Shipping Forklift Operator
Ardagh Group
2021-12-03 09:06:58
Olive Branch, Mississippi, United States
Job type: fulltime
Job industry: Transport & Logistics
Job description
The Shipping ITO is responsible for maintaining and driving forklifts, moving product, equipment, or materials in the warehouse and in and out of trucks.
Key Accountabilities:
* Operate industrial truck to perform transporting assignments in designated locations according to prescribed methods.
* Transport material to and from storage areas, warehouse, trucks, machines and loading docks.
* Stacks and unstacks pallets of cans.
* Rebuild pallets of cans, as needed.
* Fills out forms, checks identification, counts and/or weighs materials.
* Handles skids, pallets, chipboard, top frames, drums or other material.
* Inputs and extracts information in computer system to generate appropriate paperwork.
* Handles and dumps scrap, spoilage or trash.
* Performs prescribed preventative maintenance checks on industrial trucks.
* Maintains the highest level of housekeeping in assigned areas.
* Ability to understand and execute all loading procedures as they apply to each individual customer.
* Ability to recognize defective product during loading and transportation process
* Communicate issues with incoming product immediately and follow up
* Perform other duties as assigned
Knowledge / Skills / Experience:
* High School Diploma or Equivalent
* Detail oriented
* Familiar with Personal Protective Equipment
* Prior experience in a fast-paced manufacturing facility
Key Job Competencies / Physical Demands:
* Exposure to heat, cold, vibrations, and loud noise
* Frequent bending, twisting, reaching, sitting, standing, walking, and use of foot pedals
* Willing and able to work overtime, weekends, holidays and night shifts
Ardagh Group is a global leader in metal and glass packaging solutions, producing packaging for the world's leading brands. We trace our roots all the way back to the Irish Glass Bottle Company, founded in 1932. Since then, we have grown rapidly to a team of more than 16,000 people with yearly revenues of approximately $7 billion. Today, we have a presence across Europe and the Americas.
Did you know….
* Ardagh produces many of the beverage cans and bottles you drink your favorite beverages from?
* Metal and glass packaging we produce are permanent materials, meaning they can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality?
* We produce more than 160 million containers per day across the country?
* Ardagh Metal Beverage North America produces more than 15 billion cans and can ends annually?
* Approximately 75% of aluminum ever produced is still in use today?
* Aluminum cans, with 73%, have the highest recycled content among all beverage containers?
Ardagh is passionate about sustainability and has a reputation for innovation. We push the boundaries of what's possible, pioneering new production methods, new design techniques and new ways to recycle and save energy. Our aim is to reduce any negative environmental impact while remaining economically sustainable and socially responsible.
Ardagh Group North America has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breast feeding, and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, creed, religion (including religious dress and grooming), color, national origin, ancestry (including association, affiliation, or participation with persons or activities related to national origin, English-proficiency or accent, or immigration status), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital or domestic partner status, age, veteran or military status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Discrimination against any employee or applicant based on any of these factors is prohibited.
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Nearest Major Market: Memphis