Cold Storage Forklift Operator
Lamb Weston

Job Info

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Title: Cold Storage Forklift Operator

Location: Boardman, OR

About Lamb Weston

Lamb Weston is a leading supplier of frozen potato, sweet potato, appetizer and vegetable products to restaurants and retailers around the world. For more than 60 years, we've produced innovative, inventive products that make life better for our customers and their customers.

Job Description Summary

Lamb Weston Boardman Center is looking for positive, motivated individuals to join our Morrow Cold Storage Warehouse team. You will receive, store, and distribute products within a Cold Storage facility by performing the duties below. Even if you have no forklift experience we will train you!

Job Description

• Read production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.
• Move materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas
• Sort and place items on racks according to predetermined sequence such as size, type or product code
• Sort and store perishable goods in refrigerated rooms
• Mark materials with identifying information
• Record amounts of materials or items received or distributed
• Count items for distribution
• Compile tickets from customer specifications
• Drive forklift to transport stored items from warehouse to plant and from warehouse to truck or railcar
• Load and unload trailers according to work orders
• Load railcars according to specifications
• Help maintain inventory records by making sure transfers and changes are recorded accurately
• Actively engage in safety, participate in safety programs, safety activities, and demonstrate ownership as well as leadership in personal safety of other team members. Report all incidents, near misses, and any safety concerns.
• Other duties may be assigned

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.

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to extreme cold.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places and fumes or airborne particles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• Will work around forklift traffic.
• Will work around variety of light exposure (i.e. Red/Blue Lights on lifts and flashing lights)
• Basic and Preferred Qualifications
  Basic and Preferred Qualifications

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Skills and Experience:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to read and write in English.
• Ability to add, sub-tract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Read, understand, and obey all plant rules and practice safety as outlined in the employee handbook.

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 regularly required to sit, stand, and walk.

• The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Employee may be required to work overtime as needed by company's variable and scheduled demand, may be scheduled up to 12hrs in a shift

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-232613

Time Type: Full time

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: $20.88 - $26.07

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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