Forklift Operator - Urgent Hiring

Crystal Clean (CC) is one of the nation's leading privately held companies in the environmental waste services industry. We are seeking highly motivated individuals with a strong work ethic to join our rapidly growing company. Crystal Clean offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for advancement. We are willing to provide complete training for this opportunity!

We are looking for motivated individuals willing to become Forklift Operators within our operations team. As a Forklift Operator, you will become a part of the Teamsters Local Union 20.

Forklift Operator Requirements and Responsibilities:

• Promotes and fosters safety and efficiency in all Hub employees and activity.
• Drives sit-down and stand-up forklifts, and other industrial vehicles such as cherry-pickers and automated pallet jacks as needed.
• Moves hazardous materials.
• Maintains clean work area.
• Pallet building and pallet picks.
• Loads goods onto conveyer belts.
• Stacks crates, pallets, lumber, or other material.
• Ensures the safe and efficient movement of goods.
• Follows safety regulations and company guidelines.
• Checks that loads are centered and properly stacked.
• Determines when repairs need to be made on equipment.
• Rotates stock so that oldest items are shipped or sold first.
• Loads and unloads product from and onto tractor trailers, rail cars, and cargo ships.
• Quality assurance (QA) duties, including reporting product damage and shortages.
• Utilizes radio frequency (RF) scanning equipment to track inventory.
• Shrink wraps goods or otherwise secures them and prepares them for transport.
• Weighs and records weights of products.
• Analyzes productions schedules to determine timely transportation of materials and products.
• Documents arrival, departure, and movement and storage of goods, checks trucking manifests and bills of lading, maintains inventory, and tracks fulfillment of customer and vendor orders.
• Performs any other reasonable duties as assigned.

Qualifications/Skills:

• Ability to read and understand packaging, shipping documents, and safety guidelines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to perform basic math.
• Excellent hand-eye coordination, peripheral vision, and ability with spatial relationships.
• Efficient individual with excellent time management skills.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds.
• Attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of basic tools and vehicle maintenance a plus.

Education, Experience & Licensing Requirements:

• Previous warehouse experience.
• Prior experience as a forklift operator.
• Forklift or heavy machinery certification.
• Completion of forklift driving course, a plus.
• Valid driver's license.
• High school diploma or GED, preferred.
• Previous OSHA training a plus.
• Hazardous materials training, as needed.
• This is a Teamsters Local 20 union position.

Crystal Clean LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Crystal Clean expressly values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages the applications of individuals from diverse backgrounds, so that Crystal Clean reflects the communities and customers that we serve.