Equipment Operator - Day Shift JJV

Benefits

Competitive wage and comprehensive benefits package, including a 401(k) plan with company matching. Weekly pay for hourly‑paid employees and biweekly pay for salaried employees. Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid company holidays. Tuition reimbursement plan encourages continued education and development.

Day Shift — Monday to Friday, 5:30am to 2:00pm.

This position is responsible for safely and efficiently operating a forklift or other powered material handling equipment (MHE) to move, stack, or pick/pull merchandise. The scope of this position includes all phases of warehousing depending on needs, including shipping, receiving, inventorying, product repackaging, palletizing and forklift operation.

• Operate all equipment in a safe and efficient manner following prescribed work methods and OSHA standards, including daily inspection and maintenance.
• Load, unload, move, stack and stage product and materials using a gasoline, liquefied gas, or electric powered MHE equipped with lifting devices (e.g., forklift, boom, scoop, lift beam and swivel hook, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch or motorized pallet rider).
• Unload inbound shipments safely and move product to storage locations.
• Efficiently stack and store the merchandise in the appropriate areas.
• Pull and prepare product for shipment, ensuring accuracy for loading and shipments.
• Efficiently move product from staging and/or storage areas into trailers or containers.
• Ensure inbound and outbound shipments are accurate and free of damage.
• Perform pick and pack, light assembly, labeling, sorting, wrapping, packing, and repacking as needed.
• Keep appropriate records and reports to ensure proper inventory control and security measures are followed and maintained.
• May assist in physical inventories.

Minimum 6months verifiable work experience in the prior 36months operating material handling equipment (sit‑down/stand‑up forklift, reach truck, cherry/order picker, etc.). Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The work environment characteristics described herein are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Physical activity includes standing, walking, using hands to finger, handle or feel; reaching with hands and arms; climbing or balancing; stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and talking or hearing. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50pounds unassisted and be able to carry and climb a ladder.

The employee must be capable of standing and walking for extended periods (at least 2hours straight, four times in an 8‑hour day) and must be able to twist, stoop, squat, reach above shoulder level and crouch frequently. The employee must use hands and feet simultaneously for repetitive movements. Working conditions include exposure to warehouse conditions, vibration, poorly illuminated or awkward spaces, varying seasonal temperatures and outside weather, and working above ground level where falling is possible.

Loud noises typical of the environment may be present.

The Suddath Companies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. The Suddath Companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.