What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dock Worker/Forklift Operator (Part Time) position at Tax Airfreight Inc?
Responsibilities
- Loading, unloading, and staging of freight on motor carriers and in dock facilities.
- Complete and processes appropriate paperwork.
- Promote and maintain a flexible, cooperative, positive, team-oriented, and customer-focused attitude within and between co-workers, departments, and other Tax-Air terminals.
- Ensure all freight paperwork is complete, accurate, legible, and processed timely.
- Perform physical loading, unloading, rearranging, and staging of freight.
- Check shipments received for correct items, counts, packing, crating, and tagging.
- Ensure safe and proper loading of freight within each vehicle (bracing, strapping, labeling freight, etc.) to minimize the possibility of damaged freight.
Skills
- Self-motivated with the ability to work effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced, constantly changing, and stressful environment.
- Must be able to operate material handling and dock-related equipment including forklifts safely and efficiently, hand trucks, tow motors, dock hooks, etc.
- Team-oriented and safety conscious
Requirements
- 6 months prior forklift experience; a combination of applicable work experience or education in a warehouse/dock role will be considered.
- Must be forklift certifiable through Tax-Air's forklift certification program for OSHA compliance.
- Forklift, dock hook, general material handling equipment, banders, calculator, copier, imaging equipment, scanning equipment, etc.
- Must be able to lift 75 lbs.
