HyR-Up Solutions is hiring: Forklift Operator in Bolingbrook

Looking for 2nd

Must Speak English and Spanish

In this role you will provide safe and accurate operation of a forklift while performing the following responsibilities: loading and unloading trailers, verifying skid quantities, placing and removing merchandise from racks, maintaining a clean workplace.

Responsibilities:

 Obtain forklift certification by passing the requisite safety test.

 Conduct regular safety inspections of forklift equipment. May recharge batteries or

replace propane tank.

 Must conduct pre-shift forklift inspections to ensure the forklift adheres to all safety and

mechanical standards.

 Acquire fundamental understanding of load and unload procedures.

 Unload trailers and verify contents.

 Place product in racks accurately using RF equipment.

 Load trailers accurately using RF process.

 Responsible for inventory control, tracking, and reporting inventory utilizing material

management systems.

 Organize and assign storage space utilized in warehousing and moving material to other

departments.

 Maintain clear and polite communication with the dock supervisor, lead, fellow forklift

operators, and office staff.

 Performs other related duties and participates in special projects as assigned.

 Qualifications:

 Experience operating machinery, hand tools, and the necessary safety requirements.

 Skill to read and understand instructions to fulfill each individual job.

 Works well under pressure and is capable of handling high-volume tasks.

 A team player who works well with others.

 Proven experience in the handling of controls for driving forklift.

 Must be skilled in handling controls for starting, stopping, backings, and driving fork lift

trucks through narrow aisles in building, up and down ramps, and in and out of railroad

cars, trucks, etc.; and, for lifting, lowering, and tilting forks by moving hands, arms, feet,

and legs to operate controls.

 Must know how high, wide, and long the fork lift truck and its load are, and how much

the fork lift truck can lift.

 Good spatial ability to identify how high and wide a doorway and an aisle must be to

drive the fork lift truck and its load; how high and wide the shelf, bin, etc., must be to

place the load; and how high the load must be lifted to reach the shelf or bin.

 Must be able to recognize whether the fork lift truck is able to lift the load and whether

the load is properly balanced.

 Skilled in moving fork lift trucks about in places where there is very little room to stack

or remove loads.

 Additional job requirements may be listed outside the staffing requisition.

Basic Qualifications:

 Must be 18 years or older.

 Maintain a safe and clean work environment.

 Ability to read and comprehend procedures written in English or Spanish.

Physical Requirements:

 Job requires ability to exert 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds

of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to

move objects.

 Frequently required to stand for up to 8 hours, bend, reach, grip, push, pull, lift, carry and

walk throughout the warehouse.

 Must be able to continuously work in varying temperatures, hot and cold.