FORKLIFT OPERATOR BELLINGHAM WA

Trident Seafoods; Bellingham (WA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading seafood processing company is seeking a Forklift Operator in Bellingham, WA. The role involves operating forklifts to transport materials, ensuring the accuracy of shipments, and adhering to safety protocols. This is a full-time position with responsibilities including working in freezer areas and maintaining equipment.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and paid holidays

Qualifications

• Three to six months experience driving forklifts.
• Must be forklift certified, or able to become forklift certified.
• Must have a valid Washington State driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Drives various powered industrial trucks to move products and materials.
• Positions forks to transport loads and verifies shipment information.
• Inventories materials on the work floor and supplies workers as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Education

Forklift certification

High school diploma or equivalent preferred

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Description

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.

Description

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, liquified 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.

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.
• Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
• Unpacks and examines incoming shipments, records shortages, rejects damaged items, and notifies Food Safety Quality Assurance of damaaged and out of Spec. items.
• Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.
• Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.
• Scans all inbound and outbound pallets.
• Weighs materials or products and records weight on tags or production schedules and applies barcode labels.
• Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.
• Lubricates truck, recharges/changes batteries, fills fuel tank, or replaces liquefied gas tank.
• Will be assigned work in sub-zero freezer area with proper company PPE provided.
• Uses SAP program to look up and verify shipment details, print labels and bills.
• Follows plant food safety and quality policies and procedures
  
  

Additional Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Performs other similar or related duties as assigned.
  
  

This is a nonexempt position with an hourly rate of $19.35 to $26.07. This position is swing shift only with a differential - $.50 per hour added to wage

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.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Three to six months experience driving forklifts.
• Must be forklift certified, or able to become forklift certified. Must be able to qualify for lift truck certification within 2 weeks.
  
  

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Must be forklift certified, or able to become forklift certified.
• Must have a valid Washington State driver's license and good driving record.
• Must be willing to train in all applicable company and/or regulatory training programs as needed to perform the functions of this position.
• Drivers may be subject to additional random drug screens as required by WSDOT depending on vehicle.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.
  
  

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 10pounds
• frequently up to 25 pounds
• occasionally up to 50 pounds.
  
  

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Food and Beverage Services, Food and Beverage Manufacturing, and Fisheries

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