What are the responsibilities and job description for the Warehouse Forklift Operator position at Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA?
Location: Siegwerk USA Inc. | 3535 SW 56th Street | Des Moines, IA 50321
Siegwerk is one of the world’s leading suppliers of Printing Inks and sustainable packaging solutions. A career here will give you significant flexibility and support in a company focused on making a positive impact in the world. Siegwerk is poised to disrupt the global packaging industry; changing the way packaging is produced and consumed for the benefit of us all. At Siegwerk, you will have everything you need to help make that change.
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Job Summary
Operates forklifts to unload all incoming material and VNA trucks to supply production operations with raw materials to produce finished product. Transports finished product to storage racks or shipment staging areas. Ensures finished product is loaded onto trucks in an accurately and timely manner to meet customer delivery requirements and standards.
Shift Availability: 12 hour shifts (Thurs/Friday/Saturday and every other Sunday) (6pm-6am)
Job Responsibilities
- Operates forklifts and VNA’s in a safe and efficient manner.
- Follow work instructions depending on tasks using the RF scanners and computer interface.
- Reads production schedule, customer order, shipping order, etc., to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.
- Fills requisitions or requests to supply production operations with materials to produce finished products.
- Organizes, stores, retrieves inventory safely and correctly using the RF scanner.
- Conveys materials back and forth between production staging areas and warehouse designated areas.
- Re-weigh and label all material coming back to maintain accurate inventory.
- Sorts and places materials on racks, shelves, bins according to predetermined sequence.
- Removes/Reworks any damaged product before putting away in warehouse racks.
- Inspects finished goods for quality defects when scanning to customer deliveries.
- Transfers finished goods to staging or storage areas.
- Prints and scans Bill of lading for all finished goods using computer interface and RF scanner.
- Removes/Reworks any damaged product on pallets before loading.
- Loads finished goods onto trucks in a timely manner to meet customers delivery requirements.
- Accurately completes all written logs and data input to include closing sequences of all shipments.
- Participates in inventory management, i.e. inventory accuracy, cycle counts, inventory verification.
- Reports inventory discrepancies. Ensures accurate inventory counts and notifies lead/supervisor of discrepancies.
- May be responsible for inspecting, unloading and receiving any materials by truck, shipping container, tankers, railcars and completing all associated paperwork.
- Effectively communicates with all internal departments.
- Maintain a clean work area and preforms general housekeeping duties.
- Adheres to all departmental/company policies and procedures.
- Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
- High School diploma or GED or a minimum of one to three months related experience.
- Minimum 1 year of forklift experience required
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating procedures, paperwork, BOL and any other instructions and documents.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Basic math skills, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, proportions and percentages.
- Basic computer knowledge is preferred, I.E. Microsoft Suite. SAP system knowledge is preferred.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Health Savings Account with employer contributions
- Dental Insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Vision Insurance
- PTO and paid holidays
- Limited Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance w/ AD&D
- Free Disability Insurance
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
Are you interested?
Should you have any further questions, please visit our careers website at Siegwerk.com.
The application deadline is 12.01.2024. Your application can only be considered after this deadline if the decision to fill the position has not yet been made at that time.
Job ID: 26323
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