Material Handler (Clamp Truck) | Plant City, FL

Pay: $20.08 per hour plus shift differential

Fixed Shift:

2^nd – 3pm to 11pm

Standard M-F schedule

Occasional weekend (Saturday/Sunday) production work is required at times

Benefits: 

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Prescription drug coverage
• 401K with a company match
• New Hire Wellness Bonus (see plan details)
• Healthcare and Dependent day care flexible spending accounts
• Corporate discounts

Responsibilities: 

• Experience with clamp truck preferred.
• Move large paperboard rolls (1-1.5 tons) with clamp truck to storage areas or to presses for consumption.
• Load and/or unload paperboard rolls from trucks and/or railcars.
• Read hot sheets, Bill of Lading BOL or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs.
• Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported to the customer.
• Perform inventory cycle counts.
• Perform Safe Quality Food (SQF) cleaning as required.
• Maintain storage areas to ensure that inventory is easily accounted for.
• Use RF gun to ensure proper product placement and track inventory.
• Other duties as assigned.

Specific Safety Responsibilities:

• Report any unsafe conditions that are encountered.
• Report any injury or near miss to Team Leader immediately.
• Do not perform a duty that appears to be unsafe without consulting a Team Leader.
• Recognize hazards of the job and learn how to avoid them.
• Follow BJAs and SOPs.
• Observe all Safety Rules.
• Wear safety equipment and protective devices as required: steel-toe shoes, hearing protection, cut-gloves, harness, etc.
• Keep work area clean and uncluttered.
• Conduct safe behavior observations on a weekly basis, 4 a month are required.

Specific SQF Responsibilities: 

• Adhere to the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) policy.
• Every Pactiv Evergreen team member has a responsibility for ensuring the products we produce are safe and of good quality.
• Personally act with behaviors consistent with achieving and maintaining Safe Quality Foods certification.
• Behavior in the facility, and on equipment, shall not compromise the food safety goals.
• Follow responsibilities for this job description on make-ready, start-up, or changeover/line clearance procedure.
• Do not run unsafe product.
• Support the goal of producing a food safe product by following all programs, policies, SOPs as well as GMPs.
• Report and/or fix problem that creates a Food Safety Hazard.
• Place suspect product on precautionary hold.

Specific Functional Responsibilities: 

• Must be able to accurately observe correct paths of travel and areas for product placement.
• Must be able to communicate and exchange information with teammates.
• Must be able to operate equipment including desktop computers and handheld devices, firmly grasp tools and machinery.
• Climbing off and on forklift (height of 3 feet) for a minimum of 20 times per day.
• Bending at the waist, squatting with legs and knees, stooping with neck and back, reaching with shoulders and arms briefly up to a couple times a day.
• Looking over shoulder to right and left while reversing or driving backwards with product load up to 8 hours in one day.
• Operate right-handed operating controls (little pressure required but frequent grabbing of controls
• Sitting stationary on forklift for 8 to 12 hours
• Changing battery (max. 3116lbs) using hoist; will require some upper body control of swinging battery (abdominals and shoulders) and grasping.
• Looking up to 45 degrees tilting neck back when pulling orders and putting pallet in racks up to 8 hours in one day.
• Climbing up and down stairs
• Driving over ramps and dock plates - some jarring to back up to 100 times in a day.
• Restacking pallets of 48lb cases from floor to above shoulder height
• Moving wooded pallets up to 50lbs by hand.
• Sweeping warehouse requires walking 2-3 hours.
• Cleaning outside warehouse requires bending over, sweeping, and picking up debris.
• Going up and down ramps with forklift
• Tagging pallets -placing tickets on pallets, reaching over shoulder height (about 6ft vertical)
• Significant walking on concrete floor up to three hours in one day.
• The team member is required to be able to perform the above tasks, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Qualifications:

• Ability to stand/walk constantly, sit/stoop occasionally, kneel/bend constantly, lift 7-39.9 lbs., push/pull 50+ lbs., bend/twist constantly and climb/ladders occasionally.
• Functional English is required, including the ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
• Knowledge of MS Outlook, Excel and Word, SAP and RF scanners required.

Pactiv Evergreen is now a part of Novolex. Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries, including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Our innovative product portfolio is designed to meet the diverse needs of businesses worldwide and the millions of customers they serve. Through continuous investment in research and development, we are committed to engineering more sustainable choices for the future. Our extensive manufacturing network spans North America and Europe, including two world-class plastic film recycling centers. Discover more about Novolex, our 20,000+ family members and our commitment to innovation and sustainability at www.novolex.com.

Pactiv Evergreen is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.  Pactiv Evergreen is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, religion, creed, age national origin, physical or mental disability, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.  For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please call (847)482-4320 or email Recruiting@pactivevergreen.com. To learn more about our policies in this area, click here.

Pactiv Evergreen is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are subject to a drug test (excluding THC*/marijuana/cannabis) and background check at the time of offer.*THC testing ONLY when such testing is required by law.

Pactiv Evergreen employees are subject to post-hire drug and alcohol testing in accordance with company policies.