Stand Up Forklift Operator

Fresh Express; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Express in Columbia, SC is hiring for a warehouse associate. You will unload, receive, stock, and move items using RF scanners and forklifts, while ensuring FIFO and safety rules.

Responsibilities include feeding production lines, performing cycle counts, loading trailers, and maintaining clean work areas. Candidates must lift 50 lbs, work in a cold, wet environment, and be available for any shift, weekends, and some holidays.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• 1 year experience in loading and receiving with at least 6 months of stand-up/sit-down forklift operations.
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly.
• Willing to work any shift, weekends, and some holidays.
• Able to work in a very cold (33 F) and wet environment.

Responsibilities

• Receivers will unload live and drop trailers and transfer items to the various stockrooms around the warehouse to be racked.
• Inventory control forklift operators will feed the Production lines as needed based on customer specifications and FIFO requirements, perform stock rotations within the various stockrooms, and conduct special counts/cycle counts as needed.
• Loaders will pick their own orders and load the trailers based on customer freshness rules and trailer load configurations.
• All forklift operators will use the RF scan guns to capture the movement of all items within the warehouse, ensure cleanliness of their work area and the equipment they use, report any mishaps/accidents immediately, and recommend process or safety improvements.

Skills

Reading comprehension

Basic math

RF scan guns

Forklift operation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

• Receivers will unload live and drop trailers and transfer items to the various stockrooms around the warehouse to be racked.
• Inventory control forklift operators will feed the Production lines as needed based on customer specifications and FIFO requirements, perform stock rotations within the various stockrooms, and conduct special counts/cycle counts as needed.
• Loaders will pick their own orders and load the trailers based on customer freshness rules and trailer load configurations.
• All forklift operators will use the RF scan guns to capture the movement of all items within the warehouse, ensure cleanliness of their work area and the equipment they use, report any mishaps/accidents immediately, and recommend process or safety improvements.

Job Responsibilities

• Receivers will unload live and drop trailers and transfer items to the various stockrooms around the warehouse to be racked.
• Inventory control forklift operators will feed the Production lines as needed based on customer specifications and FIFO requirements, perform stock rotations within the various stockrooms, and conduct special counts/cycle counts as needed.
• Loaders will pick their own orders and load the trailers based on customer freshness rules and trailer load configurations.
• All forklift operators will use the RF scan guns to capture the movement of all items within the warehouse, ensure cleanliness of their work area and the equipment they use, report any mishaps/accidents immediately, and recommend process or safety improvements.

Skills Required

• Reading with comprehension
• Proficient in basic math
• Knowledge of operating RF scan guns
• Operation of stand-up/sit-down forklift

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• 1-year experience in loading and receiving with a minimum of 6 months of stand-up/sit-down forklift operations
• Must be able to lift 50 lbs. repeatedly.
• Willing to work any shift, weekends, and some holidays
• Able to work in a very cold (33 F) and wet environment

Other Information

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees, and are not to be construed, as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.