Forklift Operator

Mercury Paper – An employer of Choice!

Mercury Paper is a tissue converting company with affiliated plant and warehouses in Virginia. Since 2010, we have steadily grown in the away from home (AFH), retail private label (PL) and retail branded (FIORA) sales channels.

Mercury Paper has career opportunities available for qualified candidates. We offer competitive wages, good benefits and great people to work with. We look for team players and leaders who share our customer dedication, business values and positive culture. If you share this vision and meet the relevant qualification requirements, we want to hear from you.

Purpose:

This position’s primary role is to stage, load, and unload finished product and raw materials, stock and maintain warehouse inventory, receive and ship finished goods in containers and trailers and move freight from plant to warehouse storage area.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From $18.50 per hour

PLUS Reliability Incentive of $2.50hr

PLUS $2,000 New Hire Bonus

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• 2-2-3 Schedule
• Monthly Rotation 7a-7pm/7pm-7am

Responsibilities and Duties

• Package finished product for shipping (shrink wrapping, boxing, labeling)
• Stage finished product for loading
• Load finished product onto truck or container
• Unload raw materials from truck, railcar, or container
• Move raw materials to warehouse storage
• Operate forklift, roll clamp, and box clamp to unload and load product as needed
• Move waste from the assembly line to dumpsters
• Responsible for quality control of incoming and/or outgoing product
• Operate within standard operating procedures
• Complete daily paperwork for outbound shipments
• Perform PIT checklist
• Communicate with operators from other shifts
• Clean and maintain work area
• Maintain warehouse locations by replacing bar codes and repainting lines as needed
• Turn off and lockout equipment when not in use
• Learn and use the warehouse management system to ship and receive product
• Lock and unlock trailers to Distribution Doors prior to loading and unloading trailers
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Background:

• Graduation from high school and at least two years of experience operating a forklift, preferably in a warehouse; or any equivalent combination of education and experience which would provide the knowledge, skills, and abilities of a warehouse environment.
• Knowledge of using a handheld scanner to ship orders and/or receive orders helpful.
• No experience required we willing to train.

Work Location: In person

Mercury is part of Solaris Paper, one of the largest tissue companies in the US with manufacturing sites in California, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Our products are sold in omni channel - away from home (AFH), retail private label (PL) and retail branded (FIORA®), with strong growth across the channels.

Solaris Paper is part of Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a distinguished leader in the global paper industry, boasting a workforce exceeding 100,000 individuals. With a presence in over 150 countries and state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically positioned across the globe, APP's exceptional products have earned worldwide acclaim.

Ensuring supply chain integrity and commitment to the Sustainable Roadmap Vision 2030 are crucial to APP's operations. Learn more about Asia Pulp & Paper (APP)' path to operational excellence by reading our Sustainability Reports and Forest Conservation Policy at https://app.co.id/sustainability-roadmap-vision-2030.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift
• Overnight shift
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person

Salary : $19