Warehouse Forklift Operator AM Shift

Forklift Operator

Previous Forklift Experience Required: Operating a Forklift and having an understanding of the forklift.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Safely loads, unloads, moves, and stacks products using a forklift or other material handling equipment.
• Properly utilizes a warehouse management system and maintains appropriate work documents.
• Safely picks, wraps, counts, weighs, inventories, or tags products and materials.
• Safely loads outbound freight; receives inbound loads.
• Properly stages material within designated areas.
• Correctly inspects material handling equipment and performs basic maintenance to ensure safe operations.
• Properly inspects trailers prior to loading or unloading freight.
• Maintains the cleanliness and order of work areas.
• Regular and consistent attendance and punctuality are job requirements.
• The ability to get along with others and non-violence is a job requirement to consistently promote a positive team environment.
• Assist other employees in the performance of their assigned duties when necessary.

Other Duties:

• Perform other tasks and/or duties as they may be assigned.

Employee Responsibilities:

• Conducts oneself and operates equipment and acts in accordance with all company policies, safety rules, regulations, and laws, including wearing proper personal protective equipment.
• Conducts oneself in a positive professional manner at all times.
• Takes advantage of all opportunities to attend training sessions to upgrade knowledge.
• Continually recommend measures to improve production and quality methods, equipment performance and use, safety, and workplace environment.
• Make suggestions for improving the company.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education and Experience: High school diploma or equivalent preferred. One year of inventory control experience preferred.
• Required Licenses, Certifications, and/or Knowledge: May require material handling certification. Knowledge of warehouse operations. Principles, practices, and methods of inventory control and quality assurance. Principles and practices of effective customer service. Previous Forklift Experience Required: Operating a Forklift and having an understanding of the forklift.

Skills and Abilities Required to Perform Job:

• Reasoning, reading, language, and communication skills, both oral and written, are required on the job as well as basic mathematics.
• The ability to follow specific directions and perform a variety of duties in an environment that may often change is a requirement.
• Work within precise standards of accuracy and within time limits, and rate information using standards that can be measured or checked.
• Ability to coordinate and perform multiple tasks at a fast pace.
• Ability to judge distances accurately.
• Repeat tasks of short duration according to a set procedure.
• Evaluate information using measurable standards to make decisions based on that information.
• Ability to acquire and maintain required certifications.
• Ability to read gauges properly.
• The ability to get along with others and non-violence is required to consistently promote a positive team environment.
• The ability to attend work with punctuality is required on a regular and consistent basis.
• The ability to work as a productive and successful member of a group or team in the work environment is required.

Physical Demands / Work Environment:

• Work is performed in a warehouse environment.
• Working environments, include but are not limited to the warehouse, climate-controlled office, and a variety of work environments and outside travel.
• Work activities include a normal range of motion. May be required to lift, carry, push, and pull items weighing up to 70 pounds.
• A full range of body motion is required on the job to include frequent sitting, bending, stooping, crouching, lifting, carrying, grasping, pinching, feeling, walking, standing, climbing, driving, pushing/pulling, handling, balancing, and reaching on all planes.
• Fine motor coordination, fine finger dexterity, manual dexterity, and eye-hand-foot coordination are required.
• Seeing (naturally or with correction), listening, hearing, talking, communicating, spatial, form and depth perception, color discrimination, and field vision is also needed.
• Performs a variety of tasks involving dexterous use of legs, feet, arms, hands, fingers, and tools and equipment.
• May be exposed to excessive temperatures, noise, dirt/dust, hazardous chemicals, traffic hazards, variable light, vibration, and moving machinery or equipment.
• May be required to wear a protective hard hat, reflective clothing, earwear, eyewear, gloves, footwear, or other required protective attire.

Pay Range: $16.00-18.00 (based on experience); For the PM shift, there is a $1.00 Shift Differential for this position.

Benefits Offered: Medical, Vision, Dental, Flex Spending, Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment; Short and Long Term Disability, EAP, and 401 (k). Berner Food & Beverage Hourly employees are eligible for health benefits on the 1st of the month after 60 days of employment. Berner Food & Beverage Hourly employees are eligible to participate in the 401K plan after 30 days of employment.