Position: Yard Operator
Salary - $27.43 per hour
Shift - 12 Hour Rotation, 645am-7 pm and 645pm - 7 am
Responsible for all activities associated with safely operating and caring for the Forklift and other heavy industrial mobile equipment; including but not limited to pulling and picking baled paper from the staging areas as per Mill production specifications.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
•Operates Forklift and other heavy industrial mobile equipment to transport and/or move, stock, and store baled paper material in a specified staging area.
•Required to work a 12 hour day and night rotational shift.
•Required to work through scheduled holidays.
•Pulls, picks, and stages paper bales based on production needs.
•Maintain neat, orderly, and safe stacks of stock in staging areas.
•Complete necessary paperwork in an accurate and timely manner.
•Adheres to daily production schedule.
•Comply with all company policies and procedures, including safety and maintaining good housekeeping.
•Must be able to follow directions under limited supervision
•Performs other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or GED.
Must be Forklift certified.
Minimum 3 years of Forklift experience preferably.
Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:
Prior work experience driving heavy industrial mobile equipment.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Able to read, write and speak in English and follow instructions.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form. Ability to deal with problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Required to maintain a current Fork Lift Truck Operator License.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to work outdoors and is exposed to wet, hot/humid and cold conditions.
Qualifications
Must be able to work a 12 hour rotational position.
Pratt Industries is a leading manufacturer of sustainable corrugated packaging and display solutions. Founded more than 30 years ago, the company has shown dramatic growth with state-of-the-art facilities in 25 states and Mexico. Pratt is America’s fifth largest corrugated packaging company and the world’s largest, privately-held producer of 100% recycled paper, with more than 10,000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability.
The Georgia-based company operates an extensive Recycling Company to supply six of the most modern, cost-effective 100% recycled paper mills – in Conyers, GA, New York City, NY, Valparaiso, IN , Shreveport, LA, Wapakoneta, OH and Henderson, KY.
Pratt is dedicated to the sustainability of the environment, its customers and its people. The cornerstone of Pratt’s mission is to protect and nurture the planet’s natural resources while reducing our impact on the environment by “Harvesting the Urban Forest.” By doing so the company also seeks to help its customers meet their environmental goals.
Pratt Industries provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
