Lift Truck Operator
Lamb Weston

Title: Lift Truck Operator

Location: Connell, WA

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950's, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it's our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you'd expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

Drives battery powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift and clamps to lift, stack, tier or move products, equipment, or materials by performing the following duties.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Must be able to steer, move levers and press pedals to drive truck forward and backwards and control movement of lifting apparatus.
• Position forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area.
• Unload and stacks material by raising and lowering forks, lifting loaded forks to a safe elevation.
• Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.
• Loads and unloads materials onto or off lifting device with pallets or skids.
• Assures the battery is charged, reports and records any malfunctions on maintenance check list, including fire extinguisher. Changes battery and records battery changes on assigned lift truck at regularly scheduled times.
• Keeps record of supplies delivered, maintains work sheets, tier counts, checks manifests, maintains and keeps other records as required.
• Responsible for bringing materials (i.e. freezer suits, gloves, etc.) needed for all job locations every day.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

Problem Solving - Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; gather and analyze information skillfully; work well in group problem solving situations.

Technical Skills - Share expertise with others.

Interpersonal Skills - Focus on solving conflict, not blaming; remain open to others' ideas and try new things.

Language Skills - Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. You must have the ability to write simple correspondence and to effectively communicate in English commensurate with the requirements of this position.

Certificates, Licenses, Registration: Applicant must have a valid Washington Driver's License and must have a valid Lift Truck Operator's License.

Oral Communication - Listen and get clarification; respond well to questions; participate in meetings.

Written Communication - Write clearly and informatively; Able to read and interpret written information.

Dependability - Follow instructions, respond to management direction; take responsibility for own actions; complete tasks on time or notify appropriate person with an alternate plan.

Education

Mathematical Skills - Ability to do addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Have the ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 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 frequently required to sit and walk through the plant. The employee is required to use hands to work on computers and reach with hands and arms to check equipment, take readings and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The employee will be required to stand, walk, bend at the knees, lean forward climb stairs, work on ladders. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee works primarily in an outdoor environment and in an office setting, where the noise level is usually quiet. However, while performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to work in the plant where he/she may occasionally be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, toxic or caustic chemicals, and outside weather conditions. The noise level in the plant is usually loud. Hearing protection is required and provided by the company.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-255333

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 08/18/2024

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to a candidate's work location, job duties, experience and expertise. A reasonable hourly estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $21.63

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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