Job Information
Trident Seafoods Corporation FORKLIFT OPERATOR in Bellingham, Washington
Summary:
Drives gasoline, liquified gas, or electric powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, lift beam and swivel hook, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch, to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials.
Essential Functions: (Responsibilities, Tasks, Supervisory Needs):
- Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.
- Positions forks, lifting platforms, or other lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area.
- Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming and outgoing shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
- Unpacks and examines incoming shipments, records shortages, rejects damaged items, and notifies Food Safety Quality Assurance of damaged and out of Spec. items.
- Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.
- Inventories materials are on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.
- Scans all inbound and outbound pallets.
- Weighs materials or products and records weight on tags or production schedules and apply barcode labels.
- Loads or unloads materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting device.
- Lubricates trucks, recharges/changes batteries, fills fuel tank, or replaces liquefied gas tank.
- Will be assigned work in sub-zero freezer area with proper company PPE provided.
- Uses SAP program to look up and verify shipment details, print labels and bills.
- Follows plant food safety and quality policies and procedures
- Acquires knowledge of Trident's Environmental and Safety Policies by completing required training programs and performing designated work activities in accordance with training and procedures/work instructions.
- Notifies designated personnel of any environmental or safety incidents or risks not previously documented, in accordance with Environmental Awareness and/or safety training.
- Performs other similar or related duties as assigned.