Forklift Operator

Ferche Millwork, Inc.; Minnesota; On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the wood products industry seeks a Forklift Operator to efficiently transport materials and maintain safety protocols. The role involves operating forklifts across varying weather conditions while handling raw materials and waste disposal. A strong work ethic, teamwork ability, and mechanical skills are essential for this position, along with opportunities for career growth and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision insurance options.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 1-3 months of forklift operating experience or training.
• Ability to lift/move up to 100 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Drive forklift safely to transport, load, and unload freight.
• Organize warehouse space for inventories and raw materials.
• Maintain quality during transporting and loading/unloading.

Skills

Safety Awareness

Teamwork

Mechanical Skills

Self-Motivation

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Drives Gasoline, Diesel or Electric powered forklift to transport, load / unload incoming and outgoing freight. Transports raw materials to production equipment, warehouses and disposes of waste by performing the following duties efficiently and safely.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Drives forklift safely and efficiently following all work rules and safe operating procedures.
• Assist all other forklift drivers when time permits.
• Planning and organizing warehouse space to accommodate inventories such as finished goods, raw lumber sorting out wood species, thickness and lengths.
• Sorts out and organizes raw materials meeting the requirements of manufacturing production schedules and other process, such as lumber species, thickness and length, blank thickness, widths and lengths.
• Transports waste for disposal and to rework process.
• Communications, maintains effective relationships, communications with management and co-workers.
• Operates forklift in and out doors in all weather conditions and under spaces constraints.
• Pick up all 4x4 pilers and close warehouse doors at the end of shift.
• Assumes full responsibility for maintaining quality and minimize the damage to finished goods and raw materials during the transporting process, loading, unloading and material layout for production.
• Performs stacking functions, piling lumber from planner, arranging boards to make up sturdy units of a standard width for ease of transporting and storage.
• Performs banding functions securing piles for transporting.
• Performs reading and writing functions, interpreting documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, loading schedules, freight slips, and inventory and production reports.
• Inspects incoming freight inspecting for quantities, correctives of material, condition of freight and reports all inaccuracies and damage to management.
• Housekeeping functions, maintaining clean traffic or road ways through plant and in and out of warehouses, around loading docks and large entry doors.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months forklift operating experience and/or training.
• Good safety record.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, drive and climb up and down off forklift. Occasionally walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• Mechanically skilled, skilled in the operation and care of forklift machinery.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
• The ability to work as a team member.
• Self-motivated, quality conscious, positive attitude and opportunistic.
• The ability to work overtime when additional hours and production are required to meet customer delivery schedules.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug screen.

Along with many opportunities for career growth, Ferche provides a comprehensive benefits package that supports our employees' wellness and financial security. Some of those benefits include the following.

• Medical, dental, vision insurance options.