Forklift Operator

Xpedient is a full-service 3rd party logistics provider. We have experience helping a diverse client base in warehousing services, transportation management, supply chain management, order fulfillment and labor needs. **Summary** Our Team Members operate powered industrial equipment such as stand-up and sit-down forklifts with fork or clamp attachments. Tasks loading/unloading pallets and cases, picking/staging orders, putting away pallets, and other general forklift work. **Roles and Responsibilities** - Conduct operations in a manner promoting safety - Sit-down lift experiences preferred - Minimum of 6 months of forklift and warehouse experience - Must be super-efficient in all tasks required - Put away inbound shipments/move product to storage locations using a forklift - Picking cases by the each onto pallets using the powered equipment - Prepare product for shipment ensuring the exact number and correct item is staged for loading - Keep appropriate records and reports for inventory accuracy - Report quality variances - Maintain the facility's equipment and materials in a neat, clean, and orderly fashion - Assist in any required physical inventories - Complete daily inspection of equipment - Perform additional duties as assigned by management - Ensure proper stock rotation - Satisfactory completion of a forklift training program - Comply with all OSHA and MSDS standards - Ability to read, understand and follow instructions, and to code applicable documents **Qualifications** - Must be able to pass Forklift Driving Skills test - This position requires lifting cases weighing from 20-45 pounds repeatedly throughout a long work period - 18 years or older - Working in a high-speed manufacturing environment (e.g., team-oriented, deadline driven, high performance demands, fast-paced, etc.) - Driving a forklift (e.g., performing basic operations such as driving forwards, driving backwards, lifting and lowering boom, maneuvering in tight areas without damaging product, etc.) - Working with racking systems and loading/unloading pallets (e.g., pulling and placing pallets on/off vertical product racking systems and trucks, maximizing storage by stacking products vertically, etc.) - Working with standards of operation (e.g., OSHA requirements on minimum/maximum speeds, signaling, putting products in appropriate areas, etc.) **Safety:** - Observe and follow health and safety regulations - Enforces operating instructions and safety policies. - Assist management in establishing warehouse standards and procedures - Maintain detailed records of safety incidents - Assign designated safety personnel - Maintain warehouse in a clean, safe, and orderly condition. **Xpedient** **Logistics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.** **Xpedient** **offers competitive wages, insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision and life), paid time off and holidays.**