What are the responsibilities and job description for the Forklift Operator - Production Support 2shift position at STOW Group?
Company Description
Company Description
The warehouse of the future is equipped with our autonomous robots instead of forklifts and our Atlas 2D pallet shuttles or tote shuttles that allow for high-density storage (no wasted space).
As part of stow Group and over the span of more than 40 years, we’ve grown into a company with 10 manufacturing facilities, 19 commercial offices, and the know-how of around 2000 employees serving customers in 40 countries.
Early 2021, we opened our US Office and have already grown to around 50 people. It’s exciting times to be at Movu!
Location: Adairsville, GA United States
Job Description
The Forklift Operator Supplies production lines with raw materials to ensure continuity of production, removes bins from machines to be stored in the warehouse or loaded onto trailers (direct load) and ensures proper management of waste bins.
The Forklift Operator receives prioritized work orders from their supervisor, as well as oral and/or written instructions recorded in SharePoint.
- Follows scanner instructions indicating required movements
- Follows instructions from superiors to improve working methods and avoid complaints or damage
- Adapts to changes in work priorities or assignments at the request of management
- Prepares, packages, stores, and loads materials as requested within the given timeframe
- Maintains order and cleanliness
- Removes waste according to established instructions
- Respects the environment
- Ensures and monitors the quality and stability of packages and stacked goods
- Communicates all data necessary for performance calculations to supervisors by completing the end-of-shift report
(recording everything performed during the shift) - Assists colleagues when needed
- Supplies production machines (profiling, painting, welding) with raw materials
(wood, slats, pallets, powders, chemicals, packaging materials, auxiliary products, welding wire, hooks, raw parts, etc.)
Ensures that production lines do not run out of raw materials - Loads trucks destined for customers according to product type
(PRC, hooks, feet, plates, etc.) - Notifies the supervisor in case of damage or other anomalies
- Properly stores packages coming from production
- Moves packages within the warehouse at the request of a superior
- Performs cleaning tasks according to instructions or upon supervisor request
- Charges vehicle batteries within the required timeframe
- Counts items during inventory and contributes to cycle counts
- Is courteous and polite with drivers
- Performs 5S audits according to instructions
Qualifications
- Warehouse knowledge
- Product knowledge
- Warehouse procedures
- Ability to use scanning devices
- Ability to operate a front forklift (license or authorization required)
- Ability to operate a reach truck (license or authorization required)
Additional Information
What do we offer you?
- PTO, days paid sick leave, 11 US paid holidays
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Company paid Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- Company Paid Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- 401K with employer match, currently 4%
- Partial Tuition Reimbursement after 12 months
- Gross Salary
- Tobacco Free Campus
Quality, Safety, Health, Environment, Compliance
Every employee at stow contributes to a safe and compliant work environment. We set the example and motivate each other to work safely, efficiently, and in a qualitative way. stow’s standards, policies, instructions, and local legislations are there to guide our decisions.
EEO
stow provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. stow prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, age, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.