Forklift operator
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Loaded, transported, unloaded, and relocated numerous bulk objects in collaboration with DynCorp lorry drivers.

• Utilized understanding of shipment procedures to solve challenges.
• Calculated, manufactured, and integrated clients' orders effectively in preparation for shipment, internal transfer, or client pick-up.
• Unpacked products obtained from crates and other containers using hand tools.
• Identified and reported malfunctioning equipment, impairments, and safety concerns to the manager.
• Removed leftover crates, wood, and acrylic from the workspace and machinery regularly.
• Verified all outgoing and incoming deliveries were authentic and damage-free.
• Analyzed the projects to verify they were built correctly and on time.

Make recommendations for improvements to supervisors. Operate heavy machinery including forklift, pallet mover, swing-reach truck, and picker. Follow manufacturing and organizational rules and guidelines on regulatory and safety compliance.

• Prepared over 500 deliveries per week with precise staging and team collaboration.
• Revised employee handbook to include new safety procedures that reduced safety incidents by 50%.
• Improved environmental and legal compliance by initiating a start-up checklist completed prior to each shift.

Prepared orders by processing requests such as pulling accurate materials and place in appropriate areas for customer pick up or delivery. Established and promoted high standards of customer service.

• Managed inventory controls by minimizing materials damage and ensuring order accuracy. Organized the warehouse and managed bin locations.
• Staged outbound orders before the crew’s return, and the night before the crews’ departure in the morning.
• Loaded delivery trucks with accuracy, correct balance, and weight for truck size with the maximum 30-minute turnaround.
• Ran forklift safely and operated equipment within the guidelines for efficient and safe operation.
• Reported all equipment maintenance issues to the yard manager immediately.

Pulled and arranged the goods for export, guaranteed that the correct kinds of commodities loaded to maintain accurate inventory records and reports that meet all OSHA and MSDS criteria.

• Used a forklift, clamping truck, or other heavy machinery to reload or relocate inventory, stage goods, and supplies efficiently in the right regions.
• Reported quality variations, helped with physical inventories, and kept the agency's products and machinery cleaned, and organized.
• Performed daily equipment inspections and other activities as directed by management.
• Maintained cleanliness and organized the facility's parts and equipment.
• Maintained inventory by identifying and marking the products and supplies in stock.

Used special techniques, spades, brooms, chemicals, nozzles, and lubricants to clean, disinfect, and maintain equipment, machinery, and workstations.

• Operated a hold truck forklift in a sub-zero freezer, loading and unloading products.
• Used a forklift to transfer materials across the plant.
• Used an RF gun to handle inventory activities.
• Promoted a clean, safe, and enjoyable workplace.
• Collected orders from the categorized slot and loaded them onto trucks as ordered.
• Recorded and maintained the condition of allocated equipment.
• Allocated additional duties and responsibilities.
• Collected all documents and supervised vehicle activities such as condition monitoring, workload, pre-trip assessment, and cargo security and safety.