What are the responsibilities and job description for the Shipping Clerk / Forklift Operator position at Universal Protective Packaging?
Schedule: 10 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday
We are looking for a careful forklift operator to move packages and material around our facilities. You will be operating a forklift with the utmost care to ensure efficiency and safety. Your job could involve driving around warehouses, storage spaces including truck loading & unloading. You must be a responsible individual with great experience in driving industrial vehicles. The goal will be to ensure that material and products will always be at the right place to achieve maximum efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Unload materials and merchandise from incoming trucks 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
- Inspect machinery to determine the need for repairs and guarantee safety by performing regular maintenance
- 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
Skills
- Proven experience as forklift operator
- Attention to detail and familiarity with industrial equipment
- Excellent physical condition and coordination
- Valid certification to operate forklifts
- High school diploma
A Shipping/Receiving Clerk is responsible for inventory control/ accuracy and the flow of raw materials, WIP, and finished goods into and out of manufacturing and distribution. A Shipping/Receiving Clerk will participate in solving problems and implementing solutions in a team-based environment to increase productivity and is an integral part of the production team. Their success will be determined by the positive way in which they communicate, cooperate, interact, and contribute towards achieving work center goals and objectives.
Specific Task
- Ability to perform basic arithmetic, reading, and writing skills · Operate all necessary warehouse material handling equipment to load and unload trucks
- Ability to understand the production schedule
- Coordinate product and packaging material required for job use
- Stage materials within designated areas with FIFO
- Do inventory audits, cycle counts and transactions as required
- Verifies receiving receipts against the purchase order paperwork for accuracy and/or damage
- Operate in a safe manner and comply with safety policies and procedures at all times
- Maintain work area in a neat and orderly way, during and at end of shift
- Record and maintain any data related to work activity in a concise, accurate way, and communicate appropriately.
- Assist in operations in any which way deemed essential to meet production requirements
- Follow our Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and specific shipping instructions
- Minimum 6 months to 1 year related experience and/or training
Schedule: 10 AM to 6 PM, Monday through Friday
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
Salary : $20