Forklift Operator 3

Lakeside Book Company in; Owensville (MO); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Lakeside Book Company in Owensville, MO is seeking a Forklift Operator 3 (Finance) to move paper materials and products within our warehouse. You will operate forklifts, load/unload trailers, and maintain inventory accuracy in a fast-paced setting.

The role includes a starting rate of $21.00/hr with a raise to $21.50/hr in 6 months if eligible, plus $1.25/hr night shift premium for 3pm–3am shifts. Schedule features 12-hour crews and variable weekly hours.

Qualifications

• Experience operating forklift controls in warehouse or factory settings.
• Ability to perform safety checks on lifts and follow procedures.
• Knowledge of load balancing and stacking requirements.
• Proven ability to navigate tight aisles and ramps with loads.
• Ability to exert physical effort to move objects as needed.

Responsibilities

• Drive forklift to move raw paper materials, in-process products, and finished goods.
• Load and unload semi-trailers as required.
• Maintain accurate inventory and report discrepancies.
• Load/unload materials onto pallets and lifting devices.
• Perform safety checks on lifts and maintain equipment.
• Assess load weight and balance to ensure safe handling.

Skills

Forklift operation

Inventory control

Safety checks

Spatial awareness

Physical strength

Tools

Forklift truck

Clamp trucks

Job description

Forklift Operator 3 (Finance)

Starting Rate: $21.00 with an increase to $21.50 in 6 months if eligible PLUS $1.25/hour if you are working a 3pm - 3am shift

Work Hours: 12 Hour Crew 3am - 3pm (36 hours one week and 48 hours the next) Only work ½ the days in a year !

Location: 1005 Commercial Drive, Owensville, MO 65066

As our Forklift Driver, you will:

• Drive forklift truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, clamps, or elevating platform, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move raw paper materials and in process products and finished products, equipment, or materials in warehouse, storage yard, or factory. May load and unload semi-trailer trucks.
• Maintain accurate inventory and report any discrepancies.
• May load or unload materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.
• Perform safety checks on lifts. May lubricate truck, recharge batteries, fill fuel tank, or replace liquefied-gas tank.
• Must be able to recognize whether the fork lift truck is able to lift the load and whether the load is properly balanced.
• Job requires ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in the handling of controls for driving forklift and/or clamp trucks.
• Must be skilled in handling controls for starting, stopping, backings, and driving forklift trucks through narrow aisles in building, up and down ramps, and in and out of railroad cars, trucks, etc.; and, for lifting, lowering, and tilting forks by moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate controls.
• Must know how high, wide, and long the forklift truck and its load are, and how much the forklift truck can lift.
• Good spatial ability to identify how high and wide a doorway and an aisle must be to drive the forklift truck and its load; how high and wide the shelf, bin, etc., must be to place the load; and how high the load must be lifted to reach the shelf or bin.
• Knowledge of the layout of the storage area to be able to find and place items without need for detailed instructions.
• Skilled in moving forklift trucks about in places where there is very little room to stack or remove loads.
• Job requires ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.