What are the responsibilities and job description for the Relief Forklift/Warehouse Operator position at Lesaffre Group?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Prepare crumbled, block or nutritional yeast for shipment, load the trailers as per loading procedure, and fill out the loading paper work.
• Supply plant departments with necessary raw materials and packaging items.
• Perform routine and non-routine cleaning inside and outside the facility as required by the department master cleaning schedule and/or the General Service Supervisor or Lead Operator.
• Maintain the warehouse and cooler keeping each location clean and orderly.
• Document, inspect and unload materials as per written procedures.
• Assist other departments with cleaning or production functions.
• Convert anhydrous ammonia to Aqua ammonia.
• Convert bulk products to liquid solutions to be used in the plant.
• Hook up and unload railcars, as per written procedures.
• Assist in inventory control by monitoring levels.
• Maintain control sheets documenting unloading of all bulk items.
• Verify quantity of items on railcar; verify car is empty to return to RR.
• Cross train into other departments.
• Secondary Duties
• Special projects as directed by General Services Supervisor, Maintenance Manager or Plant Manager.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Environmental, Safety, Quality, and Legal Requirements
Understand and follow all environmental, safety, quality, and legal regulations for the area in which they work.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requires some experience with bulk trucks or rail cars. Understanding of valves, pumps, pipes, vessels, and batch creation preferred. Requires ability to operate cleaning equipment and supplies such as vacuum, mop, and floor scrubber. Requires ability to operate forklift. Requires ability to prioritize and organize tasks, and follow through to ensure completion of assignments. Communication skills and customer service skills needed in relationships with coworkers, management and other departments within the company. Computer proficiency preferred. Requires ability to work under minimal supervision. Must be well organized and able to manage multiple tasks, follow through on assigned tasks, and communicate issues to supervisor.
Education and Experience
High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to accurately count multiple configurations of inventoried product and raw materials.
Reasoning Abilities
Must have strong troubleshooting skills. Must use common sense and solid judgment when making decisions.
Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations
Ability to be forklift certified required
Ability to wear respiratory protection.
Physical Demands
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and risk of electrical shock. The employee is frequently exposed to extreme cold and extreme heat. The employee is occasionally exposed to vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
Facial Hair Policy
Employees working in this position will be required to follow Red Star Yeast’s facial hair policy. This is due to requirement of this position to wear respiratory protection.
Lesaffre Yeast Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status or other protected categories.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
