What are the responsibilities and job description for the Forklift Operator position at Kerry?
Who Kerry Is:
A career with Kerry Taste & Nutrition offers you an opportunity to shape how people across the globe view food and beverage while providing you opportunities to explore and grow as your interests do. With our commitment to a sustainable future, a career with Kerry is something you can feel good about!
With over 45 plant across North America, the Byesville, OH, USA plant is a part of our Beverage division that makes syrups and liquid ingredients. We are hiring career minded people to help meet growing demands for quality food products and ingredients. You'll have the opportunity to work in a fast paced and fun environment! We feel good about our products that make our food taste better. Our employees care - about their community, their team and the results we create every day. If you’re looking for a manufacturing facility where you can build a career and have fun while you do it, we might be the team for you.
What This Role Is:
The Production Forklift Operator handles a variety of duties to support shipping & receiving and transport functions. They are cross trained to receive in products that come from our 3PL and load outbound trucks with customer product. Accurate use of scan guns, safe transport of finished product from racking onto trucks as well being able to put products in racks or tier stack them from the floor are all important. Loading, unloading and other duties to support smooth operations in the warehouse are required. During any spare time, this position is responsible for sweeping and operating the floor scrubber in the production and warehouse areas. Our Production Forklift Operators and Material Handlers report to the Warehouse Supervisor.
What You'll Do:
What You'll Need for Success:
A career with Kerry Taste & Nutrition offers you an opportunity to shape how people across the globe view food and beverage while providing you opportunities to explore and grow as your interests do. With our commitment to a sustainable future, a career with Kerry is something you can feel good about!
With over 45 plant across North America, the Byesville, OH, USA plant is a part of our Beverage division that makes syrups and liquid ingredients. We are hiring career minded people to help meet growing demands for quality food products and ingredients. You'll have the opportunity to work in a fast paced and fun environment! We feel good about our products that make our food taste better. Our employees care - about their community, their team and the results we create every day. If you’re looking for a manufacturing facility where you can build a career and have fun while you do it, we might be the team for you.
What This Role Is:
The Production Forklift Operator handles a variety of duties to support shipping & receiving and transport functions. They are cross trained to receive in products that come from our 3PL and load outbound trucks with customer product. Accurate use of scan guns, safe transport of finished product from racking onto trucks as well being able to put products in racks or tier stack them from the floor are all important. Loading, unloading and other duties to support smooth operations in the warehouse are required. During any spare time, this position is responsible for sweeping and operating the floor scrubber in the production and warehouse areas. Our Production Forklift Operators and Material Handlers report to the Warehouse Supervisor.
What You'll Do:
- Safely transport finished product with the proper paperwork to the finished goods warehouse and properly place finished goods in the correct location for that customer.
- Hand stack and transport pallets of finished product to the warehouse when hand stacking and rework are necessary.
- Identify the correct package materials and skids for each customer.
- Maintain an adequate supply of packaging material and remove all materials that are not being used including moving scrap to recycling.
- Supply production with pre-selected and approved production materials, using partials and oldest material first.
- Address or correct any unsafe conditions that are discovered and report all safety issues or truck malfunctions immediately to the Traffic Manager.
- Keep pallet logs updated with the correct warehouse location where product is stored.
- Audit materials for accurate inventory and placement at the end of each shift.
- Complete the daily LTO checklist (once per shift) and keep lift truck clean and in safe operating condition.
- Adhere to all forklift safety standards and regulations.
- Sweep, scrub, clean and relieve stackers for breaks and lunch.
- Assist team members when problems arise and in the training stackers and LTO’s.
- All other duties as required.
What You'll Need for Success:
- High School or Equivalent education
- Basic math and computer skills and ability to read, write & speak English
- Must have good communication skills both verbal and written.
- High attention to detail
- Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. periodically during the shift
- Food manufacturing experience preferred
- Ability to work in a manufacturing environment that is subject to temperature variance
- Ability to operate computer/Scanner to maintain accurate inventory
- Ability to safely operate lift truck by coordinating movements of hands and feet to tilt, raise, lower forks and move truck forward or backward, observing all safety regulations.
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