Job Title: Yard Forklift Operator/Loader
Shift: 8 or 10-hour shifts with overtime; rotating Saturday shifts; overtime as needed
Work Hours: Various shifts with overtime as needed to meet shipment volumes
JOB DESCRIPTION
GENERAL / DEFINITION:
The Yard Forklift Operator/Loader is responsible for loading and offloading products from trucks using a forklift, organizing and maintaining inventory, completing bills of lading when loading is completed, maintaining a safe and orderly work area, and assisting in monthly inventory counts. The role also includes covering other assigned duties as necessary.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The employee must be able to perform any basic task assigned by the immediate supervisor safely, including but not limited to the following:
- Safely operate a sit-down type forklift to load and offload trucks, and move and organize inventory.
- Fill out shipping paperwork legibly, properly, and completely so that others can understand, including bin locations from which the product is taken and the amount taken.
- Stage orders for customers by stacking and wrapping tile and trim on pallets for customer pickup. Load customer trucks and accurately fill out handwrites for customer pickups.
- Offload and receive product from various vendors. Sign paperwork and turn it into the purchasing department or immediate supervisor for inventory adjustments.
- Participate in monthly inventory counts and checks.
- Coordinate the maintenance of forklifts and any other yard equipment; including a daily safety check of the forklift and report to the Safety Director for repairs needed.
- Maintain an organized assigned yard area; check for safety issues, clean as necessary, and report any problems to the immediate supervisor.
- Notify the immediate supervisor of inventory discrepancies, shortages, damages, or defects.
- Dispose of obsolete and damaged inventory. Record any disposals accordingly.
ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS:
- Work with a positive approach with all employees (respect and dignity).
- Share experience by providing mentoring and coaching to all colleagues.
REQUIREMENTS
1. Safety Requirements:
- Must take an active role in:
- All safety training sessions
- Safety meetings
- Addressing safety issues at the workstation
- Reporting accidents in a timely manner (within 24 hours)
- Reporting safety concerns to the immediate supervisor
- Understand all safety requirements of forklift operation and safe work ethics
- Must wear all personal safety equipment including steel-toe shoes, safety glasses, and hard hats (where required)
- Must be able to safely operate the forklift following safety guidelines, forklift training guidelines, certification, and safety videos.
2. Competencies:
- Strive to continuously build knowledge and skills.
- Contribute to building a positive team spirit, vision, values, and objectives.
- Put the success of the team above own interests.
- Treat people with respect, work ethically and with integrity, accept responsibility for own actions, and uphold organizational vision, values, and objectives.
- Meet productivity standards, complete work in a timely manner, strive to increase productivity, and work as quickly and safely as possible.
- Be consistent and on time as per the scheduled workday.
3. Language Skills:
- Must have sufficient communication skills to:
- Understand and hold conversations in English with team members, customers, and visitors to the facility including drivers, homeowners, and others.
- Comprehend general instructions.
- Acquire necessary training to be successful in this position.
4. Mathematical Skills:
- Must have the ability to:
- Count tiles; add and subtract two-digit numbers.
- Multiply and divide.
- Calculate pieces per pallet needed.
- Understand decimal equivalencies.
5. Physical Demands:
- Must be able to perform the following physical requirements:
- Mount and dismount sit-down type forklift frequently as needed to make partial pallets.
- Frequently lift and pull 20 to 30-pound bundles of tile (2 to 3 pieces) using both hands (power grasping) and place such tile onto wooden pallets located at ground level when making partial pallets.
- Be able to lift and pull wooden pallets between 50 to 60 pounds by dragging on the ground from pallet stack to partial area.
- Must be able to occasionally lift and carry up to 100 pounds.
- Repetitive use of foot controls and hand controls.
- Must be capable of perceiving and understanding, above ambient noise and light levels, the forklift horns/reverse alarms
COM156
Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.