Job Details

Material Handler - Sit Down Forklift

$2/hour shift differential for 2nd & 3rd shift

Position Summary

Perform all the material handling responsibilities on the manufacturing floor, between all departments in a safe manner.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with department teams to follow their schedules in order to meet all material handling responsibilities.
• Stage loads of product.
• Pallet management to include pallet removal and placement for palletizing.
• Stretch-wrap loads to prepare for shipment.
• Corrugate at packing end of gluers.
• Palletize and wrap the roll cores for transportation.
• Load roll cores on scrap trailer.
• Dispose of printed waste once the teams have documented the waste.
• Help teams keep area neat and clean: sweep, re-pile pallets, fix broken pallets, etc.
• Complete daily forklift maintenance and communicate problems to warehouse crew.
• Notify warehouse when dumpster is full.

Organizational Relationships

• Have a positive attitude toward your work and the people around you.
• Must be willing and able to create and maintain a good working relationship with all team members be a part of the team.
• Works with all manufacturing departments.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Certification to operate a sit down forklift in a safe and proper manner.
• Ability to work well with little direct supervision.
• Mechanically inclined
• Have good organizational skills.
• Able to train other people how to do your job.
• Be able to follow procedures.
• Must be self-motivated.

Education and Experience

• High School/GED diploma
• Read, write, and understand English.
• Working knowledge of basic math
• Basic computer knowledge

Working Conditions

• Ability to climb into/out of sit down forklifts, clamp trucks, etc. as required by job duties.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Be willing and able to work any shift and overtime when needed.

GPI's Benefit Program

• Competitive Pay
• 401(k) w/employer matching
• Health & Welfare Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
  • Short and Long-Term Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Various Voluntary benefits
• Adoption Assistance Program
• Employee Discount Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off + 11 paid company holidays each year

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Graphic Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All candidates will be evaluated on the basis of their qualifications for the job in question. We do not base our employment decision on an employee's or applicant's race, color, religion, age, gender or sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic identity, genetic information, disability, veteran/military status or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.