Forklift operator
Resume examples

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.

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.

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.

Operate heavy machinery including forklift, pallet mover, swing-reach truck, and picker to store, retrieve, or move heavy loads. Prepare loading and off-loading deliveries safely and efficiently. Correctly position the forklift to retrieve loads in difficult locations.

• Continually exceeded expectations pertaining to the loading and off-loading of up to 300 deliveries per week.
• Perform quality checks on up to 50 points of concern; reduced QA issues 50% by describing issues to processing teams.
• Earned merit-based compensation bonus for improving processing time 50%.