Forklift Operator - 3rd Shift

General Summary:

Puts away or removes freight from the Receiving dock and replenishes the Bulk and Repack pick slots and reserve slots in order to maintain a consistent workflow and services the store in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner using Radio Frequency (RF) devices or Personal Data Assistant (PDA) units as applicable.

Education: None

Experience:  None.  Three to six months experience operating Powered Industrial Trucks in preferred.

Physical Requirements: Able to perform essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.  The Team Member should have adequate fitness level to meet the demands of frequent lifting, walking, standing, moderate climbing, occasional sitting, stooping and kneeling with or without reasonable accommodation.  Team Member will be required to use Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) per Distribution Center requirements.  Team Member must be able to operate all types of PIT equipment.  Team Member may be required to operate equipment that takes them to heights of up to 50 feet in the air.

Working Conditions:  Team Member will work in a climate-controlled Distribution or Warehouse atmosphere, in which outside weather conditions greatly affect the building’s temperature although fans and heaters are used.  Team Member may also be exposed to or work in a restricted space, fumes and airborne particles as regulated by OSHA.

Availability: Team Member will perform shift work and must be willing to work overtime, weekends and/or holidays.

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