Forklift Operator

Forklift Operator Requirements and Responsibilities:

• Drives sit-down and stand-up forklifts, and other industrial vehicles such as cherry-pickers and automated pallet jacks as needed.

• Moves hazardous materials.

• Maintains clean work area.

• Pallet building and pallet picks.

• Loads goods onto conveyer belts.

• Stacks crates, pallets, lumber, or other material.

• Ensures the safe and efficient movement of goods.

• Follows safety regulations and company guidelines.

• Checks that loads are centered and properly stacked.

• Determines when repairs need to be made on equipment.

• Rotates stock so that oldest items are shipped or sold first.

• Loads and unloads product from and onto tractor trailers, rail cars, and cargo ships.

• Quality assurance (QA) duties, including reporting product damage and shortages.

• Utilizes radio frequency (RF) scanning equipment to track inventory.

• Shrink wraps goods or otherwise secures them and prepares them for transport.

• Weighs and records weights of products.

• Analyzes productions schedules to determine timely transportation of materials and products.

• Documents arrival, departure, and movement and storage of goods, checks trucking manifests and bills of lading, maintains inventory, and tracks fulfillment of customer and vendor orders.