What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Forklift Operator position at Westlake?
JOB SUMMARY
The Forklift Operator is responsible for the safe operation of a Powered Industrial Vehicle (PIV) to assist with material handling, shipping, receiving and other activities. The list of duties and responsibilities is not all-inclusive and may expand to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Comply with company Safety Policies and Procedures
- Loads and unloads materials (4x16 pallets) onto or from trucks by forklift as required.
- Loading and verification of outgoing shipments for accuracy and quality/quantity of part numbers
- Verify products picked match the shipping order
- Ensure items received are delivered and put away daily
- Ensure material storage areas and receiving area are kept clean from debris and trash
- Distribute requested items to production line in an accurate and timely fashion as needed
- Improve and maintain plant and outside yard 5S/Safety
- Manually handle product combining and sorting material from pallet to pallet
- Assist with yearly Physical Inventory
- Other projects as requested
- Regular attendance, timeliness and scheduling flexibility
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Sort, stage & load pallets and related material in a safe manner following Boral Forklift Safe Operation guidelines and policies
- Assist in inventory management of pallets to ensure production operations continue without interruption
- Required to operate a sit-down forklift and/or electric pallet jack in a safe and efficient manner
- Able to effectively work within a diverse team environment and be productive while unsupervised
- Basic Computer skills
- Must be able to read and interpret documents such as shipping/receiving information
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form
- Some minor pallet repairs
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