• Job Description

  Req#: 522194

  Flagstone Foods:

  At Flagstone Foods, we believe appreciation grows goodness. We have an appreciation for our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we live. Appreciation is our main ingredient!

  Headquartered in the North Loop of Minneapolis with plants in Robersonville, North Carolina, El Paso, Texas, and Dothan, Alabama, we are one of North America’s largest manufacturers and distributors of “feel good snacks,” like flavorful snack nuts, innovative trail mixes and wholesome dried fruits…and we are adding to our team! We hire creative, thoughtful, and entrepreneurial team members. If you share our enthusiasm and appreciation for goodness, you too may find a home with Flagstone Foods

  
  

  POSITION: Forklift Operator I

  
  

  REPORTS TO: Warehouse Supervisor

  
  

  Position Summary: The position will ensure the movement and picking of product and materials from the warehouse to the production line using a powered industrial truck. This position also will also ensure proper inventory accuracy and FIFO using scan guns and RF terminals Must ensure efficient production and compliance with all company quality, safety, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) policies and procedures

  
  

  Essential Functions:

  • Operate gasoline, liquified gas or electric-powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift, boom, scoop, lift beam, swivel-hook, fork grapple, clamps, elevating platform, or trailer hitch to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials in warehouse, storage yard, or factory.

  • Performs all daily safety inspections of powered industrial trucks prior to operation. Reports all safety issues with trucks to be taken out of service for repairs.

  • Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.

  • Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials or hooks, tow trucks to trailer hitch, and transports load to designated area. • Uses scanning technology to properly track/capture materials' movement throughout facility and/or process.

  • Unloads and stacks materials by raising and lowering lifting device.

  • Inventory materials on work floor and supply workers with materials as needed.

  • May weight materials or products and record weight on tags, labels, or production schedules.

  • May unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, or lifting device. • Ability to perform proper and thorough trailer inspection to ensure food safety and product safety, including completing the form and signing.

  • May lubricate truck, recharge batteries, fill fuel tank, or replace liquified-gas tank.

  • Follow all company and regulatory safety guidelines in equipment operation and work activities. Maintain GMP practices.

  • Perform shipping, receiving, warehouse, and line supply functions. • Reports necessary maintenance work orders needed for facilities.

  • Maintains high levels of housekeeping and sanitation in and around work areas and complies with all GMP requirements and master sanitation program.

  • Perform cycle count process to ensure inventory accuracy.

  • Other activities as may be required to meet business needs.

  • Operator will be responsible for efficient use of time and will help others or find needed completed tasks when time presents itself.

  
  

  Qualifications:

  • Must have 1 – 3 years of experience in a Forklift.

  • Must be computer literate and skilled with Microsoft.

  • Must be able to follow instructions and work under low supervision in a demanding environment.

  • Must be able to assume responsibility and be held strictly accountable.

  • Must be detail oriented, organized, energetic, and maintain a high sense of urgency.

  
  

  Physical Requirements

  The physical demands described within the Essential Functions section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform this job. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. Management may modify, change, or add to the duties of this description at any time without notice.

  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

  • Communicate with others both verbally and in writing.
  • Be independently mobile.
  • Use a computer and keyboard.
  • Regularly sit, stand, walk, reach, stretch, stoop, bend, for extended periods.
  • Ability to lift/carry 25 to 50 lbs.
  • Exposure to noise levels requiring hearing protection.

  FLSA Designation: This position is Non-Exempt and is eligible for overtime

  
  

  Work Location: Robersonville, NC

  
  

  Flagstone Foods offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, a Health Savings Account (HSA) (available with enrollment in a qualifying medical plan), term life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment, and a 401(k) plan. Eligibility for benefits begins on the first of the month following your hire date. 401(k) eligibility begins on the first of the month after 60 days of employment. Participation in Flagstone Foods’ benefits programs is subject to the terms and conditions of each plan.

  
  

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

  
  2nd shift

• About the company

  Flagstone Foods is a leading distributor of private label healthy snacks, designing customized solutions that meet the unique needs of the nation’s premier retailers.

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