Forklift Driver/Billing, Hammond, Louisiana, United States, 1301 Pride Drive, 70401

Description

POSITION TITLE: FORKLIFT DRIVER & BILLING

LOCATION: Hammond, LA

REPORTS TO: Shipping Manager

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

BENEFITS:

SUMMARY:

Responsible for all activities associated with safely operating and caring for the forklift.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Operation and care of forklift in a safe manner. Must be qualified to properly operate the forklift including pre and post shift inspections.
Assist other forklift operators as necessary and is backup to Warehouse Manager, including billing
Maintain neat, orderly, and safe stacks of stock in storage areas.
Maintain accurate stock location in storage area by paperwork and computer.
Maximize the utilization of equipment by operating the machinery at available capacity and speed.
Adheres to daily production schedule. Makes recommendations for optimizing the schedule to meet cost, quality, delivery and service goals.
Complete necessary paperwork in an accurate and timely manner including Inventory Management adherence with accurate inventory counts, following shipping and receiving procedures, scanning load tags; maintaining proper stock levels; timely inventory transactions, compliance with cycle counts and audit requirements
Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
Additional duties may be assigned by management.

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to conduct instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form
Ability to deal with problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Required to obtain and maintain a current Lift Truck Operator License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.

The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color 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 functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.
The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

The performance of the employee will be measured as follows:

Operating standards - the employee will need to meet or exceed the Operating Standards in the areas of quality, cost, safety, customer satisfaction, and productivity. Such standards will be set annually and communicated to the employee.
Personal growth - while the company will provide the tools to assist the employee to grow professionally the responsibility for moving forward lies with the individual. Each year there will be goals developed and agreed to by the employee and his/her superior.
Employee relations - through observations the employee will be evaluated regarding his/her behaviors associated with appropriate human interaction, respect, and communication.
Creativity - this will be evaluated by how active the employee is in participating in advancing the business through new and innovative ideas.