Forklift Operator I

Millennium Galvanizing is looking for a Forklift Operator to join the team in Convent. The Forklift Operator must be capable of operating a forklift in a galvanizing facility. This individual should have a working knowledge of material handling and unloading materials off of trucks. The Forklift operator is still in the training and learning stages. They are mostly unloading basic incoming loads and laying the steel out with comparable steel in the yard. This ensures the yard remains in a neat and efficient order. This role will be at the beginning stages of bringing steel into the shop to begin the acid treatment.

COMPETENCIES:

• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Business Insight
• Drives Results
• Collaborates
• Communicates Effectively
• Courage
• Instills Trust
• Manages Ambiguity

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Learns and follows safety regulations.
• Takes actions to avoid potential hazards or obstructions, such as other equipment, other workers, or falling objects.
• Monitors operations to ensure that health and safety standards are met.
• Adjusts handwheels and depresses pedals to control attachments.
• Starts engines, moves throttles, switches, or levers, or depresses pedals to operate machines.
• Coordinates machine actions with other activities, positioning or moving loads in response to hand or audio signals from team members.
• Loads and moves equipment, or other materials, using fork trucks or related equipment.
• Checks fuel supplies at sites to ensure adequate availability.
• Performs operator maintenance on fork trucks.
• Inspects equipment before use.
• Locates material using project numbers and piecemarks.

REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret typed reports and schedules required.
• Certifications or prior experience using moving machinery, such as forklifts, preferred.
• Working knowledge of material handling, banding, palletizing, and loading on to truck preferred.
• Ability to perform basic operator maintenance on fork trucks required.
• Must complete on-site training and demonstrate safe operation of machinery.