Auger Utility Worker/Forklift Operator
Company: The Timken Company
Location: Clinton
Posted on: January 26, 2023
Job Description:
Your Career Begins at Timken
If you're ready for a challenging career that provides you with the
ability to advance personally and professionally, look to Timken.
Our associates make the world more productive by improving the
efficiency and reliability of the machinery that keeps industry in
motion.Position Summary: The utility forklift drives performs a
variety of repetitive duties primarily associated with the storing
and moving of large materials and assemblies to and from machines
in assembly departments. The forklift driver works from load lists,
shop orders, and verbal instructions. They will also operate a
computer to receive new product, input finished good tickets, put
product into warehouse locations, and write up picks.Essential Job
Duties:
- Load and unload material from the warehouse and staging to
machine location using forklift or dollies.
- Build pallets with ability to build special crates per verbal
or written instructions.
- Inventory all items received by count or number and store in
specified areas.
- Maintain accuracy of load list with material to proper machines
and staging area.
- Following inventory, issue tag and deliver materials or parts
to various plant locations or machining operations as directed.
Pack, stack, and band for shipment; lift, move and store material
from finished operation.
- Perform preventive maintenance on forklift such as checking
tires, oil, battery, water, and gas.
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective material and
refer unusual conditions to supervisor.
- Maintain tools and equipment in proper manner.
- Must be knowledgeable in and practice all safety
procedures.
- Must become licensed to operate a forklift truck.
- Must be able to operate specific equipment. Must assist in
other areas of the department when forklift operations are caught
up.
- Housekeeping responsibilities: Clean up oil spills, assist
operators by replacing oil and water barrels, and maintain
materials in a neat and orderly manner.
- Perform required housekeeping including consistently keeping
outside yard clean with clear fire lanes.
- Other duties as assigned.Education and/or Experience: High
school diploma or general education degree (GED)
required.Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid forklift
license required.Language Skills: Ability to read and interpret
documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance
instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine
reports and complete necessary production forms. Ability to speak
effectively with fellow employees and/or customers. Mathematical
Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as
probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane
and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such
as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical
situations.Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense
understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral,
schedule, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving
several variables; problem solving ability.Physical Demands: The
physical demands described here are representative of those that
must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the
employee is frequently required to stand, sit, use hands/arms. The
employee is regularly required to talk, hear at conversational
level, and smell. The employee is occasionally required to walk,
climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must
regularly lift/move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift/move up to 25
pounds, and occasionally lift/move up to 55 pounds. Moving/lifting
greater than 55 pounds requires assistance from another employee or
a lifting device/hoist. Specific vision abilities required by this
job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and
ability to adjust focus.Work Environment: The work environment
characteristics described here are representative of those an
employee encounters while performing the essential functions of
this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is
frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, outside weather
conditions, and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to
extreme heat and risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the
work environment is usually loud.Required Personal Protective
Equipment: Employee is required to wear proper safety eyewear,
hearing protection, and steel-toed shoes at all times while on the
plant floor.All qualified applicants shall be treated equally
according to their individual qualifications, abilities,
experiences and other employment standards. There will be no
discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion,
color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual
orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected
by applicable law.
Keywords: The Timken Company, Davenport , Auger Utility Worker/Forklift Operator, Professions , Clinton, Iowa
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