Forklift Operator

H.T. Hackney Company, founded in 1891 is a privately owned wholesale distributor serving more than 20,000 retail customers in over 20 U.S. states making it one of the largest in the United States. We offer competitive pay, including medical, dental, vision insurance and 401K benefits.

We are currently accepting applications for a dependable employee to join our team as an experienced fork lift operator for the freezer area based out of our Lynchburg Virginia location.

Work Schedule:

• First Shift
• Weekends as needed

Fork Lift Operator is responsible for various assignments, duties, and tasks within the Warehouse that may or may not require the use of a Forklift, such as building pallets, inbound unloading, outbound loading, replenishment of the pick floor, This role will travel throughout the warehouse pick area to retrieve and stack specific products and quantities; per the ticket assigned while maintaining any determined expectations of safety, accuracy, and, or efficiency. This position performs other tasks assigned by warehouse management including, pallet stacking, handling damage restack and, or rework, stacking product, and picking up pallets with a pallet jack, when applicable.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Retrieve and place quantities of cases of product onto a pre-determined pallet(s) as instructed by the assigned pick ticket safely meeting or exceeding warehouse expectations in safety and accuracy.
• Unload inbound product, raw materials, and transports from the docks to their designated storage areas within the warehouse in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner
• Load outbound product and/or deposit items by transporting from their assigned storage area within the warehouse to the loading docks and placing them on trucks in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner.
• Replenish product to the warehouse pick and transporting such from their assigned storage areas within the warehouse to their specific assigned location in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety of work area and warehouse, performs other tasks including pallet building as determined and requested by management.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to work in a fast-paced atmosphere while walking and repetitively lifting 30-75 lbs.
• Ability to collaborate within a team environment
• Ability to coordinate and organize efficient and dependable warehouse processes
• Ability to adapt to needs of role in different work areas throughout the workday and meet minimum expectations of those different work areas
• Ability to read and understand instructions from a computer screen
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work in a noisy and non-climate controlled environment including high and low-temperature environment
• Intentional self-starter who takes initiative and proactively seeks out value-add opportunities
• Flexibility in Scheduling is required as work hours are subject to change based on business demands
• Must submit to background check and drug screen

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $13.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Warehouse experience: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $13