Forklift Loader - Shipping

Company:  Mendocino Forest Products Company
Location: Ukiah
Closing Date: 14/11/2024
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Overview:
Mendocino Forest Products ( MFP) is looking for an experienced Forklift Loader, Swing Shift to join our Shipping team at our Ukiah, CA sawmill. This position includes full benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K matching and life insurance.  

 

The hourly rate for the Forklift Loader is $27.65!

 

The Mendocino Companies (Mendocino Forest Products Company, Mendocino Redwood Company, Humboldt Redwood Company, Humboldt Sawmill Company, and Allweather Wood) own nearly 450,000 acres of Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC® C(phone number removed)) certificated redwood and Douglas-fir timberland, constitute the largest waterborne wood treater in the Western USA, and is the largest producer of redwood lumber in the world. Collectively providing 950 employees and their families with excellent wages and benefits in communities throughout the Western USA. Additionally, the Mendocino Companies own and operate a 25-megaWatt biomass cogeneration power plant and wood pellet plant.

 

Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

Operate liquefied gas industrial forklift to load and unload trucks safely and efficiently. 

Participate constructively to the movement and warehousing of products to ensure that customer requirements for superior products are met in the safest and service-oriented manner available.

Operate forklift to load trucks

Comply with management directives for equitable loading assignment allocation

Comply with procedures for stock picking, transport, loading and stock rotation

Load truck in a style that provides for maximum logistical efficiency, and in a manner consistent with government regulatory constraints for volume, weight, center of gravity, load integrity, and transportation safety

Maintain stock in designated area ready for loading on trucks

Move levers and press pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus

Position forks under units, pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area

Unload and stack material by raising and lowering lifting device

Load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting device

Maintain work area in a clean and organized condition

Qualifications:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and 6 months to 1-year related experience and/or training

Possess a current forklift operator’s license, or be able to provide proof of previous forklift operator’s license

Interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals

Ability to operate a hand-held calculator

Write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively with customers and employees of organization

Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's

Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

 

Physical Requirements:

Regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and communicate. Frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or craw and is occasionally required to stand and walk

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move  50 pounds and on occassion up to 100 pounds. 

Regularly use arms and legs to get into and out of forklift multiple times a day. Use hands, wrists, and arms to operate forklift and use legs and feet to push forklift pedals

Regular exposure to moving mechanical parts, outside weather conditions, airborne particles and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud

Competencies:

 

Teamwork - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Contributes to building a positive team spirit.

Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality.

Quantity - Meets productivity standards; Completes work in timely manner; Strives to increase productivity.

Safety and Security - Observes safety and security procedures; Reports potentially unsafe conditions; Uses equipment and materials properly.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer, Valuing Diversity of our Workforce and Offering a Drug Free Workplace

 

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