Forklift Operator

Benefits

• Competitive Pay
• Indoor Agriculture Environment
• A culture focused on Work/Life Balance
• Health, Dental, and Vision and very competitive contribution rates
• Health Care Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
• Generous Vacation Time and 5 Sick days each year
• 10 Company Paid Holidays
• Immediate access to participate in the 401(k) plan with up to 5% company match
• Basic and Voluntary Life / AD&D
• Voluntary Accident and Critical Illness coverage
• Voluntary STD/LTD
• Aflac
• Caregiver Support
• Training and Development
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Commuter Benefits (includes part-time and seasonal staff)
• Market Place Perks at Work
• Free Employee Assistance Program services that focus on health physically, emotionally, socially, and financially.

As a Forklift Operator at Local Bounti, you will ensure timely, safe, and efficient receiving, storing, or moving of material in the warehouse, loading dock, yard, or storage area while upholding our commitment to sustainability and food safety. You will also transport materials to, from, or between manufacturing production lines. By being a key part of our manufacturing process, you help guarantee our customers receive the freshest produce, supporting our mission to revolutionize agriculture.

• Safety Protocols: Observe safety protocols and if applicable, manufacturer’s instructions when performing tasks.
• Food Safety Procedures: Follows food safety policies and procedures, including using the proper procedure to wash and sanitize hands before every shift and when returning to work.
• Ethics Compliance: Complies with safety and corporate guidelines on business ethics.
• Operator Safety: Operate forklift safely, wears seat belt and obeys all safety procedures while operating forklift. Wears all protective equipment, including clothing and footwear.
• Daily Forklift Inspection Checklist Form: Completes forklift inspection form prior to operating forklift to perform operations and safety check, including battery, brakes, lift controls and fire extinguishers.
• Forklift Safety: Does not operate forklift if it not safe to do so.
• Forklift Tasks: Operates forklift, making runs throughout the facility to take product from packing areas to the cooler. Stores and stacks materials, examines and reports deterioration and damage; rearranges and occasionally takes inventory of materials and product.
• FIFO Compliance: Maintain FIFO compliance. Monitor, report, and act on product(s) condition to reduce re-work and prevent losses.
• Load Security: Ensures that shipments are properly packaged, identified with all the required shipping information, and loaded into transportation vehicles.
• Dry Goods Inventory: Checks inventory of goods and materials as needed making sure that all departments have the required supplies.
• Receiving: Receives deliveries of goods and materials ensuring they are in good shape and documents using the Incoming Inspection Checklist form.
• Incident Reporting: Promptly notifies designated company personnel via cell phone whenever delivery delays, accidents, and vehicle malfunctions occur.
• Documentation Accuracy: Completes all delivery documentation accurately.
• Pallet Exchanges: Obtains exchange pallets for all pallets (other than blue CHEP pallets) that are delivered to customers; accurately records on the delivery documentation the number of pallets delivered to, and the number of exchange pallets received from, each customer.
• Additional Duties: Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
• Other Duties: Any other duties as assigned.

• Core Values Adherence: Uphold Local Bounti's Core Values while ensuring adherence to safety and food safety standards.
• Food Safety Knowledge: Knowledge of GMP, GFSI, SQF, and food quality processes and procedures.
• Technical Information Interpretation: Ability to read, interpret, apply, and communicate technical information.
• Production Knowledge: Knowledge of equipment and production processes.
• Bilingual Communication: Ability to communicate in English (Bilingualism a plus).
• Troubleshooting
  
  Skills:
  
  Troubleshooting skills based on systematically identifying and solving transportation equipment-related problems.
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