Forklift Operator - United Salt Saltville, LLC

Job Summary:

The Forklift Operator operates, monitors, and maintains packaging machinery for the production, loading, and shipping of evaporated salt products, ensuring quality and safety, and troubleshooting issues on a fast-paced production line. Two per shift provide coverage during absences.

Key Responsibilities:

• Operates, monitors, and maintains packaging equipment.
• Transport pallets of salt products from the packaging lines to the warehouse.
• Store products and raw materials in an organized and orderly manner as directed by management.
• Load and receive product, raw materials, hoppers, and equipment to and from the shipping and warehousing area as directed by supervision.
• Maintain work area(s) cleanly and safely. Maintains housekeeping in assigned areas to plant and AIB guidelines.
• Must possess a valid DMME general mineral miner card.
• Re-stack and wrap the package product as needed safely.
• Perform routine and preventative maintenance as directed by management.
• Maintain plant records, logbook(s), check lists, work permits, and other plant documents as needed.
• Monitors and maintains product quality and production.
• Generate work permits and work orders.
• Operates mobile equipment, including lift trucks, floor sweepers, etc.
• Other duties as assigned.    

Quality and Food Safety Role and Responsibilities:

• Monitors production operation through documented procedures and policies.  Reports and takes necessary corrective actions to ensure compliance.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must satisfactorily perform their essential duty. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Environment: 

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation 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 wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and extreme temperatures. The employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high work areas and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is moderately loud.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Education, Experience, and Certifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or 
• One to three months’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.   

 Language Skills:

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Write routine reports; fill out log sheets and other paperwork as required.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as inventory, production, etc. 

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to define problems and collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and follow written and verbal instructions.

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; climb stairs and ladders; walk; use their hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. 
• The employee frequently is required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds and frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Other Requirements:

Must be able to complete and pass post-offer checks, including, but not limited to, background, drug, references, and education.