Forklift Operator - 30k Capacity

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Operate 30k forklifts and other industrial equipment to move materials throughout the warehouse and yard.

Job Summary :

This position reports to the Department Supervisor. The ideal candidate must be a certified forklift operator for 30k capacity and be able to move 20' and 40' shipping containers in the yard and onto trucks using heavy-duty container handling equipment. Must be detail-oriented and a team player.

Responsibilities :

• Accident prevention – actively identify, correct and / or report safety hazards to prevent accidents.
• Actively identify and pursue cost reduction and efficiency / profit improvement opportunities.
• Support the ISO 9001 Quality Management System and the Sea Box Quality Policy calling for self- inspection of your work product.
• Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
• Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks, cars, or tractors and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
• Move levers and controls that operate lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams and swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, and stack material.
• Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, and boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
• Manually or mechanically load and unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
• Perform routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tanks.
• Weigh materials or products and record weight and other production data on tags or labels.
• Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
• Turn valves and open chutes to dump, spray, or release materials from dump cars or storage bins into hoppers.
• Signal workers to discharge, dump, or level materials.
• Lifting production objects of up to 50lbs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to fulfill essential job functions in a consistent state of alertness and safe manner.

Why work for Sea Box?

We offer benefits to our full-time employees that include :

Employees are eligible for most benefits on the 1st of the month following date of hire.

Hourly Rate Range : $21 - $23 / hour Requirements :

Skills / Qualifications : Education : High School Diploma or GED preferred

Experience : The candidate should possess 1-2 years’ related experience.

Location : This position is onsite (non-remote) at the Company’s corporate headquarters in Cinnaminson, NJ. This position may occasionally require working overtime and / or working outside of the Company’s normal hours of operation.

EOE, Including Disability / Vets