Job Description: Equipment Operator / Forklift Operator
Job Title: Equipment Operator
Category: SCS
Division/Department: La Vergne
FLSA Classification: Non-Exempt
Reports To: Supervisor
Summary/Objective
The Equipment Operator is responsible for pulling products from designated warehouse locations and delivering them to their appropriate destinations. Utilizing forklift equipment (sit-down, standup, reach truck, electric pallet jack, turret truck, cherry picker)
Essential Functions
- Equipment Operation: Operate all required pieces of facility machinery, including Reach Trucks, Hi-Lo Forklifts, and Order Pickers.
- Safety Inspections: Perform mandatory daily inspections of equipment prior to operation in strict accordance with company safety regulations.
- Inventory Management: Utilize RF scanners to track, manage, and maintain accurate inventory records.
- Order Accuracy: Ensure all processed orders are fully accurate and stage items correctly for final delivery.
- Equipment Maintenance: Perform minor adjustments and maintenance on equipment while standing throughout the shifts.
- Policy Compliance: Adhere to and enforce all company rules, workplace policies, and specific departmental written work instructions.
- Housekeeping: Maintain and enforce a clean, organized, and safe work area.
- Operational Flexibility: Work in other departments or locations as workload permits, and work variable or flexible hours as needed under pressure.
- General Duties: Complete general warehouse tasks and productivity goals as assigned by leadership.
Required Qualifications & Experience
- Forklift Experience: Proven prior experience operating forklifts is required.
- Communication: Ability to read, comprehend, and interpret simple instructions, short correspondence, memos, and oral directions.
- Basic Math: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, alongside a basic understanding of calculator functions.
- Attention to Detail: High level of detail orientation and strong hand-eye coordination.
- Sensory Abilities: Close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to distinguish foreground and background noises to maintain safe equipment operations.
Preferred Education & Experience
- Education: High school diploma, General Education Degree (GED), or six months of related warehouse training/experience.
- Technology: Prior experience working with an RF Scanner is highly preferred.
- Forklift experience
Work Environment
- Frequent work near active forklift traffic and moving mechanical parts.
- Occasional exposure to variable high or low warehouse temperatures.
- Regular exposure to loud or noisy environments.
Physical Demands
- Regularly required to stand, operate machinery/power tools, and constantly repeat motions involving the wrists, hands, and fingers.
- Must be able to continuously communicate and exchange information with coworkers.
- Regular adjusting or moving of objects up to 30 pounds, with occasional lifting or moving of up to 50 pounds.
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