Title: Forklift Operator Trainee

               

Location: Boardman, OR

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

Receives instructions from the warehouse lead and utilizes the knowledge of plant and warehouse operating procedures to expeditiously and effectively carry out assignments driving a powered industrial truck equipped with lifting devices such as forklift and clamps to lift, stack, tier or move products, equipment, or materials. Must efficiently maintain supplies to production as well as transfer packaged product to cold storage areas.

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following (other duties may be assigned):

Maintains safe work practices at all times and participates in safety programs.

Inspects the lift truck prior to operation and reports any deficiency.

Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus.  

Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area.  

Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.

Able to work in all locations of the building including dry storage, tote room, bulk, rework, waste, slip-unit, compactor and freezer.

Must be able to perform duties of all job stations in the plant. 

Responsible for loading out receiving "inbounds" from many locations including fiber, ingredients, frozen, waste, tote storage, etc.

Inventories materials on work floor, and supplies plant with materials as needed such as paper rolls, fiber, sapp, sugar, totes, pallets, etc.  

Loads and unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device as needed.  

Transports finished goods or tote product to or from zero degree cold storage bays in warehouse and able to withstand cold storage temperatures for extended periods.

Sorts and stacks excess bulk and supplies packaging with bulk blend, knock down cases, paper, etc.

Stacks good or restricted cased product and supplies rework with restricted product.

Maintains bulk repacks.

Replaces cases opened by Q.A.

Maintains adequate empty totes for all bulk‑off stations.

Supplies pallets to the palletizing area.

Reports all equipment failures and mechanical problems to appropriate personnel.

Completes forms in accurate, timely and legible manner and can identify cases, labels, cuts, colors, catalog numbers, day codes and acceptable case conditions.

Loads and unloads truck or rail cars.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

Maintains a clean and orderly work environment.

Changes batteries on lift truck when required.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

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.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:  Based on an eight hour workday.

S - Seldom            1% to 10%                O - Occasional  10% to 30%

F - Frequent           30% to 70%  C - Constant     Over 70%

PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTE            HOW OFTEN                DESCRIPTION OF THE PHYSICAL

                                                (Use   S, O, F or C         ATTRIBUTE USED.  Includes weight                                                                from above)                  lifted, reach, distance and percent of time.

VISION

                C

100% of time for driving.  Must be normal, and see clearly, with color.

COMMUNICATION

*talk

*listen

*hear

*read

                O

10% - 30% of time for work instructions, as well coordinating with all employees to meet production needs.

STRENGTH

                F

30% of time lifting up to 75 pounds.

5% of time carrying cases up to 15 feet.

5% of time lifting cases up to eye level.

STAND

                S

Less than 5% of time helping utilities.

WALK

                S

Less than 5% of time.

SIT

                C

90% of time operating lift truck with vibration and jarring.

KNEEL

                S

Less than 5% of time changing cases.

CRAWL

               NA

NA

SHOVEL

                S

Less than 1% of time cleaning product spills.

STAIRS

                S

Less than 5% of time during bin dumps on waste auger and on/off lift truck.

HIGH CATWALKS

                S

Less than 5% of time during bin dumps.

LADDERS  

               NA

NA

CLIMB/BALANCE

                O

20% of time on and off the lift truck and in waste area.

STOOP/BEND

*bend at waist

*bend at knees

*squat

                O

20% of time changing cases, making totes and cleaning.

REACHING

*below knees

*knees to shoulder

*above shoulder

                O

20% of time changing cases, making totes and cleaning.

PUSH/PULL

ie. broom or tote

                S

Less than 5% of time cleaning.

FINE FINGER

MANIPULATION

ie. sorting fries or using screw driver

                C

95% of time using all controls on lift truck, writing reports or moving cases.

HANDLING/

GRASPING

*power grasp

                S

2% of time moving cases or operating lift truck.

REPETITIVE TASKS

*back

*shoulders

*arms

*hand

*wrist

*fingers

                C

75% of time operating lift.

STAMINA (Physical exertion for a long period of time)

                O

25% of time completing basic warehouse functions.

FOOT CONTROL

                C

95% of time operating lift trucks with directional foot controls.

MENTAL REQUIREMENTS:                                                     LOW           MEDIUM           HIGH

Comparison with other positions within

Lamb-Weston Boardman.

WORKING WITH PEOPLE

X

COMMUNICATION

X

STRESS

X

PROBLEM SOLVING

X

REPETITION

X

MATH    

X

LEVEL OF MENTAL STIMULATION

X

MECHANICAL

X

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

Less than high school education; or up to one month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.   Need to work with minimal supervision.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and fill out forms.  Ability to speak effectively with other employees in the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.   Also must be able to memorize product codes, labels and bulk lot numbers.

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 and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms and climb or balance.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 in the freezer and extreme heat in the summer months.  The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

QUALIFICATION PERIOD:

Not to exceed 90 shifts worked.

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-255729

               

Time Type: Full time

               

Anticipated Close Date: 10/20/2024

               

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: $23.96

               

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