FORKLIFT OPERATOR 2ND SHIFT CARROLLTON GA

Trident Seafoods Corporation; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading seafood processing company seeks a Forklift Operator for its Carrollton facility. This role requires operating forklifts to move and stack products, adhering to safety guidelines and assisting with inventory. Candidates must be forklift certified or willing to obtain certification. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including medical and paid time off.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Discretionary/performance-based incentives

Qualifications

• Must be forklift certified or able to become certified.
• Two years’ experience in production preferred.
• Ability to read safety rules and interpret documents.

Responsibilities

• Drive and control forklift to move products and materials.
• Unload and stack materials as needed.
• Follow food safety policies and report any safety issues.

Skills

Forklift Operation

Material Handling

Safety Awareness

Education

One year certificate from college or technical school

Job description

Trident Seafoods has pioneered responsible fishing in the pristine waters of Alaska for more than 50 years. We never compromise when it comes to fulfilling our Mission of responsibly sharing wild Alaska seafood with the world. At Trident, we have a history of innovation and a commitment to doing business in ways that are good for the planet and good for people.

FORKLIFT OPERATOR 2ND SHIFT CARROLLTON GA

Category: Manufacturing, Operations and Production

Trident Seafoods is the largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company in North America. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with primary seafood processing operations and fleet support in twelve Alaska communities. Trident’s global operations produce finished wild Alaska seafood products in 6 countries and its sales teams serve customers in over 50 countries. Trident employs approximately 9,000 people worldwide each year and partners with over 5,400 independent fishermen and crewmembers. Species harvested and processed by Trident include virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska. The global supply chain also includes cultured and wild species from a network of trusted sources worldwide.

Summary: Drives gasoline, liquefied gas, or electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, lift beam and swivel hook, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials by performing the following duties:

Key Responsibilities:

Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.

Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area.

Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.

Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.

Weighs materials or products and records weight on tags, labels, or production schedules.

Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.

May be assigned work in Subzero freezer area with proper company PPE provided.

Follows plant food safety policies and industry best practices.

Additional Responsibilities:

Performs other similar or related duties as requested or assigned.

Follows plant food safety policies and industry best practices.

Acquires knowledge of Trident’s Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions.

Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety trainings.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, long-term disability, basic life and AD&D, and 401(k) with a company match, paid time off, 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. For full-time employees, the initial paid time off benefit starts at 20 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience. Commuter and transit programs are also available.

One year certificate from college or technical school; or three to six months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Valid Driver’s License.

Must be forklift certified, or able to become forklift certified. Must be able to qualify for lift truck certification within 2 weeks of assignment into job function.

Ability to operate all forklift and pallet jacks; minimum of two years’ experience in production.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. 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 and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.

The employee is frequently required to climb or balance.

The Employee is occasionally required to sit; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.

The employee moves objects

regularly up to 10 pounds

frequently up to 25 pounds

occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include; distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception

• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

Trident Seafoods and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or age.

Trident Seafoods and its subsidiaries have adopted a drug-free workplace policy. Working under the influence of Drugs or Alcohol is not permitted.

Any employment offer from Trident Seafoods or its subsidiaries is contingent upon the candidate having and maintaining a valid U.S. Work Authorization status throughout employment.

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