Forklift Operator

Job Description

Title: Forklift Operator

Job Purpose: You will be operating a forklift with the utmost care to ensure efficiency and safety. You must be a responsible individual with great experience in driving industrial vehicles. The goal will be to ensure that materials and products will always be in the right place to achieve maximum efficiency. Must maintain a safe work standard and ensure that injury and damage is always avoided.

Essential Duties and responsibilities:

• Unload materials and merchandise from incoming vehicles and stack them to assigned places
• Locate and move stock of products to pallets or crates for storage or shipment
• Identify damages and report shortages or quality deficiencies
• Transport raw materials to production workstations
• Keep updated records of inventory and activity logs
• Comply with company policies and legal guidelines
• Help maintain a safe and orderly environment of the facilities
• Organize warehouse area in an efficient and clean environment
• Communicate effectively, professionally and often with customers, team members, supervisors, partners and suppliers

Requirements:

• Proven experience as forklift operator
• Attention to detail and familiarity with industrial equipment
• Excellent physical condition and coordination
• Able to quickly identify and resolve issues.
• Solid understanding of high-volume production equipment.
• Willingness to work flexible hours as required.

Required Education:

• High School diploma or GED
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a Forklift driver in a manufacturing plant
• Valid certification to operate forklifts

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.