Forklift Operator (Night Shift) - $21.25 per hour

Graham Packaging is a people, planet and values-based company and a leader in sustainable packaging manufacturing. For employees at Graham, our Blue Culture is part of their everyday lives. We create a safe, challenging environment to innovate by supporting creative ideas and new ways of thinking. We take the initiative to cultivate our individual growth and help others do the same, while keeping ourselves and one another accountable.

Graham Packaging Company is looking for a Forklift Operator based in Bowling Green, KY. This is a Night Shift position, working from 7:00pm-7:30am on a 2/2/3 schedule (working every other weekend). Weekly pay starting at $21.25 per hour. Benefits start on Day One: Medical, Dental, Vision, and 401k with match!

Forklift Operators perform a combination of product handling and lift truck operating duties to stack, transport, and store work-in-process and finished goods. The primary duties of a Forklift Operator include:

• Follow all established safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices.
• Perform a safety lift truck inspection and battery check and report any equipment malfunctioning or damage to the Warehouse Manager or Shift Supervisor.
• Change lift truck batteries and add water when necessary; keep record of time batteries are changed.
• Fill out lift truck status report.
• Participate in continuous quality improvement projects and other related activities as assigned.
• Review daily production schedule with Shift Supervisor, bring materials to the production lines when needed to execute schedule and notify supervisor of any materials running low.
• Remove finished goods from production lines, back to assigned warehouse locations.
• Provide accurate information of unloaded materials as well as materials used or produced to warehouse personnel.
• Maintain accurate records of materials being used and produced, and reports them in appropriate paperwork, back to warehouse personnel.
• Participate in physical inventory taking.
• Communicate with supervisor regarding shift totals and machine totals reports and with other lift truck operators regarding any changes or problems that arise.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year forklift experience preferred.
• Ability to maintain regular, predictable, and punctual attendance.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given.
• Collaborates well with others: proactively contributes to group objectives; volunteers to help others.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision and basic life insurance. Employees are able to enroll in the company’s 401K Employee Saving Plan and may participate in its Employee Wellness Program. Employees will also receive paid time off in accordance with company policy and state law requirements.

Graham Packaging is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.