Position Summary:

Operates a gas or electric forklift in and between departments, buildings, and grounds. Collects and delivers a wide variety of materials, adhering to good safety practices in carrying out duties. Delivers materials to work areas as directed, stacks materials in storage areas and loads shipments in trailers. 

Essential Functions:

• Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials or hooks tow trucks to trailer hitch, and transports load to designated area. 

• Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus. 

• Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device. Load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids or lifting device. 

• Inventory materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed. 

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two step instructions.

•  Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables. 

• Employees in all warehouse positions must be able to immediately perceive auditory warning signals such as bells, alarms, and horns that are used to warn employees of the start-up, movement, or approach of equipment (including forklifts, turrets, overhead cranes, conveyors, trucks, and other equipment operated inside or outside the warehouse), mechanical abnormalities, and similar risk situations during warehouse operations. 

•  Solves routine problems of limited scope and complexity following established policies and procedures