Job Description

Imagine: A Career With Purpose and Possibility

Picture this: You are part of a global team of problem-solvers whose innovations in materials science can make life better. Every day, you help turn ideas into impact using science, technology, and creativity to tackle real-world challenges. You’re part of a company whose work helps improve patient outcomes in healthcare and protects essential consumer goods that people around the world rely on every day.

At TekniPlex, you’ll join more than 8,000 colleagues across 12 countries, all united by one purpose: creating safer, smarter solutions that touch daily life. Through our two divisions, TekniPlex Healthcare and TekniPlex Consumer Products, you’ll help shape industries that matter: healthcare, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, beauty, and personal care.

Here, your ideas count and your work matters. You’ll be encouraged to think boldly, collaborate across cultures, and keep growing every step of the way. You will help protect the integrity of essential products, support patient safety and comfort, and contribute to innovations that make everyday life better, all while building a career that makes an impact.

Because at TekniPlex, you don’t just deliver products – you help shape what’s next.

The Forklift Driver is responsible for loading and unloading trucks and assisting with material movements on the production floor.

Shift Hours: 6:45am - 3:00pm

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

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 will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Loading and unloading trucks at the dock in shipping
• Keep production supplied with raw materials, packing supplies and in process rolls
• Remove scrap and empty dumpster as needed
• Run sweeper scrubber thru aisle
• Put up raw materials
• Put away finish goods skids
• Use RF scanners for logistic of material flow throughout the building
• Safety and Housekeeping
• Material Handling
• Communication
• Perform related duties as assigned by Supervisor.

The Company maintains the right to revise and/or add duties in response to business requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Successful completion of IVO (Industrial Vehicle Operator) certification training.
• Successful completion of JSA (Job Safety & Health Analysis) reading.
• Successful completion of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) training.
• Active IVO training/Forklift certification
• Knowledge of how to band scrap

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. While performing the duties of this job,

• The employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, push, pull and carry; and hear.
• The employee frequently is required to talk and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee will be frequently working with sharp tools, such as knives and ledgers.
• The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and 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. While performing the duties of this job,

• The employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to humid conditions; heights; fumes or airborne particles; toxic, flammable or caustic chemicals; skin irritants; outside weather conditions; high heat; and risk of static shock.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually very loud.
• The employee is regularly required to work with others, but may occasionally work alone.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

TEKNIPLEX BENEFITS

TekniPlex provides a comprehensive and flexible benefits program that you can customize to fit your personal needs. Our programs offer you and your family health care coverage and financial security. You can take advantage of life insurance, disability coverage and voluntary benefits for extra financial protection and peace of mind. Plus, our work-life benefits provide support and assistance whenever you need it.

• Some of your benefits are paid in full by TekniPlex and some costs are shared between you and TekniPlex. Other benefits are made available to you at reasonable group rates.
• Medical Coverage
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Telemedicine
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Basic Term Life/AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life/AD&D Insurance
• Short Term Disability (STD)
• Long Term Disability (LTD
• Voluntary Buy-Up LTD
• Hospital Indemnity
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Daily Pay
• Business Travel Insurance
• Legal Plan
• Identity Protection