Rolling Equipment (Forklift) Operator - Shipping

Come join our team! $1,000 Retention Bonus (after 1 year) Paid Time Off 11 Paid Holidays Eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan Competitive Benefits MPS, a division of Macmillan Publishers, a leading US publisher of Trade and Academic titles, has a job opening for a Rolling Equipment (Forklift) Operator in Shipping in our Gordonsville facility. MPS provides back office support, warehousing, and, fulfillment for Macmillan US, and is their primary distribution facility for North America. Responsible for operating all rolling equipment (forklifts) to move, locate, relocate, pick, and stack products. Accurately counts products; ensuring the product is free of damage for inbound and outbound shipments and assuring all paperwork, labeling, and addressing of orders to correspond to in-house and customer specifications or other requirements. The rolling equipment (forklift) operator is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of all the equipment; performing other duties as assigned. Description The employee must operate all equipment including Pacer, Turret Truck, Order Picker, and Walkie/Rider, and work at elevations of 35 feet wearing Personal Protective Equipment - Safety Harness. Required to work in other areas and other locations as assigned based on workload. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. • Lifts and moves cartons from conveyor and places in appropriate drop zone (pallet). • Places full pallet and partial pallet picks in designated areas. • Loads outbound trucks. • Counts to make sure inbound and outbound freight has correct full pallet, case quantities. • Prepares product for shipment, ensuring that the exact number and type of product is loaded for shipment. • Ensures that receipts/orders are complete and counts verified. Keeps lead or supervisor advised of any shortages, problems, and incorrect labels/markings. • Ensures the accuracy of all receipt/shipping documents. • Ensures the receipt/shipping counts match all documents and bill of ladings. • Assists in resolving any discrepancies. • Uses various devices (scanners and Pick-To-Voice). • Ensures that all work instructions are followed exactly and updates the lead or supervisor when completed. • Assists in cycle counting. • Moves full pallets to shrink wrapping machine using appropriate equipment • Inspects cartons/pallets for damage. Maintains a clean, neat, and orderly work area. • Maintains a clean, neat, and orderly work area. • Conducts operations in a manner that promotes safety. • Enforces established safety, health, and housekeeping policies and procedures in order to minimize injuries, loss of production time, and damage. • Conforms to all company policies and procedures (Employee Handbook) • Complies with all environmental, health, and safety requirements. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Los requisitos enumerados a continuación son representativos del conocimiento, habilidad y/o habilidad requerida. Se podrán realizar ajustes razonables para permitir que las personas con discapacidades realicen las funciones esenciales. Educación y/o Experiencia: Diploma de escuela secundaria o título de educación general (GED). Habilidades lingüísticas: Capacidad para leer y comprender instrucciones, correspondencias y memorandos sencillos, escribir de forma legible y presentar información de forma eficaz en situaciones individuales y en grupos pequeños de los empleados de la organización. Habilidades matemáticas: Capacidad para sumar, restar, multiplicar y dividir en todas las unidades de medida, usando números enteros, fracciones comunes y decimales. Capacidad de razonamiento: Capacidad para aplicar la comprensión del sentido común para llevar a cabo instrucciones simples de uno o dos pasos y para manejar estructuras estandarizadas con variables ocasionales o sin ninguna variable. Otras habilidades y habilidades: Habilidades informáticas para incluir conocimientos básicos de PC y teclados y un conocimiento práctico de WMS. Debe poder operar una torreta tr