LifeMade Products LLC, a Jadex Inc operating company, is a global provider of disposable tableware and temperature control packaging solutions supporting a variety of sectors including healthcare and food preservation. We are the industry leader in U.S temperature-control packaging and single-use consumer goods manufacturing. Our brands include LifeMade Consumer Products, Lifoam®, Diamond®, FreezPak®, Envirocooler® and ProPak®. LifeMade Products LLC has 8 manufacturing locations in the domestic United States . Our mission is to create superior products that push industries forward, LifeMade strives to make life – better.
Position Summary
Operate various equipment including industrial trucks or tractors, forklift, and pallet jacks to move materials around a warehouse, storage yard, factory and between company warehouses. Responsible for acting as team lead for the Warehouse.
Primary Functions
- Operate material handling devices to load and unload trucks such as forklift, pallet jacks and hand carts.
- Inspect product load for accuracy and safely move it around the warehouse or facility to ensure timely and complete delivery.
- Manually or mechanically load or unload materials from pallets, skids, platforms, cars, lifting devices, or other transport vehicles.
- Position lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes and secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
- Perform routine maintenance on vehicles or auxiliary equipment, such as cleaning, lubricating, recharging batteries, fueling, or replacing liquefied-gas tank.
- Move controls to drive gasoline- or electric-powered truck and transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
- Operate or tend automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
- Signal workers to discharge, dump, or level materials.
- Perform final visual inspection of product prior to shipment and notifies supervisor of any nonconformities.
- Observes plant safety rules.
- Helps to identify and eliminate any safety hazard or concern.
- Assists in monitoring of quality of work output and maintenance procedures.
- Assists in conducting operations to meet established cost standards for use of materials, supplies and equipment.
- Follows instructions in the most efficient use of tools, machines and materials.
- Check company trucks and tractors to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment is in good working order.
- Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
- Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations.
- Report vehicle defects, accidents, traffic violations, or damage to the vehicles.
- Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers.
- Maintains a neat and orderly working area and assists other departments in the cleanliness and organization of working areas when projects overlap other department areas.
- Responsible for reporting any problems or concerns to their direct Supervisor. To maintain good working relations with all other employees. Strives to have no conflicts with other department employees.
- Encouraged to bring any ideas to light for possible usage in factory functions.
- Poses no direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself, or others, or to property. Defined as a significant risk of substantial harm that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level by reasonable accommodation.
- Requires regular attendance to perform essential element as contained herein between the assigned start and end times for work.
- Performs such individual assignments as management may direct.
- Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation and the community; and maintains the professional competence, knowledge and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities.
Education and Experience/Knowledge
Education
- High School or GED equivalent.
Experience/Knowledge
- 3 yr+ working in a manufacturing environment
- 1+ Prior forklift experience.
- CDL Class A
Preferred Experience/Qualifications
- Supervisory experience preferred.
- Prior Kaizen/ Lean Manufacturing experience.
Technical Role Competencies
- Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems
- Operation Monitoring — Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Equipment Maintenance — Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.
Physical Requirements & Work Environment
- Requires up to 9 hours of standing/walking daily.
- Must be able to lift/carry up to 49 lbs.
- Must be able to push/pull up to 49lbs.
- Must be able to bend/stoop/twist, crouch/squat, reach above and below shoulders.
- Requires repetitive use of arm, wrist, and hand.
- Must be able to work near/with machinery and hand tools.
- Moderate/heavy exposure to heat and excessive noise.
- Ability to wear required PPE including hearing protection, safety glasses and steel/composite toe shoes.
- Annual hearing tests are required.
- Some overtime and occasional weekends required.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of responsibilities for this position and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of this position. Company management may assign other relevant, business-related duties.
Jadex Inc and its Businesses do not discriminate in employment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.