Monday-Friday 7-3:30pm (1st shift) with possibility of overtime until 5:30 Saturday’s 6:00 to 2:30 if needed $22.84/hour to start

 

SUMMARY OF POSITION:

Drives gasoline, propane or battery powered industrial vehicles equipped with lifting device to push, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials. Daily lift truck check list must be completed to insure needed maintenance repairs are taken care of. Other duties assigned by manager or lead as needed. Must successfully acquire a Forklift Operation Certificate through a training course.

 

 

PELLA CORPORATION REQUIREMENTS:

· Must be 18 years of age or older.

· Pass drug screen.

· Pass pre-employment tests, as required.

· Pass pre-work ability screen, as required.

· Pass Job Certification test(s), as required.

 

 

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

· Exposed to outside weather elements when between buildings

· Tobacco free workplace.

· Wear personal protective equipment (PPE) as required for each position.

· Safety glasses required in designated areas.

· Noise level requires hearing protection in designated areas.

· Seasonal high temperatures and humidity.

· Fast paced work with productivity goals.

· Work in a team environment.

· May require frequent handling of glass and other product materials.

· May have frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts.

 

 

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (FUNCTIONS):.

· Reads schedule or follows oral instruction to determine skids, packages, or other items to be moved

· Knows basics of all company products, locates items to be moved, and understands floor layout

· Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus

· Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area

· Inventories materials on work floor, and supplies workers with materials as needed

· Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device

· Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device

· Practices safety procedures by letting other workers know which direction the truck is moving and watching that no one is in the way

· Flexibility of work hours including mandatory overtime when business needs requires.

· Ability to move to different lines and responsibilities.

· Able to safely work with and around moving equipment.

· Ability to learn and rotate to three (3) or more different responsibilities and / or positions.

· Ability to communicate in a concise, polite and respectful manner with team members.

· Regular / dependable attendance consistent with attendance guidelines is required.

· Meet Takt time with productivity goals with accuracy and quality.

· Operate equipment/tools that require close control, adjustment, and following production orders.

· Comply with safety, quality, and production requirements and procedures.

· Ability to meet physical requirements of the job.

· Ability to learn and perform repetitive job tasks.

· Perform Total Productive Maintenance duties.

· Maintain good housekeeping.

· Follow Standard Work or other documented processes.

 

 

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Other duties may be assigned by management or leads.

 

 

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

· High school diploma or equivalency desired.

· Manufacturing-related experience is preferred.

· Job specific experience preferred.

 

 

SKILLS:

· Able to work with minimal supervision

· Ability to work with internal customers

· Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations

· Organizational skills

· Accuracy and attention to detail

· Decision making / problem solving in a manufacturing environment with minimal supervision.

· Use of hand tools and machinery is required.

· Requires communication skills and the cognitive ability to learn the safety, quality, and productivity standards.

· Learn, comprehend and implement safety and quality procedures to assure the safe and proper operation of the equipment.

· Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s.

· Familiarity with American units of measure for weight, time, and distance.

· Use of measurement devices.

· Read and interpret process documentation (SOP, Cut Sheets, Standard Work, etc.)

 

 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

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.

 

 

PRE-WORK SCREEN LEVEL 3

· Lift up to 100 lbs. at waist level on an occasional basis and up to 40 lbs. at shoulder level on an occasional basis when handling products.

· Push or pull with up to 100 lbs. of force on an occasional basis when moving products.

· Generate up to 100 lbs. of grip strength on an occasional basis with each hand while handling products.

· Generate up to 20 lbs. of pinch strength on an occasional basis with each hand while handling products.

· Stand on a continuous basis and walk on a frequent basis during the course of each shift.

· Reach forward and to the side on a frequent basis when handling products.

· Stoop, kneel or squat on an occasional basis when handling products.

· Work at an elevated level on an occasional basis when handling products.

· Display average eye-hand coordination on a continuous basis while performing job tasks.

· The employee is required to use hands to grip or handle; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

· This job requires the use of close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.

· Able to perform repetitive tasks up to 10 hours per day. Refer to Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities.