Rolling Equipment (Forklift) Operator - Shipping

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$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. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Language Skills:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondences, and memos, write legibly and effectively present information one-on-one and small group situations of employees in the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out simple one or two-step instructions, and to deal with standardized structure with only occasional or no variables.

Other skills and abilities:

Computer skills to include basic knowledge of PCs and keyboarding and a working knowledge of WMS. Must be able to operate a turret truck, order picker, Pacer, forklift, reach truck, walkie/rider, pallet jack, and work at elevations of 35' feet wearing PPE (safety harness).

Hourly Pay Rate: $19.1900 to $23.8400

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, or hear; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, or reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to sit, stoop, and kneel.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to temperature changes, risk of electrical shock, and moving mechanical parts. Works at elevations of 35 feet wearing a fully-body harness. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

MPS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, consistently striving to foster a culture where everyone belongs. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, religion, age, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, physical ability, neurodiversity, genetic information, protected veteran status, family and economic status, and background or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We prohibit discrimination of any kind and will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law.