FORKLIFT OPERATOR - 2ND SHIFT WAREHOUSE

Medical Benefits: Company-paid for employee (spouse and family cover available for a weekly premium) 

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance - eligible after 90 days
• Long term & short-term disability - eligible after 1 year
• Life insurance - eligible after 1 year
• Buy up plans and Ancillary Benefits - available for weekly premium

401K: Company-paid 3%-5% of your earnings after 1st year of employment (no matching requirement) 

Paid Vacation Time:  

• 0-1 year - earn 1 day of vacation time after each quarter of employment (total of 3 vacation days in 1st year)

• After 1 year - 5 days

• After 2 years - 10 days

• After 6 years - 15 days

• After 15 years - 20 days

           Child Care Assistance - eligible after 90 days

• Receive $300 per month per child towards your chosen licensed child care provider
  • Ages 0-5 (infant through pre-kindergarten)
  • Payment made directly to licensed child care provider to reduce your month tuition fee

Job Purpose

Forklift operator will transport and organize pallets within the warehouse, along with loading or unloading trailers.   Verify all cases have been located, selected, and strategically placed on pallets and shrink wrapped for stability.  When necessary, remove and/or add cases of product that are missing from the pallet (about 30 lbs.) Using a 2500 lb. electric pallet jack, move pallets of product throughout the warehouse in a safe manner, following all OSHA safety regulations.  Conduct daily inspections of all equipment. Label and seal product with shrink-wrap in preparation for transport if needed. Maintain warehouse and clean areas as directed. 

Essential Responsibilities

• Load or Unload Inbound Outbound merchandise 

• Inspects packages on pallets before transporting them to a location 

• Stacks loads and empty pallets

• Conducts pre- and post-shift equipment checks and periodic maintenance

• Identifies workplace hazards and ensures a safe warehouse 

• Documents and reports equipment malfunctions

• Forklift certification from a company-sponsored training program

• High school diploma or equivalent

• When needed, count all pallets for accuracy 

• When needed use the handheld device to scan pallet tags and verify all cases are accounted for

• Get with individual pickers to fix any mistakes they made while building the pallet

• Must be able to operate a 2500 lb. electric pallet jack and maintain all safety standards 

• Place pallets of products in areas designated by Warehouse Manager (must use best judgment based on most recent instructions), moving pallets in a safe, orderly manner

• Thoroughly shrink wrap pallets when needed in preparation for transport, prioritizing as directed by the Warehouse Manager. Seal to ensure no slippage

• Must be on time for work, shifts, and breaks so that the warehouse runs efficiently 

• Be respectful and courteous to management, and vendors

• Good communications skills

• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills

• Hard working and team player

• Able to work for extended hours

Skills and Qualifications

• Ability and willingness to work hours (40-45-hour work week) - Part time hours to be determined with Warehouse Manager approval.

• Proven ability to safely operate job-related equipment (forklift, hand truck, pallet jack, etc.) – some jobs may require training certification.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to read load sheets and verify cases on pallets

• Have the ability to move products weighing up to 150 pounds.

• Have the ability to carefully stack inventory and move it as required.

• Sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours

• All employees in this position must have a company-sponsored physical to assess his/her ability to perform the essential functions of this position.  Should the physical result in a questionable outcome, GCED will engage the employee in negotiations to determine if the employee can be reasonably accommodated within business guidelines.

Essential Functions:

• Demonstrate dependable, regular attendance

• Concentrate and use reasoning skills and good judgment

• Communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary team

• Read, write, speak, and understand the English language

• Gold Coast Eagle Distributing provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws.

• We are a drug free workplace employer.  Candidates chosen to work at Gold Coast Eagle Distributing will be required to have a background check, a pre-employment health screening, as a condition of employment.  All fees for tests are paid for by Gold Coast Eagle Distributing.

Working Conditions

The job requires this employee to work inside and outside of a large warehouse. 

 Air conditioning and coolers make the warehouse cooler. This employee is expected to use caution while on the job.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions the employee may be required to perform, and the employee may be required to perform additional functions. Gold Coast Eagle Distributing reserves the right to revise the job description at any time and to assign additional duties and responsibilities as needed.

Employment with Gold Coast Eagle Distributing is at-will. The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship.

Gold Coast Eagle Distributing is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.