Job Description

Industrial Truck Operator

Responsible for the safe and efficient operation of various industrial trucks (gasoline, liquefied gas, or electric) to move, stack, and retrieve materials. This role involves precise handling of lifting apparatuses to transport goods across the facility, ensuring production lines remain supplied and inventory is organized.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Safely drive and maneuver various industrial trucks (gasoline, liquefied gas, or electric) equipped with specialized attachments (forks, clamps, or elevating platforms).
• Perform precise material handling, loading, and tiering of materials into high-density storage areas.
• Ensure production lines are constantly supplied with raw materials.
• Maintain accurate inventory documentation, including recording weights or quantities on production schedules and labels.
• Perform basic equipment upkeep, such as lubricating parts or managing battery/gas levels.

Minimum requirements:

Education: HS Diploma or GED

Certifications/Licenses required: PIT License

Physical Requirements:

• Vision: Visual acuity must be correctable to 20/40 in each eye with no double vision and no tropia. The operator must have a normal field of view and color vision. Monocular vision requires individual evaluation.
• Hearing: Hearing loss must be no more than 25 dB loss at 500, 1,000, and 2,000 Hz in the best ear without a hearing aid.
• Musculoskeletal: There must be no ergonomic impairment of the use or strength of the back, fingers, arms, or other bio-mechanical defects that may interfere with the ability to safely operate a PIT.
• Medical Fitness: The operator must be "fit for duty" and have no uncontrolled illness that has the potential to cause unexpected loss of consciousness, equilibrium, or compromise mental alertness and judgment, including issues related to alcohol and drug abuse.
• Lifting: The role requires continuous lifting of 15 lbs, frequent lifting of 535 lbs, or occasional lifting of 3560 lbs.

Whirlpool Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any discrimination on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable law.

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