Ravago
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Responsibilities include:
- Loading, unloading, moving, stacking, and staging products and materials using forklifts, clamp trucks, and other powered industrial equipment.
- Utilizing handheld scanners for picking, receiving, put-away, and loading functions.
- Maintaining equipment, materials, and work areas in a neat, clean, and organized manner.
- Performing daily inspections and minor maintenance on forklifts and related equipment.
- Operating machinery safely and efficiently, following established work methods.
Essential Functions
- Safe Material Handling: Unload/load products with proper safety and handling techniques; segregate, label, check, and stage inbound/outbound products correctly.
- Documentation & Data: Complete and sign all required load paperwork; enter accurate data in handheld devices.
- Housekeeping & Support: Maintain excellent housekeeping and adhere to safety policies; assist with physical or cycle counts as needed.
- Quality & Reporting: Identify damages or quality issues; report overages/shortages; execute assignments accurately, timely, and safely.
- Team Collaboration: Follow work instructions and support additional tasks assigned by supervisors.
Qualifications & Skills
- Minimum 2 years of forklift and warehouse experience.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
- Able to follow detailed instructions.
- Respectful, considerate team player.
- Basic computer skills (e.g., data entry on handheld devices).
- Good math, reading, and verbal communication skills.
Education Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED.
Physical Requirements
- Operate and sit on powered industrial trucks regularly.
- Frequently lift up to 55 lbs and perform bending, stooping, standing, walking, turning, and pivoting.
- Climb on/off equipment repeatedly.
- Tolerate varying temperatures in seasonal warehouse conditions.
Additional Details
- Seniority level: Entry level.
- Employment type: Full-time.
- Job function: Management and Manufacturing.
- Industry: Plastics Manufacturing.