosphere: The work environment is dynamic and characterized by a consistently busy atmosphere. The ability to thrive in a fast-paced and busy environment is essential for this role.
- Noise Level: The work environment is noisy due to the bustling activity on the sales floor and the production area. Due to the nature of our operations, the ability to work effectively in a noisy environment is a requirement for this role.
- Lighting: The work environment is characterized by bright lighting throughout the front and back of store, which is integral to our operational requirements. Due to the nature of our operations, the ability to work effectively in a bright environment is a requirement for this role.
- Interactions with Others: The role involves regular interactions with customers, donors, and coworkers, fostering a collaborative and customer-focused environment. Effective communication and interpersonal skills are a requirement for this role.
- Flexibility: The nature of this role requires a high degree of flexibility. Employees may be asked to switch tasks or departments based on operational needs. Employees are expected to work in all areas as assigned, contributing to a well-rounded and collaborative team environment.
Language Requirements
- Employees are not required to communicate exclusively in English within the workplace. However, the nature of the position may entail interactions with customers, donors, colleagues, and supervisors who primarily use English. In such instances, a fundamental understanding of written and spoken English for comprehending instructions, as well as the ability to communicate verbally and in writing in English, may be necessary.
Other Requirements
Dependability: Effective performers demonstrate regular and punctual attendance. They behave consistently and predictably; are reliable and dependable in fulfilling their professional obligations.
Integrity: Effective performers think and act ethically and honestly. They apply ethical standards of behavior to daily work activities. They take responsibility for their actions.
Humility: Effective performers recognize one's own limitations, being open to learning from others, and treating everyone with respect and dignity.
Adaptability: Effective performers are adaptable. They embrace needed change and modify their behavior when appropriate to achieve organizational objectives. They are effective in the face of uncertainty.
Inclusion: Effective performers create and participate in an inclusive environment. They value and respect diversity, and foster a sense of belonging for all individuals.
Team Player: Effective performers are team oriented. They identify with the larger team and their role within it. They prioritize the collective success of the team over personal achievements.
Informal Communication: Effective performers clearly and articulately convey information to others in casual or informal situations. They understand that communication happens through verbal and nonverbal cues, and are able to interpret body language accurately and use it appropriately.
Professionalism: Effective performers conduct themselves in a manner that is consistent with organizational values, policies, and standards. This requires a commitment to integrity, ethical conduct, and respect for diversity, as well as the ability to communicate effectively and collaborate with colleagues, clients, and stakeholders in a professional and courteous manner.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We’re dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and designing employee experiences that contribute to your growth as much as you do to ours. We value diversity and inclusion and are committed to creating a work environment that is welcoming, respectful, and supportive of all individuals. We encourage qualified individuals with disabilities to apply and will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure that they have equal access to employment opportunities.
Resumen del puesto
Como operador de empacadora/montacargas de RWB Thrift, desempeña un papel crucial en la operación eficaz de la empacadora y las actividades relacionadas con el montacargas. Sus principales responsabilidades son recolectar, clasificar e introducir materiales, como ropa, telas, cartón o plásticos, en la tolva de la empacadora. Supervisará los controles de la máquina para asegurarse de que aplica la cantidad adecuada de presión para compactar los materiales en fardos apretados, y atará y etiquetará de manera segura los fardos resultantes antes de trasladarlos a las áreas de almacenamiento designadas usando un montacargas. La seguridad es primordial, por lo que debe seguir pautas y protocolos estrictos para prevenir accidentes y mantener el equipo. Su función no solo maximiza el espacio de almacenamiento y optimiza las operaciones, sino que también respalda los esfuerzos de sostenibilidad de la tienda de segunda mano al facilitar el reciclaje y la reducción de residuos.
Responsabilidades clave
- Operar la empacadora y el montacargas y hacerles mantenimiento para procesar y transportar de manera eficaz materiales como ropa, telas, cartón o plásticos
- Introducir materiales en la tolva de la empacadora y monitorear los controles para garantizar que la compactación se haga de manera adecuada en fardos ajustados
- Atar y etiquetar los fardos de manera segura antes de trasladarlos a las áreas de almacenamiento designadas usando un montacargas
- operar y mantener varios equipos, incluidas las empacadoras, los compactadores de basura y las herramientas de limpieza, asegurándose de que funcionen de manera segura y eficiente.
