Forklift Operator
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Job Location:
Normal, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Posting Title Forklift Operator
Job Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Forklift Operator drives powered industrial trucks to load and unload materials. This includes deliveries and moving materials to and from storage areas machines and loading docks into railroad cars or trucks or storage facilities.
About Circular Services:Circular Services is the largest privately held recycling and organics service provider in the U.S. Itoperatesover 25 facilities serving major long-term municipal and commercial contracts. The mission of Circular Services is to keep valuable materials in circulation and minimize the cost and environmental impact of landfills. The company services municipal contracts with some of the largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. including New York City Austin San Antonio and Phoenix.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
- Follow daily production schedule or shipping order and transport material or equipment to and from designated areas in the facility
- Load and unload material from van trailers flatbed trailers box trucks and railcars
- Operate forklift to place bales in inventory loadtrailersor railcars
- Operate forklift to store bales gaylord boxes pallets and crated materials in the correct storage bays follow inventory control instructions
- Check to ensure all loads are secure
- Perform daily pre-shift equipment inspections notifying supervisors of any deficiencies
- Helpswith general warehouse cleanup at the end of each shift.
- Helps with processing equipment cleanup at the end of each shift.
- Inspects all materials inbound and outbound to verify conformance to quality standards
REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES
- High degree of attentionrequiredto prevent injury to others; promote a safe work environment
- Able to follow instructions for operating equipment and record keeping
- Able to execute assignments inan accuratetimelyand safe manner
- Able tomaintaina clean & safe environment
OTHER DUTIES
All job requirements in this job description providedindicatethe minimum level of knowledge skills and/or abilitiesdeemednecessary to perform the job competently. Job descriptions are an overview of the duties responsibilities and requirements of the position. Employees maybe requiredto perform other job-related assignments asrequested.
Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Account
Health insurance
Health Savings Account
Life insurance
Vision insurance
Working Conditions:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger handle or feel; climb or balance and stoop kneel crouch or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit and talk or hear. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
EEOC:Circular Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Circular Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Circular Services are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion or belief national social or ethnic origin sex (including pregnancy) age physical mental or sensory disability HIV Status sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital civil union or domestic partnership status past or present military service family medical history or genetic information family or parental status or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Circular Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong bias for action and can do attitude.
- Experience working inProductionand/or Transportation/Recycling industry.
- Motivatedto learnonthe job from leaders.
Include shift schedule
1stshift 7:am to 3:30 pm
Key Skills
- Load & Unload
- Shipping & Receiving
- Forklift
- Basic Math
- Industrial Equipment
- Warehouse Experience
- Warehouse Distribution Experience
- Warehouse Management System
- Driving
- Reach Truck
- Clamp Truck
- RF Scanner
About Company
Balcones Recycling is on a mission to recover as much valuable material from our waste streams as possible. Achieve sustainable future through recycling.
