2nd shift Forklift Operator

Summary: Natures Bakery is seeking a Forklift Operator responsible for operating power equipment to move and manage merchandise in the warehouse. The role involves ensuring safe and efficient operation of the vehicle while fulfilling customer orders and maintaining inventory accuracy. Responsibilities: - Builds, adjusts, and secures pallets as required to ensure safe transportation - Ability to pick items of products in a fast-paced environment with accuracy, ability to read purchase order, sales order - Utilizes a handheld scanning device or written document order to locate products in the warehouse to fill customer orders - Ensure accurate inventory of goods; conveys completed orders to designated areas - Initiates appropriate action when goods received are damaged or defective - Verifies items pulled with appropriate documents to ensure accuracy and minimize errors - Transports palletized merchandise from receiving to staging areas - Transports palletized merchandise to freight trucks, or appropriate loading docks - Conveys palletized merchandise to appropriate locations - Moves and stores empty pallets in designated areas to keep aisles clear; stacks empty pallets in designated areas; sweeps designated aisles to maintain a clean and safe work environment - Refills designated powered industrial trucks or forklift battery water levels when required - Performs daily inspections of powered industrial trucks and submits daily inspection report to management - Mentors and influences new warehouse personnel to properly operate powered industrial trucks - Operates powered industrial trucks according to manufacturer’s instructions and company safety rules Required Qualifications: - Ability to apply basic mathematical concepts such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division - Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and seek for solutions - High School Diploma or GED - Ability to read, analyze, and interpret order reports - Normal verbal communication to respond to common inquiries by supervisor and/or other associates Preferred Qualifications: - Prefer a minimum of 1 year of experience operating a forklift or reach truck Required Skills: Forklift operation, Basic mathematics Important Skills: Handheld scanning device, Inventory management Nice-to-Have Skills: Verbal communication