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Lineage Logistics Forklift Driver in Bedford Park, Illinois

1st shift: Monday - Friday, 6am - 2:30pm

$20/hour

Are you ready to power up your career as a Forklift Driver? In this role, you’ll operate electric-powered industrial trucks with precision and care, ensuring products, materials, and equipment are safely and efficiently moved throughout the facility. Join our team to keep operations running smoothly and contribute to our commitment to excellence and safety.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

· Efficient Material Handling: Position forks, lifting platforms, or other lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials to transport, load, and unload items to designated areas.

· Inventory Tracking: Use a Radio Frequency (RF) system to list materials and record weight, counts, and conditions of frozen food items.

· Safety and Maintenance: Complete daily forklift maintenance checklists, lead safety inspections on truck chalking and glad-hand processes, and ensure all safety precautions are followed.

· Loading/Unloading: Safely load and unload materials onto and off pallets, skids, or lifting devices.

· Battery Management: Monitor battery charge levels, maintain and clean batteries, and properly store material handling equipment at designated charging stations.

Additional Duties:

· Operate other machinery and material handling equipment as needed.

· Communicate with semi-truck drivers to coordinate safety measures and ensure smooth operations.

What We’re Looking For:

· Experience: Previous forklift driving experience is preferred but not required.

· Skills: Basic math skills and familiarity with RF systems for tracking inventory.

· Adaptability: Ability to work in temperatures as low as -20°F (-25°C) in cold storage and up to 100°F (37°C) in dry storage while wearing company-provided protective gear.

· Physical Capability: Must be able to lift at least 40 lbs. (18 kgs), with weight requirements varying by facility.

· Flexibility: Availability to work a flexible schedule, including weekends, as needed.

· Environment Awareness: Comfortable working in environments with varying noise levels.

· Communication: Ability to understand and follow instructions in the facility’s official language.

Why Join Us? We offer a supportive, safety-focused work environment where your contributions make a difference. As a Forklift Driver, you’ll enjoy opportunities for growth, a collaborative team atmosphere, and the satisfaction of keeping our operations efficient and reliable. Apply today to elevate your career!

Why Lineage?

This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers’ requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We’ll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.

Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.

Benefits

Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.

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At Lineage, we have a shared purpose: We are transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.

Our shared purpose drives everything we do in all parts of our organization, from the warehouse floor to the corner office. The work we do is noble, and our team members are passionate about the impact they make every day.

Working at Lineage is not just a job – it’s an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of the Lineage Logistics team, you are a critical link in the food supply chain.

If you are having trouble applying, contact our Human Resources team here: Contact Us | Lineage Logistics (https://www.lineagelogistics.com/contact-us)

At Lineage Logistics, helping to feed the world is more than a job – it’s a purpose we live every day. Lineage is one of the world’s leading temperature-controlled logistics companies. Driven by our core values, we’re reimagining the global food supply chain.

Lineage helps customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small family-owned businesses increase the efficiency and protect the integrity of their temperature-controlled supply chain. In recognition of the company’s leading innovations, Lineage was recognized as the No 1. Data Science company on Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies in 2019, in addition to ranking 23rd overall in an evaluation of thousands of companies worldwide.

As part of the Lineage family, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career as we continually expand, using technology and award-winning innovations, to meet the needs of customers around the world.

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