Forklift

Position Title: Forklift

Wage: $19/hour

Shift: 1st

Hours: 7am-3:30pm

Join a fast-paced warehouse team where your forklift skills and attention to detail keep products moving and operations running smoothly. If you enjoy staying active, working hands-on, and being part of a team that values safety and accuracy, this is the opportunity for you! This is an associate to hire opportunity for a company in Walford, IA.

Forklift Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Unload inbound shipments, verifying merchandise match shipping documents; move merchandise to storage properly documenting put away locations and reporting any shipment discrepancies
- Pick orders and prepare for shipment, ensuring the exact number and type of product is ready for shipment; properly load shipments
- Locate and re-locate merchandise allowing for the best space utilization and picking efficiencies
- Keep accurate records of stock moves, receipts, and shipments for reporting to warehouse office personnel
- Operate warehouse equipment in a safe and efficient manner to eliminate personal injuries, merchandise damage, and damage to the warehouse
- Operate various types of attachments and equipment required to handle merchandise
- Inspect forklifts daily to identify any potential problems with the equipment and reporting these potential problems to Warehouse Supervisor or Warehouse Manager
- Perform minor maintenance to forklifts that can be accomplished with the tools available, and ability of employee
- Use of Forklift, Floor Scrubber, and Slipsheet, required
- Perform or assist in building, grounds, and equipment cleaning
- Understand the importance to participate in sanitation, pest control, and all other actions that promote food safety within the warehouse operation
- Support the company goals, mission, and growth by representing the company positively to potential employment candidates, customers, and community members when appropriate

Forklift Requirements:
- Experience driving a forklift and/or prior exposure to a warehouse environment preferred
- Attention to detail and accuracy is required as it pertains to inventory transactions and ensuring inventory accuracy
- Basic math computation of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Basic PC skills
- Must be able to maintain a high level of concentration while operating a forklift and documenting inventory transactions
- Ability to solve problems including space utilization
- Must be able to constantly “get on and off” a forklift throughout the day
- Must be able to stoop, walk, and bend
- Must be able to lift consistently a minimum of 50 and maximum of 60 pounds

QPS Employment Group is a full-service staffing firm comprised of dedicated and passionate people with over 50 offices throughout the United States. 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 40 years of staffing experience

Best of all, our services are 100% free to job seekers!
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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