Forklift Operator Part-Time Nights

Quad; Lufkin (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Quad/Graphics in Lufkin, TX seeks a part-time forklift operator to identify, move, and process products across the plant. You will use powered industrial equipment, perform material handling, support production machines, and handle scanning and data entry tasks.

The role requires understanding of machine schedules, safety procedures, and efficient warehouse practices to ensure on-time delivery and accurate inventory. Weekend shifts may be involved depending on production needs.

Qualifications

• Experience operating forklifts and handling loads safely.
• Ability to follow schedules and instructions.
• Familiarity with warehouse layouts and packing requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver products to machines accurately and efficiently based on schedules and instructions.
• Load and unload products from trucks; verify counts and document shortages or damage.
• Understand warehousing layouts and the HDSS system for proper storage and movement.
• Identify packaging requirements for skids and materials and ensure correct handling.
• Utilize departmental smartools (RF Driver, Product Request, Inventory Maintenance) to verify skids are ready for loading and select correct trailers; distribute load evenly.

Skills

Forklift operation

Material handling

RF scanning

Warehousing knowledge

Tools

RF Driver

HDSS System

ASRS

VNA

Job description

Lufkin Quad is seeking a part-time forklift operator. Accurately identify, move, and process various products and materials throughout the plant. This is accomplished through material handling, servicing of production machines and other manufacturing duties as needed, and requires use of various pieces of powered industrial equipment, desktop and mobile PC’s and scanning equipment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

In order of importance

• Correctly identify and/or deliver product properly and efficiently to machines, while understanding operations, job schedules, and instructions.


• Load and unload product and materials from trucks and verify shipment counts, condition, and document shortages and damage. Proper block brace


• Understanding warehousing limitations and layouts, which include the HDSS system, and using conventional warehouse layout


• Understanding outbound packaging and skid type; will handle WIP, Newsstand, Bulk, and Mail skids. Also must identify what type of packaging is required: wood tops or Cardboard tops, corner protectors, type of wrap, and compression of wrap, and straps, and how many needed.


• Understand details of loading. Must have a full grasp on all departmental smartools including but not limited to: RF Driver, Product Request, Inventory Maintenance, LB-2, P2B-2, and Freight Management Systems. Review RF program to make sure all skids are physical and ready to be loaded; if not, identify when skid/s will be physical. Make sure you are loading correct trailer by matching it with what is showing in the RF driver application; determine what type of product will be loaded, and how many floor spots on the trailer are needed. Distribute load evenly throughout the trailer.


• Have the knowledge to fix and maintain automated systems including Packaging/Auto-wrappers, HDSS, ASRS, VNA, AGV, etc.