Forklift Operator - Contract

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Lush Cosmetics has more than 250 retail stores between Canada and the USA alone, with Manufacturing and Distribution Centers located in both Vancouver, BC and Toronto, ON. 

Lush is known worldwide for our unique bath and beauty products, amazing skin and hair care, personalized customer service, and environmental activism and a fun & funky store atmosphere. We are dedicated to the practices of fair-trade sourcing, providing fair wages for our staff, and supporting sustainable communities as well as giving back to organizations that can make a difference through our Charity Pot Program. 

• →Practice safe work and identify unsafe situations to the appropriate individuals
• →Operate forklift and material handling equipment safely and efficiently, ensuring to conduct a pre-driving inspection before use
• →Transport materials in accordance with set standards
• →Log issues with the forklift and report to supervisors
• →Identify and report faulty or damaged racking immediately to supervisors, log issues with forklift and report to supervisors
• →Perform water maintenance on forklift when required
• →Load and unload trucks using forklifts or material handling equipment when required
• →Deliver materials to the appropriate location
• →Ensure all materials and skids have the correct labels and information
• →Shipping duties, including building, and wrapping pallets, stocking raw materials
• →Retrieve and deliver materials and moulds as required for production ensuring appropriate and accurate labelling of all items being stored
• →Use a handheld scanner to transfer inventory efficiently, while maintaining a high level of accuracy
• →Stock and replenish shelves, racks, cases, and bins in accordance with the FIFO method
• →*Warehouse: general physical activities in the warehouse, including but not limited to: loading, unloading, sorting, and moving of products and materials
• →*Production: general production duties including, but not limited to, producing high quality Lush products, fill/pour/press/pack/label product accurately, keeping up with production demands
• →Assist Inventory Controllers with inventory counts and inventory organization
• →Conduct daily inventory counts, product rotation checks, investigate and reconcile inventory issues
• →Basic tasks in AX, such as inputting information
• →Supports new or returning staff as required with onboarding, demonstrations of daily duties and responsibilities while ensuring safety and SOP guidelines are being followed
• →Adhere to room/departmental and company policies and best practices for quality, cleanliness, and health and safety
• →Perform general housekeeping and equipment cleaning duties

• Able to perform all required general labour duties (Distribution Associate, Production Assistant) 
• Able to do physical work for 8-hour shifts, on your feet and lift 50 pounds
• Capable of physical activities such as standing for long durations, bending down, pulling, and pushing
• Flexibility to work within the Distribution, Digital, and Manufacturing businesses as required
• Can operate basic warehouse equipment (picking carts, handheld scanners, pump-trucks, etc.)
• Able to organize multiple tasks at the same time and establish priorities
• Able to remain motivated and engaged in work
• Able to communicate effectively with others
• Able to work in a team environment as well as individually
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment
• Confident with basic mathematics, ability to count, including addition and subtraction
• Reliable, consistent attendance, punctual, and dependable
• Comfortable with reading, writing, and speaking English in order to communicate with peers and leadership on all platforms (i.e. in person, via email, via Google/Teams chat)
• Comfortable providing and receiving feedback
• Flexible to work all shifts and some holidays, overtime, and weekends
• Commitment to abide by and oversee health & safety regulations
• Commitment to abide by and oversee our quality and good manufacturing practices
• Comfortable safely navigating MHE on a regular basis

• Relevant work experience for at least 1 year
• Valid forklift certification(s)
• Practical knowledge of health & safety regulations
• Experienced with using counterbalance forklifts
• Experience with warehouse management systems (WMS)
• Basic proficiency of Microsoft Dynamics AX
• Experienced with using reach trucks and counterbalance forklifts

_{The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees with this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.}

_{At Lush, we believe when we continue to foster a culture of inclusion and respect within a diverse workforce, we are doing our part in building a world where there is equal opportunity for all. We recruit from a variety of employment agencies, community groups, non-profits, and online social and job sites, and in our business practices, strive to leverage the gift that diversity brings. We welcome diverse candidates to our recruitment process.  Lush is committed to providing accessible employment practices. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are asked to please make their needs/requirements known.}

_{Lush North America unequivocally supports equal opportunity employment for all applicants regardless of religion, race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ancestry, differently abled, adverse mental health, and other characteristics both defined, protected and enforced by the law under federal or provincial/state jurisdiction.}

Lush Handmade Cosmetics participates in E-Verify in certain US states including AL, GA, NC, SC, FL, AZ, UT, TN and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States.

Lush Cosmetics North America respectfully recognizes that our business operates on Indigenous territory across Turtle Island. As a business headquartered in Canada, our largest facilities are located on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh, as well as here on the lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, Anishnabeg, Chippewa, Haudenosaunee and Wendat, and now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Our commitment to reconciliation and decolonization is guided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action #92. We recognize that our facilities, along with our settler and newcomer staff are guests on this land and as we act to repair past harm, we do it together in ally ship with Indigenous People everywhere, including staff, customers and with leadership from organizations and communities we work with.