Forklift Operator- Expert; Salinas, CA

Title: Forklift Operator Expert
Salary Range: $25.50 Hourly
Status: Non-Exempt
Days/

Shifts:

B Shift, Monday - Saturday
Location: Salinas, CA

Job Summary: Skilled and reliable forklift operator to safely and efficiently handle material movement within the facility, using a scan gun. Operate forklifts to load, unload, and move materials, perform equipment inspections, maintain a clean workspace, and meet deadlines.

• Blending
  • Wash and sanitize all plastic cull, trash and recycled bins.
  • Pull the startup pallets into blending area by staging pallets at appropriate line.
  • Rotate and stage raw products in blending area throughout the shift.
  • Bring empty cull, empty pallets (plastic) and trash bins into blending area.
  • Take out full cull and trash bins, empty wood/plastic pallets and dirty rpcs out of the blending area into the yard throughout the shift.
  • Sort/dump of cull waste, trash, recycle materials and pallets to appropriate containers and or area throughout the shift.
  • Cover unused partial pallets (end of 2nd shift).
• Material Issuance
  • Rotate and organize Box 3.
  • Issue raw products to the plant following raw issuance SOP.
  • Unload pallets, rpc and other misc. items.
  • Load material on truck for growers for next day harvest.
  • Load dirty rpc on TOSCA truck.
  • Stage the startup raw product for next day production.
  • Assist in bagging raw products by placing plastic bag over pallets inside the cooler.
  • Dump raw product as and when time permits.
  • Rotate all pallets and rpcs in yard opening up space for inbound deliveries.
  • Ensure the yard area near the dumpsters is clear of debris and organized.
• Packaging
  • Receive packaging inbound, ensure all trucks are unloaded safely and timely, follow proper verification process.
  • Stocking of packaging materials for production including labels.
  • Perform daily/weekly/monthly inventory of miscellaneous items.
  • Provide daily updates on inventory detail to the Inventory/Receiving Manager.
  • Monitor all inventory (including pallets/rpc).
  • Notify potential stock-outs to assure timely customer order fill.
  • Accurate and timely notification of any product or material issue, damaged products, low inventory and material or products in bad condition.
  • Rotate packaging materials and maintain a FIFO process to all inventories.
• Pack Out
  • Stock material (cartons in mezzanine, clams in pack out, empty pallets in Box 3 and other material required by production prior to start-up).
  • Bring in
    • Trays and lids (5oz, 10oz, 16oz, WL, Butter)
    • Carton (lift to Vestibule - HL to bring in)
    • Miscellaneous items (such as plastic rolls as needed)
    • Trash bins and Green Bins (whole leaf)
    • Empty Pallets for palletizing
  • Bring out
    • Full Trash bins
    • Carton bins (recycling)
    • Shelf Life pallets
  • Move completed FG pallets (tagged) from packout area and move to appropriate box location.
• Receiving
  • Unload raw material from trucks using a forklift, place pallets of raw material on a scale, weigh the pallet to obtain the gross weight, record weights onto the Load/Unload Chart.
  • Verify counts of pallets of raw material against Bills of Lading (BOL) or Purchase Orders (PO), note and report discrepancies in product type and quantity.
  • Turn in the completed Load/Unload Chart to the Shipping office, obtain pallet , and place them on pallets of product.
  • Ensure raw material is cooled before taking the pallet into the Raw Product Cold Box. Take warm product to the Tube Operator and/or cooling tube.
  • Place cooled product in the Raw Product Cold Box and rotate product, FIFO.
  • Supply the plant with raw material as needed per Raw Issuance SOP.
  • Pre-stage raw product to be transferred to Co‑Packers.
• Shipping Pre-Stage
  • Operate scanner gun for picking and rotating finished goods.
  • At the beginning of the shift and throughout, obtain Pick Tickets from the Shipping office. Pick Tickets contain customer order information such as type of product and quantity that needs to be pulled from the warehouse to fill an order. Pick and scan items of finished product from the warehouse and enter quantities into the scanner gun.
  • Build pallets of finished goods for customer orders, place a sticker on the pallet to identify which order the pallet/product belongs to, place in the staging rack, and…