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Forklift Operator

gafsgi
Shafter, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/16/2025

At GAF, we cover more than just buildings. We cover each other. Under this roof, you will have the tools and resources you need to grow and develop in your career. You will experience our incredible culture and will be empowered to support your teammates, your customers, and especially your community. Under this roof, we define the future while leading the present through our deep well of experience and our responsibility to the future to drive improvements and innovation in our products. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

Team or Function Overview

  • Complete all documentation per standards.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
  • Ability to work as a team player while communicating effectively.

Summary

This position has the primary responsibility for loading finished goods to GAF customers. Achieve excellence in executing the assigned inventory stocking plans. The scope of this position includes safely driving, loading, unloading, and staging of product in the proper location.

Essential Duties

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Maintain good customer service with both internal and external customers (i.e. truck drivers, other department team members…)
  • Operate equipment (forklift, propane tank, etc.) safely at all times
  • Ship material by FIFO (first in first out)
  • Ship/shuttle material by Item number and by location
  • Verify production according to the Production Verification Check-List.
  • Maintain forklift by inspecting, recording and reporting any issues immediately
  • Load and unload trucks, and railcars safely

Physical Demands

  • Must be able to drive a forklift which requires sitting for long periods of time, as well as the ability to use your arms and legs to work the controls, brakes and steering wheel.
  • Must be able to work in ambient temperatures.
  • Regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 80 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Frequent sitting, walking, and standing, and occasional climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and balancing.
  • Frequent use of eye, hand, and finger coordination enabling the use of office machinery.
  • Oral and auditory capacity enabling interpersonal communication as well as communication through automated devices such as the telephone and/or radios.

Consideration will be given based on geography, candidate experience, and qualifications.

Hourly Rate: 22.94

How We Protect What Matters Most:

1. We offer a wide range of health insurance options that include medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. 2. Our Family-Building benefits support the many different journeys to fertility and parenthood. 3. Our robust 401K plan includes an employer match contribution with your pre-tax and/or Roth contributions. 4. Other exciting programs and perks are available to help employees achieve work-life balance, including (but not limited to) a wellness program, free financial coaching, a referral program, and product rebates when purchased for an employee’s primary residence. 5. Professional growth and development are very important to us! We offer internal training programs and courses, as well as a generous tuition reimbursement program. 6. We put diversity and inclusion into action with our Employee Resource Groups, which unite employees based on common perspectives, identities, demographic factors, or out of a desire to be an ally.

GAF complies with federal, state, and local disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR Services at 833-HR-XPERT.

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).

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