Warehouse Forklift Operator

Overview

Warehouse Forklift Operator is responsible for operating and driving electric powered industrial truck equipment. Additional activities include, but are not limited to, pulling orders from inventory, delivering production materials and supplies, processing shipments, locating inbound materials, cycle counting, and staging finished product by utilizing common tools and handling techniques such as forklifts, hand trucks, and pallet jacks while utilizing standard picking and staging methods.

Responsibilities

• Operates and drives gasoline-, liquefied gas-, or electric-powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices, such as forklift, boom, scoop, lift beam and swivel-hook, fork-grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials in warehouse, storage yard, or factory
• Delivers material to production areas in a timely manner to ensure that production standards are maintained
• Locates materials and supplies by pulling and verifying materials and supplies listed on production orders
• Verify “bill of lading” on product tags
• Loads materials, installs strapping, bracing, or padding to prevent damage while in transit
• Safely moves, loads, and unloads product to and from pallet racks
• Delivers product to the correct storage bays or bins, following inventory control instructions
• Reads orders and/or follows oral instructions to meet scheduled activities as directed
• Receive materials and verify against packing lists to ensure the accuracy of the delivery
• Assist in physical inventories
• Maintains material-handling equipment by completing pre-use inspections; making operator repairs, completes daily forklift maintenance/check sheet
• Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials, and transports load to designated area
• Puts away palletized units by raising forks for placement into four or five high racks
• Picks palletized units out of four or five high rack locations and stages for outbound shipment
• Follows CBPS safety practices and procedures and contributes to a positive CBPS safety culture

May be additionally required to perform the following job related duties:

• Handle hazardous materials
• Trash consolidation and removal
• Unpacks and examines incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages
• Conveys materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas
• Fills requisitions, work orders or requests for materials, tools, or other stock items and distributes accordingly
• Posts weights and shipping charges and affixes postage
• Marks materials with identifying information
• Maintain scanner quality (i.e. cleaning lens, reporting mechanical failures)
• Maintain required levels of quality and rates of Log in/out boxes for scanning
• Record objective and bibliographic information as appears on documents

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• Minimum 1 year of forklift experience
• Experienced operating power tool equipment including but not limited to cherry picker, reach truck, pallet jack, etc.
• Previous experience with material handling is required
• Must know how to properly operate a forklift
• Working knowledge of scanning equipment, internal database tracking system, dollies and carts
• Must successfully pass all CBPS Safety Training and equipment handling procedures
• Basic computer skills

Physical Demands

• Must be capable of standing and/or walking for extended periods.
• Must be able to bend, twist, stoop, crouch, squat and reach above shoulder level on a frequent basis.
• May lift and/or move up to 50lbs. Mental qualifications include the ability to safely operate power tool equipment including a forklift, and to follow all CBPS and regulatory processes.
• Must wear personal protective equipment as required for the job.
• Must know how to properly handle hazardous materials. Maintains safe, clean and orderly work environment at all times.
• Comply with all OSHA and MSDS standards.

What We Offer:

An opportunity to join an established team and be part of a successful and proven global organization!

A competitive compensation program!

Large Company Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision/401K with a competitive company match!

Employee discounts on Canon products & vendor discount programs for employees!

World-Class Training & Career Development Programs!

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