Forklift Operator

**What's In It For You?**

**CKS Packaging, Inc**., a leader and growing manufacturer of rigid plastic containers needs **Forklift Operators **at our warehouse in **Naugatuck, CT.**
- come let your voice be heard and at a company where your skills, talent and contributions will be rewarded.

**What’s In it for You?**
- Opportunity for overtime pay
- Competitive pay based on experience and qualifications
- Vacation, sick pay and bonus once eligibility met
- Excellent medical/dental benefits at modest employee contributions
- 401k participation with Company matching contributions upon completion of one year of service
- No temp period for applicants with verifiable previous Clamp Truck experience

**eoe; M/F/d/v**

**Responsibilities**:

- Operate Clamp Forklift Truck for staging and movement of product from production floor
- Prepare products and materials for shipment
- Load and unload product
- Track and record units of materials handled
- Adhere to safety policies and procedures
- Maintain the cleanliness of each regrind room
- Empty the air bags on day bins daily
- Resolve any material line malfunction by taking appropriate action and troubleshooting vacuum problems.
- Continuously monitor virgin day bin and change rail-car compartments as needed, to insure that each compartment is completely empty.
- During rail-car exchange (pickup/drop-off) properly shut down vacuum pumps and disconnect all vacuum hoses, and lower the flag on the spur. Once the cars are in place, raise the flag and reconnect the vacuum hoses and restart pumps.
- Check vacuum pump filters once per shift every day.
- Change the machine hopper filters daily.
- Change blow back filters daily.
- Perform other duties as assigned

**Qualifications**:

- 1 yr experience operating a Forklift
- Familiarity with pallet jack, forklift, or other industrial vehicles
- Material Handling Experience

**Benefits**:

- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid sick time
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Overtime
- Weekends as needed

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

**Experience**:

- Warehouse Experience: 1 year (preferred)
- Forklift: 2 years (preferred)

Shift availability:

- Day Shift (preferred)
- Night Shift (preferred)

Work Location: In person