Entry Level Forklift Operator - Niagara Falls New York

Company: Axelon Services Corporation
Location: Niagara Falls, New York
Posted On: 06/29/2025

Workers will start as a loader/receiver and move into a fork truck driver role. 12 hour shifts 7am - 7pm or 7:00pm - 7am . Will work 3 or 4 days on and then off the rest of the week. Job Skills & Requirements: Education: High School Diploma. Positive Attitude: Consistently display positive behavior that supports the organization's goals and objectives. Must have demonstrated a safety-first attitude. Mechanical Skill: Must be clamp/lift truck qualified. Endurance: This job entails bending, walking, lifting, and climbing throughout the shift. Teamwork: Ability to work independently and in a team environment with minimal supervision. Adaptability: Highly flexible with the ability to adjust to the demands of the job, produce high quality work, and can be depended on to complete assigned tasks. Must be a self-starter. Communication: Communicate with others and provide information for planning, prioritizing and completion of tasks. Attendance: Good attendance record Hours: Follows shift schedule. Must be available for rotation shifts, overtime, and job family rotation Job Description: Safety: Safety-Related activities: participates in Safety Goals for department and mill, behavior and other audits, reports needed repairs, safety hazards, or conditions. Wear the proper safety equipment. Follows all safety rules and procedures Cleans warehouse and production areas including catwalks and trenches. Keeps work area clean Safety-Related activities: participates in Safety Goals for department and mill, behavior and other audits, reports needed repairs, safety hazards, or conditions. Wear the proper safety equipment. Must operate lift truck safely including the procedures for loading conveyor. Communicate operational, equipment, and safety concerns to supervision Quality: Cleans warehouse and production areas including catwalks and trenches. Keeps work area clean Unloads of all raw material trucks in a timely fashion Loads conveyor belts Completes Raw Material Inventory control (SAP) and rotation, and organizing on pads and in building, including flatbeds Complies with all Raw Material Standard Operating Procedures including scanning bales according to recipe. Keeps track of loaded and unloaded status of trailers The more experienced loader on the day shift will record inventory and complete Inventory Reports, and a daily basis, including during shutdowns. Correctly loads and operates (as needed) pulper belts Completes Daily Checklist for fork truck. Document all non-conforming materials & notify Raw Materials Coordinator or Stock Prep Supervisor. Maintains and completes inventory on Monday, Friday Notifies the appropriate staff when equipment repairs are needed Snow removal when needed. Works with logistic manager about recipe and other concerns in warehouse Completes the spreadsheet, incident sheets daily Must be detail minded for the following: Ensure no contaminants reach the pulper. Ensure correct recipe of raw material ratios. Must be able to make decisions regarding good and poor raw materials. Follow all Down-grading/Rejection Procedures. Completes daily communication sheet. Must be willing to work a 12 hour shift. 5S/housekeeping: Keeps work area clean according to 5s program The house keeping of work areas Pulper area, Loading Docks, Conveyors and Compactors and the area around the Dumpster. Ragger areas Cleans outside of and under receiving docks. Sweeps out trailer after unloading Other: Completes all other jobs as requested by the supervisor. More...

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