General Plant Forklift - Swing - Glendale, OR

GLENDALE PLYWOOD BENEFITS:


* Fuel Pump access (gas at cost-payroll deduct)


* 401K with a company match


* HSA with a company match


* Medical, Dental, Life and Vision Insurance


* Virtual Primary Care/Urgent Care through First Stop Health (Eligible day 1 of employment for you and your household)

Position Title: General Plant Forklift Driver

Reports To: Department Lead/Supervisor

Department: Determined Upon Hire

Hours per shift: Employee works 10-hour shifts, with three 10- minute breaks, and a 30- minute unpaid lunch break. 

Wage: Level 3

Position Purpose: The purpose of the General Plant Forklift Driver is to train in all departments for all driving positions.

During training period General Plant Forklift Driver will be expected to fill in for absent drivers, help on shift drivers with tasks and keep up with production in department assigned to them.

Once an open bid comes up for a forklift operator the most senior General Plant Forklift Driver will be placed into the open bid.

  

Position Functions:

General Plant Forklift Driver: Essential Functions

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These duties are designated as ADA Essential Functions and must be performed in this job.

Perform daily pre-inspections of equipment, completing required paperwork and reporting any maintenance issues immediately.

Safely, pull full carts of dry and wet veneer away from the grade chains, paint, tag, and stack them neatly and in designated areas.

Keep the immediate work area free of veneer and wood debris and keep sticker racks organized. 

Place veneer on carts in the Raimann room.  Remove veneer from graded Raimann carts and paint, tag, and stack the veneer. 

Give breaks and help other departments and drivers.

Cleanup will be done on a continual basis to ensure a clean, organized and safe work environment.

Follow all company policies and SOPs for safe forklift operation

Monitor veneer units for stack quality and grades that match the grade of the unit.

Comply with Federal, State, and Company rules, policies and procedures.

Rotate to different positions for cross training

Wet kiln tracks down when pulling and pushing kilns in the summer months 

Perform once a day blow downs in winter months and twice a day in summer months

Perform preventive maintenance on forklift and follow greasing procedures 

Non-Essential Functions

These duties are secondary in nature and are not classified as ADA essential.

The worker may be responsible for cleanup activity during down times or between shifts.  This activity will consist of removing debris from the work area using a broom, rake, or shovel. 

The worker may be required to rotate to different positions for cross-training purposes or to facilitate production.  Job duties for other positions are outlined in their individual Job Descriptions.

 

Working Environment: (1) Inside 90%, average temperature 80 degrees, extreme low temperature 10 degrees F, extreme high temperature 120 degrees F.  (2) Outside 1...