Forklift Operator

Job Description

Job Description

Great news! Schillings is currently looking for a Forklift Operator at our Mokena, IL location. We offer competitive pay along with a full package of benefits and opportunities for advancement.

This position will be full-time with no nights or Sundays. Apply today!

Responsibilities :

• Must always demonstrate safe and proper use of equipment
• Responsible for pulling and accurately building orders for loading onto delivery trucks
• Build orders according to assigned load tickets using industrial power equipment
• Manually lift and move product to restock and repack, ensuring date code accuracy and proper rotation
• Work independently and with team members under tight deadlines
• Follow all company policies and procedures
• Complete any additional task requested by management
• Report any, and all issues to management as they arise

Education / Required Skills :

• Maintain a valid driver's license
• Regularly lift / carry / move up to 50lbs. and may have to occasionally lift up to 80lbs.
• Frequently required to sit, stand, bend, reach, grip, push, pull, lift, climb, carry, and walk throughout Yard / Warehouses
• Safely operate all equipment
• Could include sweeper, skid steer, order picker ranging from 8-30 feet in the air, forklift, pickup trucks (with and without snowplow), flatbeds, box trucks, vans, and SUVs.
• Ability to work outside in ALL weather conditions
• Effectively communicate information to customers / management / other team members through radios or in person
• Recognize and distinguish safety alarms and alert signals
• Identify, recognize, and respond to any safety / hazardous situations
• Assist customers with a smile
• Including moving swiftly / jogging with a sense of urgency to waiting customers across our Yard / Warehouses
• Organizational skills, basic math, and ability to read a tape measure
• Composite / steel toe shoes required (annual boot reimbursement provided)

Benefits :

• Competitive pay
• Boot reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life insurance & short-term disability
• 401k with profit sharing
• PTO & paid holidays
• Sponsored lunch events
• Company discounts

MISSION - Give our customers what they want, on time and error-free

Schillings provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, military status, unfavorable discharge from military status, sex, marital status, disability, order of protection status, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Schillings is a drug-free workplace.