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Foster Caviness Forklift Driver in Colfax, North Carolina

Why Foster Caviness?

We are a different company. We work to live and promote a People First mentality through our values ofPromoting Trust, beingPurposefully Collaborative, beingPositively Impactfuland doing what we say throughProgressive Action. We want to be a supply chain company that creates a legacy helping our people live their best lives and become the best versions of themselves. We champion the underdog, giving opportunities to those that embrace our culture and strive to help us on this journey to be better each day. We service our Military bases with fresh produce, we service our children with quality fruits and vegetables at their schools, and we provide food for a lot of the restaurants you may frequent. But we also believe in being more being a supply chain solutions company, providing value-added services, and helping others find success through our partnership. Were your neighbors we live in the communities we serve and believe in giving back.

What We Offer:

We offer over 120 years of stability, community involvement and innovation. We offer the opportunity to collaborate with some great people, all doing what they can to make us a better company. So as a company, we work to offer a competitive wage and a competitive benefits package. Most of our benefits, including Medical, Prescription, Dental, Vision, Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Supplemental Employee/Spouse/Child Life Insurance, 401k (with company matching funds) and Paid Time Off (PTO) program, are eligible for enrollment the first of the month following 30 days of employment!

We also offer another special benefit, but eligibility for it takes 1 year because you must embrace our values and our focus. Our People Helping People benefit allows employees to schedule off 8 hours per year to volunteer for a specific charitable non-profit, and we pay you to do it! We believe in giving back to our communities, and this is just one way we show it!

Thinking about Leadership? We offer our LDP (Leadership Development Program) annually, open to ALL employees no matter their role in the company at no cost.

And our Families Eat First program provides for a full box of produce for each employee, every week. Food brings people together, so why not enjoy some excellent quality produce, free of charge? Just another benefit that makes us different.

Joining the Family:

If all these things sound like something you would like to be a part of, then we encourage you to continue reading to see if this role might be a fit for you. If so, utilize the process to apply and start your journey. And if not, we would encourage you to look at other opportunities we have open at jobs.fostercaviness.com. Best of luck and thank you for considering us!

Basic Job Concept:

Positively impact people! In this role you will effect change, be yourself, and have a positive impact on our company our community and our future! Role requires weekend work, and typically starts between 6-8 pm in the evening until the job is completed for the night, typically till 2 - 3 am.

Who You Are:

You are self-motivated. You thoroughly enjoy creating world class customer experience, resolving problems, and finding ways to make peoples days better. You love people, processes, and performance. You believe in the power of team and are driven by a sincere desire to see others succeed. You are a change agent, live culture, and believe in community.

General Summary:

A Night Warehouse Forklift Driver performs a critical role in our logistics process by unloading product shipments from suppliers, staging product, replenishing product within the warehouse and loading trucks when necessary. This individual also ensures proper reporting, product allocation, and compliance with all Food Safety/SQF policies and procedures. In addition, we all work to maintain cleanliness in the warehouse.

What Youll Do:

  • Operate all equi ment in a safe manner; this includes standup forklift, pallet jacks, electric pallet jacks/ride on and vehicles. Perform pre-use (pre-trip) inspection of all equipment prior to use and report any issues/damage.
  • Obey all safety standards for the warehouse.
  • Utilize proper lifting techniques loading/unloading/delivering/receiving product.
  • Unload trucks properly, place product in allocated warehouse slots, replenish product as needed, load trucks when required.
  • Ensure any frozen product is placed in freezer at time of receipt.
  • Maintain accuracy of product ordered to product loaded/unloaded.
  • Ensure product rotation in a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) method.

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What Youll Bring to the Table:

  • A sincere passion for positively impacting people and making work, fun (this is first on the list for a reason!)
  • Insightful, meaningful, relevant customer service skills and experience.
  • Experience operating a standup forklift and pallet jacks (Raymond, Crown, Yale) safely.
  • Experience utilizing an RF scanner to maintain product and warehouse integrity.
  • Ability to lift 50 pounds on a regular basis, and do so safely.
  • A clean background and ability to pass pre-employment drug testing.
  • Ability to perform these functions in a cold warehouse environment.
  • Flexibility in your schedule to include weekends.

What Youll Be Doing:

  • Perform logistical tasks of unloading and loading trucks, ensuring product is placed in the warehouse in the appropriate slot, pull orders when needed and replenishing product as needed, using the FIFO method.
  • Provide safe operation of equipment to include vehicle/equipment as well as loading/unloading equipment.
  • Ensure proper reporting is accurate and complete on a daily basis.
  • Operate in an efficient manner to meet and exceed minimum pallets per hour processed.
  • Maintain compliance with all Food Safety/SQF policies and procedures in place.
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