Stand Up Forklift Oper

Overview POSITION SUMMARY: Operate lift truck outside in the yard to support facility operations.

Responsibilities ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: * Adheres to safety, food safety, quality and legal compliance.

* Perform all work in accordance with environmental, health and safety standards, rules, regulations and practices of the facility.

* Must be able to pass training/certifications as required for qualification.

* Must be able to read batch pick sheets, pull products and supplies.

* Must be able to supply production department.

* Must be able to ship and receive all materials on trucks and rail cars.

* Must be able to connect and disconnect rail cars and bulk tankers to flow panels.

* Must be able to read and understand bills of lading.

* Must be able to store, inventory and keep stock in proper rotation.

* Must be able to understand and support the recycling and sustainability efforts of the facility.

* Must be able to control and clean up spill on the yard.

* Document completed work as required by the supervisor.

* Compliance with all other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBLITIES: * None.

PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ACTIVITIES: * Ability to operate sit down lift trucks.

* Reach horizontally and vertically for material/product.

* Remove unusable product from conveyors, pallets, boxes or floor.

* Lift cases of product or ingredient packaging.

* Ability to visually differentiate items of color, up close and in the distance.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: * Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.

* Sit 8 or more hours per day.

* Stand/walk 7 or more hours per day.

* Constantly using eye/hand and eye/hand/foot coordination while operating lift truck and the computer system.

* Constantly handle/finger, grip/grasp and use fine motor tasks while operating lift truck and computer system.

* Constantly talk/hear and taste/smell.

* Frequently bend, reach, twist/turn and climb.

* Occasionally squat.

* Occasionally lift less than 5 lbs from floor to overhead and carry 30 feet.

* Occasionally lift up to 50 lbs from floor to shoulder and carry 30 feet.

* Occasionally lift up to 100 lbs from floor to shoulder and carry 5 feet.

* Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

ENVIRONMENTAL/ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS: * Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments.

* Constantly work near moving equipment with fumes or airborne debris.

* Constantly work with toxic or caustic chemicals.

* Constantly work in extreme heat/cold.

* Constantly work on equipment causing whole-body vibration.

* Occasionally work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.

* Occasionally work in high places.

MACHINES/TOOLS/EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE * Bump cap, hair net, safety glasses, hearing protection, and uniform or smock.

* Thermal gloves.

* Sit down lift trucks.

* Knife and small hand tools.

Qualifications REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: * High school diploma or GED.

LANGUAGE SKILLS: * Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

* Ability to write simple correspondence.

* Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one small group situations to customers, clients, and other team members of the organization.

* Ability to use effective problem solving skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: * Ability to use mathematical functions including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in accordance with production paperwork.

* Ability to perform these operations using units of weight measurement, volume, and distance.