- Organizar y clasificar los artículos donados, asegurándose de que tengan la documentación adecuada y se coloquen en las áreas designadas
- Seguir estrictos protocolos y pautas de seguridad para prevenir accidentes y mantener un entorno de trabajo seguro
- Comunicarse eficazmente con los miembros del equipo, siguiendo los procedimientos de la tienda y coordinando las operaciones para optimizar los procesos
- Hacerles mantenimiento de rutina a los equipos para garantizar un rendimiento óptimo y una larga vida útil
- Mantener la limpieza y organización en las áreas de trabajo, incluidas las áreas de almacenamiento y la empacadora
- Colaborar con los miembros del equipo para lograr los objetivos de producción y colaborar con las operaciones de la tienda de segunda mano
- Respaldar los esfuerzos de reciclaje y reducción de residuos en consonancia con las políticas y los procedimientos de la compañía
Cualificaciones
- Se prefiere experiencia previa en segunda mano, venta minorista, almacén o área de servicio, pero no es excluyente.
- Se prefiere diploma de escuela secundaria o GED.
Requisitos físicos
- Capacidad de realizar las funciones laborales de manera segura: capaz de realizar las funciones laborales esenciales de manera segura y eficaz de acuerdo con la ADA, la FMLA y otras normas federales, estatales y locales, incluido el cumplimiento de requisitos de productividad tanto cualitativos como cuantitativos.
- Fuerza física: debe tener la capacidad de levantar y transportar ocasionalmente hasta 70 lb, ejercer con frecuencia hasta 25 lb de fuerza y aplicar constantemente una fuerza pequeña al manipular objetos.
- Resistencia: debe ser capaz de permanecer de pie durante períodos prolongados.
- Destreza manual: dominio en la realización de movimientos repetitivos, como extender las manos y los brazos en cualquier dirección y trabajar principalmente con los dedos, en lugar de toda la mano o el brazo.
- Habilidades motoras finas: habilidoso en tareas que impliquen agarrar, sostener, sujetar, girar o trabajar con las manos.
- Equilibrio y agilidad: capaz de mantener el equilibrio corporal para evitar caer en superficies estrechas, resbaladizas o que se mueven erráticamente, así como mantener el equilibrio al realizar tareas ágiles.
- Agudeza visual: posee claridad de visión a 20 pulgadas o menos y a 20 pies o más.
Entorno de trabajo
- Atmósfera: el entorno de trabajo es dinámico y se caracteriza por una atmósfera con actividad constante. La capacidad de prosperar en un entorno vertiginoso y ajetreado es esencial para esta función.
- Nivel de ruido: el entorno de trabajo es ruidoso debido a la actividad bulliciosa en el piso de ventas y el área de producción. Debido a la naturaleza de nuestras operaciones, la capacidad de trabajar con eficacia en un entorno ruidoso es un requisito para esta función.
- Iluminación: el entorno de trabajo se caracteriza por tener una iluminación intensa en la parte delantera y trasera de la tienda, que es esencial para nuestros requisitos operativos. Debido a la naturaleza de nuestras operaciones, la capacidad de trabajar con eficacia en un entorno luminoso es un requisito para esta función.
- Interacciones con otras personas: esta función implica interacciones regulares con clientes, donantes y compañeros de trabajo, fomentando un entorno colaborativo y centrado en el cliente. La comunicación eficaz y las habilidades interpersonales son un requisito para esta función.
- Flexibilidad: la naturaleza de esta función requiere un alto grado de flexibilidad. Es posible que se les pida a los empleados que cambien de tareas o departamentos según las necesidades operativas. Se espera que los empleados trabajen en todas las áreas asignadas, contribuyendo a un entorno integral y colaborativo en el equipo.
Requisitos de idiomas
- Los empleados no están obligados a comunicarse exclusivamente en inglés dentro del lugar de trabajo. Sin embargo, la naturaleza del puesto puede implicar interacciones con clientes, donantes, colegas y supervisores que utilizan principalmente el inglés. En tales casos, puede ser necesaria una comprensión fundamental del inglés escrito y oral para comprender las instrucciones, así como la capacidad de comunicarse verbalmente y por escrito en inglés.
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