Forklift Operator
Full Time
Plainfield, IN 46168
$18.75 an hour
Posted Just posted
Job description
About Us:
Lakeside Book Company loves books! To us, every book matters. Every word. Every page. Every hand that helped build it. Our history has shown that we are leaders and innovators. We have a team-winning culture, where all of our people have a voice. While we are old in years, we are new at heart. Come join our mission to keep the world reading.
Lakeside Book Company loves books! To us, every book matters. Every word. Every page. Every hand that helped build it. Our history has shown that we are leaders and innovators. We have a team-winning culture, where all of our people have a voice. While we are old in years, we are new at heart. Come join our mission to keep the world reading.
Our Safety Culture:
The safety and health of our employees is this company’s most important business consideration. Lakeside Book will provide a safe and secure working environment to support our goal of zero accidents and injuries.
The safety and health of our employees is this company’s most important business consideration. Lakeside Book will provide a safe and secure working environment to support our goal of zero accidents and injuries.
Lakeside Book commits to being good stewards of the environment by conducting environmentally responsible business practices while continuing to be good neighbors and partners in the communities in which we live and work.
We welcome our veterans to apply!
Starting Rate: $18.75
Work Hours:
Work Hours:
- 1st Shift: Monday - Friday 7AM to 3PM
- 2nd Shift: Monday - Friday 3PM to 11PM
- 3rd Shift: Sunday - Thursday 11PM to 7AM
Location: 700 Airtech Parkway. Plainfield, IN. 46168
As our Forklift Driver, you will:
As our Forklift Driver, you will:
- Drive forklift truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, fork-grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move raw paper materials and in process products and finished products, equipment, or materials in warehouse, storage yard, or factory. May load and unload semi-trailer trucks.
- Maintain accurate inventory and report any discrepancies.
- May load or unload materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.
- Perform safety checks on lifts. May lubricate truck, recharge batteries, fill fuel tank, or replace liquefied-gas tank.
- Must be able to recognize whether the fork lift truck is able to lift the load and whether the load is properly balanced.
- Job requires ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience in the handling of controls for driving fork lift and/or clamp trucks.
- Must be skilled in handling controls for starting, stopping, backings, and driving fork lift trucks through narrow aisles in building, up and down ramps, and in and out of railroad cars, trucks, etc.; and, for lifting, lowering, and tilting forks by moving hands, arms, feet, and legs to operate controls.
- Must know how high, wide, and long the fork lift truck and its load are, and how much the fork lift truck can lift.
- Good spatial ability to identify how high and wide a doorway and an aisle must be to drive the fork lift truck and its load; how high and wide the shelf, bin, etc., must be to place the load; and how high the load must be lifted to reach the shelf or bin.
- Knowledge of the layout of the storage area to be able to find and place items without need for detailed instructions.
- Skilled in moving fork lift trucks about in places where there is very little room to stack or remove loads.
- Job requires ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
What we offer you:
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Paid time off
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits
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401k with company match
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Career growth opportunities
- This job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties and responsibilities assigned for this job at the company’s discretion.
Lakeside Book Company is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected under federal, state or local law.
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