Forklift Operator

SUMMARY Responsible for operating sit-down industrial lift truck (forklift) and or electric ride-on or walk behind hand jacks to perform a variety of lifting and moving tasks within potato packing and shipping warehouses.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Learn and perform specific safety and operational procedures for each type of forklift used in the warehouse; including daily inspection, changing of batteries and/or propane tanks, and troubleshooting of maintenance issues.
• Report any damage of truck before loading or unloading.
• Learn P.O. # system utilized in the potato packing shed as well as the inventory system, and utilizing scan guns to obtain inventory.
• Follow the Good Manufacturing Practices utilized in the potato packing shed.
• Depending upon area assigned on a daily basis, tasks could include but are not limited to:
• Moving finished pallets away from packing lines/tote dumper
• Re-supplying empty pallets to packing lines/keeping bins filled
• Supplying packing lines with potatoes by either emptying totes or bin boxes into hopper(s).
• Moving full bin boxes away from washer and/or sizer, and re-supplying empty boxes/tote dumper.
• Bins must be removed in all weather conditions.
• Assist with unloading incoming product, assuring that product is properly labeled, safely stacked, and stored in designated area.
• Assist with loading/unloading outgoing/incoming trucks, which includes assuring that each outgoing pallet is properly labeled, picking/stacking and scanning orders, and properly placing pallets on truck in manner that they will ride securely.
• Report damaged pallets, product, or packaging.
• Coordinate dumping of product into bin boxes and monitor counts. Separate and scan labeled items.
• Supply packing lines with empty bags and other packaging supplies.
• Properly place product in rack. Train others how to do so. Ensure broken pallets are not put in rack.
• Follow product usage guide.
• Alert supervisor of possible old inventory. When identified, move to front to make more visible.
• Assist during planting and harvest seasons with loading and unloading bulk field trucks, moving seed and harvested product, monitoring and mapping storage for product and seed.
• Assist with keeping coolers, bays, dock areas and main packing floor areas neat and sanitary: removing broken pallets and bin boxes, emptying garbage barrels and boxes, sweeping and keeping garbage build-up to a minimum.
• Keep product within coolers rotated on first-in, first-out basis.
• Keep bag storage areas clean and organized.
• Ensure overhead doors are closed.
• Must read and understand written instructions on what needs to be done as well as write legibly.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
• Must have flexibility in schedule as well as traveling (Working at other company properties)
  

Secondary Duties And Responsibilities

• Help perform general plant cleaning and sanitation as well as outside areas.
• Identify good vs. bad pallets and bins.
• If trained and qualified, assist with jockeying trucks around facility.
• If trained and qualified, utilize snow plow to assist with facility snow removal.
• Perform other tasks as requested during slower times including assisting where necessary in all aspects of the potato packing process.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.
  
  

POSITION STANDARDS

Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)

• No Jewelry
• No Visible Piercings
• Restrained Hair
• No Food or Gum
• Steel Toe Shoes
• Visible ID Badge
• Unsoiled/Untorn Clothing
• No Drinks other than Plain Water
• Smoking ONLY in designated areas
• No Polished/False Fingernails
  
  

Safety

• Employees must follow standard operating procedures to ensure a safe working environment
  
  

Physical Requirements/Range Of Motion

• Walking
• Sitting
• Standing
• Reaching
• Kneeling
• Climbing
• Bending
• Squatting
• Lift 60lbs without assistance
• Lift 60 to 100 lbs with assistance
• Push or Pull up to 100lbs
  
  

Working Conditions Outside of Office

• Hot or Cold Temperatures
• A variety of dusts may be present
• Chemicals may be Present
• Walking surfaces may be uneven
  
  

Cleaning Duties

• Sweep
• Dust
• Wipe Down Machinery
• Keep Work Areas Neat
• Wash Equipment & Bins with Pressure Washer & Disinfectant
  
  

It is the company's desire to provide a healthful and safe workplace free from substance and alcohol abuse. The goal of this policy is to ensure that its employees are free from current substance and alcohol abuse, to maintain a drug and alcohol-free environment and to reduce the potential for unnecessary accidents, injuries and fatalities.

We have an obligation to our employees and the public at large to take the necessary and reasonable steps to assure safety in the workplace. The use of alcohol and drugs poses a serious threat, and we intend to do all that we can to maintain a safe, healthful and productive working environment.

The Company is committed to the elimination of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the workplace and has adopted this policy in which all employees are required to report to work in an apporoprate mental and physical condition to perform their jobs in a satisfactory manner.