Forklift Operator

Olsten Staffing is assisting a local client in Cheraw, SC to find an experienced and eager forklift operator to join their growing team!

The primary responsibility of a forklift operator is to load and unload warehouse material, optimizing loads to ensure operational efficiency and identifying damages to vehicles.

Responsibilities:

• Drives sit-down and stand-up forklifts, and other industrial vehicles such as cherry-pickers and automated pallet jacks as needed.

• Maintains clean work area.

• Pallet building and pallet picks.

• Loads goods onto conveyer belts.

• Stacks crates, pallets, lumber, or other material.

• Ensures the safe and efficient movement of goods.

• Follows safety regulations and company guidelines.

• Checks that loads are centered and properly stacked.

• Determines when repairs need to be made on equipment.

• Rotates stock so that oldest items are shipped or sold first.

• Loads and unloads product from and onto tractor trailers, rail cars, and cargo ships.

• Quality assurance (QA) duties, including reporting product damage and shortages.

• Utilizes radio frequency (RF) scanning equipment to track inventory.

• Shrink wraps goods or otherwise secures them and prepares them for transport.

• Weighs and records weights of products.

• Analyzes productions schedules to determine timely transportation of materials and products.

• Documents arrival, departure, and movement and storage of goods, checks trucking manifests and bills of lading, maintains inventory, and tracks fulfillment of customer and vendor orders.

Requirements:

• Valid driver's license

• Excellent hand-eye coordination.

• Proficiency in operating technical machinery and RF scanners.

• Good physical condition.

• Mathematical aptitude.

• Good organizational skills.

• Attention to detail.

• Good written and verbal communication.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to handle up to 50 lbs.

• Exposure to dust, vibration, noise, heights, elevated platforms, confined spaces, chemicals, temperature variation and rotating equipment.

• Ability to use personal protective equipment is required.

Pay rate for this position is $14 an hour.

Apply now if you are ready to start a new opportunity with a great company!

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pay Details: $14.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records subject to federal contractor requirements and/or security clearance requirements.