Equipment Operator (Reach truck)

Job Description

IN PERSON INTERVIEW ARE REQUIRED - no exception- Manager will not hire a candidate who he has not interviewed - - CANDIDATES WILL BE TESTED ON THEIR REACH TRUCK EXP AT THE TIME OF INTERVIEW

This position could be a contract to hire for the right person

Shift is: 7 am - 3:30 Monday - Friday - all schedules are subject to changes in clients needs

MUST HAVE 1 YEAR OF REACH TRUCK EXP - THIS IS NOT A FORKLIFT POSITION - CANDIDATES MUST HAVE REACH TRUCK EXP

MUST HAVE 1 year of warehouse experience

Candidates will be wearing a headset while on the reach truck to tell them where they need to go to pick product - this is done by a computer generated ticket - the computer only speaks English

Not a controlled temp environment

Steel Toes Boots required

0-3 Years of Experience, Responsible for stocking received merchandise in the appropriate location, operating and maintaining equipment associated with warehouse activity and performing other related duties as required. Operates electric forklift, which requires moving levers and pressing pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus in the cooler, freezer, and dry spaces; unloads/loads pallets of products using pallet jacks and forklifts; stores and removes pallets of products from rack locations; puts product in overflow locations; hand stacks product onto/off of pallets and into packing locations as required; maintains a clean work environment by performing duties of sweeping, ice removal, scrubbing with rags and brushes, and removing trash as required; transfers any leftover items to the Home slot and cleans up aisles and picks up leftover pallets at the end of the shift; performs duties of order selector as needed. Basic requirements include one year of warehouse distribution experience and Pallet Jack and Forklift Certification from Sysco. Essential skills and qualifications include the ability to read, write, and understand English; basic arithmetic skills; ability to read a limited number of two and three syllable words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers; ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs; ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; the ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations; and basic computer skills. Reports to Inbound or Outbound Warehouse Supervisor.