Forklift Operator
Key Skills for This Role
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Moves levers and presses pedals to drive forklift and control movement of lifting apparatus.
- Positions forks under, over, or around loaded pallets or boxes and transports load to designated area.
- Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.
- Stack cases (up to 50lbs.) for containers and rail carts.
- Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.
- Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.
- Lubricates forklift, recharges batteries, fills fuel tank or replaces liquefied gas tank.
- General housekeeping of product and pallets off and on forklift.
- General cleaning duties such as sweeping freezers.
- Able to pull chain to open dock plate to be loaded, lift pallets and stack and remove slip sheets off pallets (40-50 times per load).
- Other duties as assigned.
Essential Physical Abilities:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close Vision, Distance Vision, Peripheral Vision, Depth perception and ability to adjust focus while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance.
Personal Competencies Required:
Ability to communicate in English with supervisors and co-workers.
Ability to follow basic instructions.
Work as a team with other employees and work well with minimum supervision.
*Selected employee will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and E-Verify*
Benefits of a Forklift Operator
Competitive Wages, Range $20.88 per hour
Non-Exempt Position, Eligible for Overtime
Excellent Benefit Package Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance. Life, AD&D and LTD Insurance. Paid Holidays 401K Retirement Plan.
Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance.
Life, AD&D and LTD Insurance.
Paid Holidays
401K Retirement Plan.
Work Location: Kennewick Warehouse
Twin City Foods, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or age. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please see this government poster: “ Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal .”
If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact Human Resources at 509-546-0850 or email at [email protected].
About Twin City Foods
Privately held frozen-vegetable producer serving retail, foodservice, and private-label customers across North America.
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