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Fork Truck Operator

Akers Packaging Service Group
Van Wert, OH Intern
POSTED ON 4/3/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/30/2026
Position Summary

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 by performing the following duties.

This Position Also Delivers On Our Core Focus Of:

  • The answer is yes. Be a solutions provider

While Building On Our Core Values Of:

  • Help 1 st
  • Take ownership
  • Do the right thing

Expect excellence

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

✓Examines work order to determine work instructions.

✓Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.

✓Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials or hooks tow trucks to trailer hitch, and transports load to designated area.

✓Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.

✓Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.

✓Weighs materials or products and records weight and/or quantity on tags, labels, or production schedules.

✓Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device and trailers.

✓Lubricates truck, recharges batteries, fills fuel tank, or replaces liquefied gas tank.

✓Inspects completed work.

✓Must observe all safety policies and procedures, including Lock-Out Tag-Out policy

✓Ability to work in excess of 40 hours, as business needs arise

✓Regular and reliable attendance

✓Any other task or duty that is deemed necessary by management.

Cultural Competencies

Help First means Being a Reliable Team Member Serving Everyone, Internally And Externally. At Akers, We Believe And Exhibit a “roll Up Your Sleeves And Get The Job Done” Mentality And Behavior. No Job Is Unimportant, And No Person Is Above Any Job. We Demonstrate This Through:

✓Able communicator—good clarity, balanced talker, and listener

✓Has energy and enthusiasm

Take Ownership Means That You Think And Act Like An Owner. No Matter The Role, Everyone Is Empowered To Be a Good Steward Of The Organization. Each Person Has The Autonomy To Make Recommendations For Improvement To Their Work And The Organization. We Demonstrate This Through:

✓Patient

✓Effectively assertive and able to handle conflict and confrontational situations

✓Solution vs. blame oriented

✓Mixture of firmness and flexibility

✓Has energy and enthusiasm

✓Holds self and others accountable

Do the Right Thing means that you do the right thing for the customer, regardless of its popularity. Doing the right thing at the right time requires a person to have and exhibit high moral standards.

✓Systematic trainer, willing and able to develop people

✓Good work ethic, task focused and willing to extend extra effort

✓Able to follow structure where it exists and create structure where it does not

Expect Excellence Means That You Think And Act Like An Owner. No Matter The Role, Everyone Is Empowered To Be a Good Steward Of The Organization. We Demonstrate This Through:

✓Resilient—able to deal with the unexpected, not easily flustered

✓Has sense of urgency

✓Follows up to ensure quality task completion

Work Environment / Physical Demands These will describe the environment they are working in and the potential fit for duty tests required due to lifting and the like. Modify as needed

Fast paced environment, requiring adaptation to continuous changes in Company, Customer and People needs

✓ Ability to frequently sit, stand, walk, reach with hands and arm’s length, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.

✓ Ability to regularly lift up to 20 lbs. frequently 20-35 lbs. occasionally, more than 35 lbs. rarely, over 50 lbs. requires team or mechanical assistance

✓ Ability to sit for extended periods of time at desk in traditional office environment

Systems Usage

✓ERP system Kiwi

✓ADP Workforce Now

Qualifications

✓GED or High school diploma, preferred

✓18 years of age or older

✓Forklift Certification

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