Job Description
Job Overview
The Forklift Operator I is responsible for various assignments, duties, and tasks within the Warehouse that may or may not require the use of a PIT Forklift, such as building pallets, inbound unloading, outbound loading, replenishment of the pick floor, or Vertique mezzanine areas, and, or the fulfillment of customer orders. This role will travel throughout the warehouse pick area to retrieve and stack specific products and quantities; per the Pick Ticket assigned while maintaining any determined expectations of safety, accuracy, and, or efficiency. This position performs other tasks assigned by Warehouse Management including, pallet stacking, handling damage restack and, or rework, stacking product, and picking up pallets with a Pallet Jack, when applicable.
Duties & Responsibilities
Retrieve and place quantities of cases of product onto a pre-determined pallet(s) as instructed by the assigned pick ticket in a manner that is safe and builds a stable pallet of product, also known as Pallet Building, meeting or exceeding warehouse expectations in safety and accuracy
Unload inbound product, raw materials, and/or deposit Items and transports from the docks to their designated storage areas within the warehouse in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner
Load outbound product and/or deposit items by transporting from their assigned storage area within the warehouse to the loading docks and placing them on the appropriate trailers in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner
Replenish product to the warehouse pick and, or vertique mezzanine areas by transporting such from their assigned storage areas within the warehouse to their specific assigned location/bin within the pick and, or vertique mezzanine area in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner
Maintain cleanliness and safety of work area and warehouse, performs other tasks including pallet building as determined and requested by management
May perform other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Ability to work in a fast-paced atmosphere while walking and repetitively lifting 30-75 lbs.
Ability to collaborate within a team environment
Ability to coordinate and organize efficient and dependable warehouse processes
Ability to adapt to needs of role in different work areas throughout the workday and meet minimum expectations of those different work areas
Ability to read and interpret instructions from a computer screen
Attention to detail and ability to differentiate our packages
Ability to work in a noisy and non-climate controlled environment including high and low-temperature environment
Intentional self-starter who takes initiative and proactively seeks out value-add opportunities
Flexibility in Scheduling is required as work hours are subject to change based on business demands
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge acquired through 1 - 3 years of work experience
Preferred Qualifications
PIT (Powered Industrial Truck) Certification: Pallet Jack, Single Forklift, Double Forklift, Scrubber.
Work Environment
Noisy and non-temperature-controlled environment including high and low-temperature environment
Compensation and Hours
Salary Range: Not Available Benefits Provided: Not Available Other Benefits: Not Available Type of Job: Regular
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