Position Title: Forklift Operator
Wage: $18-$22/hour
Shift: 1st
Hours: 7am-3:30pm Monday-Friday
Are you interested in taking the next step in your career? We’re hiring a Forklift Operator in Richfield, WI. Must have forklift experience! This is a potential to hire opportunity.
Forklift Operator Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Daily preparation of orders for shipment and completion of shipping forms, while ensuring quality and production expectations are met for accurate and on-time completion of customer orders
- Set up work area and obtain appropriate equipment and materials
- Accurately select finished goods from stock for shipment using an Intermec handheld scanner
- General fork truck battery maintenance and related documentation
- Prepare finished goods for shipment, including packing, sealing, labeling, stenciling, and preparing goods
- Accurately complete written forms and reports, including packing/shipping forms, bills of lading, and UPS/Fed Ex records, as appropriate for each order
- Load outgoing shipments and verify carton count according to bill of lading
- Advise Material Handlers when finished goods approach an out-of-stock position and manager when supplies need to be ordered
- Operate material handling equipment, as needed
- Unload incoming overseas shipment containers
- Perform basic computer functions
- Maintain a clean and functioning work area per 5S standards
Forklift Operator Requirements:
- Knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a high school diploma and/or GED
- Must have forklift experience
- Basic verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively read and follow customer orders and shipping documents
- Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices
- Valid driver’s license, as well as the ability to be certified in Class “B” forklift operation
- Regularly bend, stoop, reach, twist, lift, push, pull, and move items
- Regularly stand, walk, and/or lift/handle/carry materials or equipment of moderate weight (up to 70lbs)
QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the Midwest. We place great people with great companies in industrial, skilled trades, administrative, manufacturing, general labor and professional employment.
Why Work with QPS?
- Access to sought-after positions with leading employers
- Dedicated placement specialists who will guide you through every step of the job search process
- Over 30 years of staffing experience
Best of all, our services are 100% free to job seekers!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
