CDL DRIVER/ SHIPPING FORKLIFT OPERATOR - Berry Global, Inc

Summary:

The Shipping / Warehouse Forklift Operator / CDL Driver works under the direction of the Logistics Manager and Warehouse Supervisor or Lead and is responsible for safely transporting finished goods and supplies to and from facilities in a designated area, as well as ensuring all associated documentation is accurately filled out and properly submitted. 

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Follow all Company policies, procedures, and safety guidelines
• Move product from staging area to designated areas within the warehouse
• Safely drive forklifts, turret trucks, and yard switcher or tractor as required
• Maintain row tags for material staged on the floor
• Must be able to work overtime when required
• Operate forklift to move finished goods to an appropriate area of the warehouse
• Inspects all pallets for accuracy
• Stacking configuration
• Maintains proper housekeeping while performing duties
• Perform daily safety check before using forklift
• Performs inventory control activities, verifies product fits on loads, verifies accuracy of pick/pack and staged orders
• Performs warehouse consolidation efforts, warehouse walk through and reporting of all discrepancies to leadership
• Drive and maintain the supplied tractor, which is utilized for all movement of drop trailers from our drop yard to our dock doors and from our manufacturing facility to our distribution center
• Maintain and ensure PM services are supplied to tractor concerning all scheduled maintenance and record keeping through Company contracted maintenance provider
• Responsible for working safely, following all plant safety rules and policies as well as reporting any unsafe conditions they encounter. Wears correct safety attire and utilizes proper safety equipment as directed
• Responsible for accuracy and completeness of all shipping documents while physically loading pallets for customer orders and transfers
• Responsible for verifying count and labels and then removing finished goods from the staging area and physically moving finished goods to the proper bin locations
• Performs other assignments, general and specific, as directed by supervision

Safety Commitment:

• Takes reasonable care for their own health and safety
• Takes reasonable care for the health and safety of others
• Authorized to stop work when a perceived unsafe condition or behavior may result in an unwanted event
• Understands and actively participates in the company’s EHS policy, goals, and objectives

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Requires and understanding of methods for shipping/loading requirements and each customer’s special instructions
• Must be willing and capable to work an 8 or 12 hour shift schedule, which could include weekdays, weekends, day and/or night shifts
• Must be detail oriented
• Ability to do functional math (add, subtract, multiply and divide)
• Required to maintain all requirements needed for CDL certifications

Essential Physical Requirements:

• Talk to effectively communicate with others
• Hearing to communicate with others and respond to manufacturing and PIT equipment sounds
• Manual dexterity required with exposure to arm, wrist and back fatigue
• The employee in this job is required to exert 50 pounds of force occasionally (less than 1/3 of time); and up to 35 pounds of force frequently (more than 1/3 of the total time); if over 50 lbs., requires a team lift or mechanical aid such as a roll lift, turret truck or forklift
• Must be able to stand approximately 2 hours and routinely walk the warehouse
• Must be able to bend, twist, and rotate body at all times
• Reaching with hands and arms for as much as 100% of workday
• Use arms to grasp, handle, grip, and type
• Walking to operate production machines and to package and palletize finished product
• Must be able to step up 1 ½ feet and pull themselves into the seat of a forklift
• Must have computer skills, including Microsoft Office and preferably JD Edwards