Forklift Driver

Position: Team Member Prod Support

Location: Denton, TX

Job Type: On-site

Reports to: FM

Department: North American Operations

Position Purpose: Leadec Industrial Services is a leading provider of manufacturing support services to the global automotive industry. Our mission is to partner with industrial manufacturers by delivering manufacturing support services that have made a measurable improvement in our customers' quality uptime and total cost.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Key duties include safely operating machinery. Operating sit-down or stand-up forklifts, pallet jacks, and other equipment to move.  Loading and unloading. 

· Demonstrates the values and business principles of Leadec.

· Works safely at all times.

· Complete tasks in accordance with standardized quality checklists.

· Continually seek opportunities to improve onsite activities.

· Master skills associated with the versatility matrix.

· Review current best practices resulting in efficiencies relating to time, material usage, and safety.

· Live "Safety is Your Life" Program. Use proper personal protective equipment, i.e., hearing protection, steel toed shoes, safety glasses, etc., as required for the task at hand.

· Wear personal protective equipment (PPE).

· Adhering to and supporting all EHS and Quality objectives, in accordance with ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001 respectively.

· All other duties as assigned by Leadec manager.

Competencies:

· Managing Tasks.

· Open Communication.

· Self-Management.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

· Communication Skills - Ability to communicate with all levels of Leadec and customer employees.

· Language Ability -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.

· Math Ability -Ability to perform simple addition, subtraction and multiplication of manhours / minutes.

· Reasoning Ability - Ability to conduct basic problem solving.

· Customer Service Orientation - Satisfying customers.

· Adaptability - Willingness to deal with unexpected challenges or circumstances

· Problem Solving - Define problems and bring about viable solutions.

· Servicing the Customer - Readily initiate actions to meet or exceed the needs of the customer.

· Strong work ethic.

Position Qualifications:

· Previous experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is preferred.

· One year of industrial and janitorial experience is preferred.

· Tow motors experience.

· Forklift experience.

· Logistics experience.

· Assembly line experience.

· Paint application experience.

· Flexible schedule - willing to work unscheduled overtime, and sometimes weekends

· Dependable - Will be at work on time each day.

· Work in varying conditions, including high humidity and fast-paced environments.

· Perform physical tasks such as lifting up to 50 pounds.

· Work without direct supervision.

· Follows work instructions.

· Reliable transportation.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the key actions of the job:

· Required to talk and/or hear in an industrial setting (noise level is high). Frequently required to stand and walk on concrete surfaces for 4 -12 hours. Occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; lift; stoop, or crouch.

· Vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception and focus adjustment.

· Work is performed in an industrial-manufacturing environment with occasional time spent working on a computer or at a desk.