1st Shift Forklift- Chatsworth, CA

Job Overview

Hubbell Armorcast Products is on the search for a Forklift driver to work in the 1st shift that will work throughout all areas of the facility operating forklifts in a safe manner to move received raw materials, work-in-process, finished goods to all manufacturing departments/areas. Pay will be $21.75 per hour. As a newly hired employee with Hubbell, you will be eligible for a $1000.00 retention sign on bonus after 90th day worked with the company. Benefits will begin 1st of the month following hire date.

A Day In The Life

• Supplies operators with work and material and removes completed parts as needed
• Shrink wrap pallets to prepare them for shipping and weigh products and/or loads and record weight.
• Analyze production schedules to determine movement, deliveries, and material requirements.
• Quality assurance (QA) duties, including reporting product damage and shortages.
• Utilizes radio frequency (RF) scanning equipment to track inventory
• Perform daily safety forklift checklist inspections of forklift prior to operating each day for each shift.
• Organize and secure materials, such as boxes, bales, pallets, and super stacks in a safe way. Move hazardous materials as directed. 
• Operate forklifts in a safe manner. Being alert of other employees in the work zone.
• Follow Company and OSHA safety standards and break policies, work in a safe manner, follow directions, adhere to PPE requirements. Immediately stop and report any broken, leaking, and/or unsafe forklift related issue to the Supervisor. 

What will help you thrive in this role?

• Experience operating a forklift in a manufacturing or warehouse environment preferred 
• High school diploma preferred but not required. 

Required Qualifications/Knowledge/Skills/Ability:: 

• OSHA Forklift safety training/certification must be current. 
• Ability to follow instructions and all safety rules
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices. 
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude. 

Physical Requirements:  

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.  
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with company policies 
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds, work in a fast paced environment with repetitive motion, clutch, lift, grab, bend, stoop, push, pull with no difficulties, be on feet during work shift, and clearly communicate issues.

The Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the LA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO).