2401 Outside Production Forklift Operator-Night Shift

Mt Olive Pickles; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Mt Olive Pickles in Kentucky is seeking an Outside Production Forklift Operator for the night shift. You will safely operate a forklift to unload raw materials and transport them to processing areas.

Responsibilities include loading outgoing trucks, moving materials to graders, washers, and bulk unloader, weighing materials, and ensuring safety rules are followed. Occasional tractor operation and area cleaning may be required.

Qualifications

• Certified forklift operator.
• High school graduate with additional training preferred.
• Ability to read and write in English.
• Basic understanding of addition, subtraction, and multiplication.

Responsibilities

• Operates forklift to unload incoming trucks of raw materials and places them in designated areas.
• Loads outgoing trucks with brine stock, pallets, bins, and related materials.
• Transport raw materials to graders, washers, hydrocooler, bulk unloader, and processing areas.
• Dump raw materials into hoppers as required.
• Operate graders, washers, bulk unloader and ensure equipment functions properly.
• Weighs raw materials at forklift scales as needed.
• Follow safety rules and company policies; perform other duties as directed by supervision.

Skills

Certified forklift operator

English literacy

Basic math skills

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Description

We have an opening for an Outside Production Forklift Operator-Night Shift .

Summary

Safely operates forklift on tank yard to unload and transport raw materials.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Operates forklift to unload incoming trucks (enclosed trailers and flatbeds) of plastic boxes, cardboard, or other containers of raw materials including cucumbers, cauliflower, pepperoncini, okra, onions, brine stock, etc. Manually pushes, lifts, or unloads some incoming raw materials packed in baskets or barrels and dumps into bins.
• Operates forklift to load outgoing trucks with brine stock, pallets, bins, etc.
• Operates forklift to transport raw materials in plastic boxes, bins, or barrels to and from the graders, washers, hydrocooler, the bulk unloader, the tanks and to grading and process as required.
• Operates forklift to dump raw materials into hoppers.
• Operates graders, washers, bulk uploaders, hydrocooler, or other equipment. Determines this equipment is operating properly, raw materials are graded or washed properly and raw materials are not lost on ground.
• Operates forklift to transport and stack empty plastic boxes and grade out bad plastic boxes.
• Weighs raw materials at forklift scales as required.
• Follows safety rules and company policies.

Receives written and verbal instructions on the above job tasks and performs other duties as directed by Supervisor.

Other Duties

• Operates tractor to haul product on occasion. (Only trained/cleared FL operators to be asked to operate tractor)
• Assists with other Outside Production or Cutting department duties as needed.
• Cleans assigned work area including unloading and tankyard areas, graders, hydrocoolers, and washer by picking up trash using hands or sweeping motion with shovel, uses broom to sweep and. occasionally washes hydrocoolers, graders, etc.
• Participates in training, employee meetings, committees, project teams, etc. as appropriate.

Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Certified forklift operator. High school graduate with additional training preferred. Ability to read and write in English needed. Basic understanding of addition, subtraction, and the multiplication table required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

None

Machines, Equipment, Tools Used

Forklift, Ramps, Washer, Length Grader, Bulk Unloader, Hand tools, Pumps, Broom, Shovel, Tractor, Bin, Scales, and other tools and equipment in the Outside Production Area.

Physical Demands

• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders (5ft) , stairs, ramps, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerate degree and requires full use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady forces in order to thrust forward, downward, or outward.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul, or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a high position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make fine discriminations in sound.
• Heavy Work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and\or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment.

Work Environment

Works outside, subject to wide seasonal temperature variations and intermittent wetness from rain or some job tasks. Fumes from diesel and propane forklifts, high brine, hot pepper, and stagnant water. Some contact with oil, grease, rust, brine and dust. Irritating machinery noise. Gloves, goggles, aprons, ear protection and steel inserts for shoes available as needed. May be required to handle alum, chlorine, anti-foam, vegi-kleen and gasoline required for forklifts.