Forklift Truck Operator

Position Summary:

The Forklift Truck Driver is responsible for operating battery powered lift equipment in a safe and efficient manner, along with handheld scanning devices to manage placement of inventory within a warehouse environment.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: (Additional duties may be assigned)

• Operates a variety of battery powered lift equipment to receive, put away, replenish, and load inventory within a distribution warehouse.
• Assist with physical inventory to maintain accuracy of product in warehouse.
• Provide routine general maintenance on lift equipment: nightly charging of unit batteries, watering, checking for wear, and requesting service on inoperable equipment.
• Ensuring compliance with all safety policies and procedures in daily operations
• Supporting other departments as needed to facilitate overall company operations
• Demonstrating accountability, including decision-making and process improvements

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Education and Experience:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Forklift License
• 1-3 years Reach truck experience preferred
• 1-3 years Counterbalance fork truck operator experience preferred
• 3-5 years Warehouse Operations experience preferred

Special Requirements:

• Occasional weekend work as required to meet business needs.

Location: Fulton, NY

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced, dynamic and changing environment with a focus on meeting deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to read and interpret paperwork.
• Maintain consistent, dependable attendance
• Basic personal computer skills that include the ability to send/receive email messages, post information to a database or spreadsheet, and perform basic word processing, bookkeeping, and/or data entry

Equipment Used:

Safety Equipment: Safety shoes, Scanner, Calculator, Photocopier, Telephone, Pallet Jack, Forklift

Computer Software: Microsoft Outlook/Express, Microsoft Word

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, reach, push, pull, crouch, kneel, bend, climb, use fingers to grasp, handle, feel, and perform repetitive motions of hands or wrists.

• Close mental and visual attention to prepare and analyze data and figures, work on a computer, read, or control machines or processes at a rapid pace that requires close coordination and fine adjustment.

Salary:18.00/hr

Environmental Conditions:

Work is performed in a warehouse environment with exposure to temperature changes and noise.

MacKenzie-Childs is an EEO employer