Forklift Operator III - 2nd Shift

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands likeLa Brea Bakery,Otis Spunkmeyer, andOakrun Farm Bakery. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers' expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

As aForklift Operator you will be responsible for operating a stand-up forklift to safely transport raw ingredients, finished products, materials, and equipment within our warehouse, freezer, and trucks/trailers. Key duties include loading the mixing platform with raw ingredients, verifying lot codes, and maintaining accurate stock records.

Responsibilities:

• Operates stand-up forklift to move ingredients/product from trucks, shipping & receiving docks, and various stock and storage locations.
• Responsible for loading the mixing platform with raw ingredients to be used for daily production of par bake cookies, frozen dough and CPA/Pastry items. Must ensure proper lot code and stock rotation.
• Verifies lot code numbers, product type and quantity of each load incoming and outgoing moved using scanning gun or warehouse computers.
• Performs and records counts as requested by inventory control, warehouse supervisor and management.
• Count, organize and palletize return ingredients to be sent back to Rialto once production runs are completed.
• Moves trailers in and out of loading area for out and inbound loads.
• Keeps stock tracking records and other simple records of quantities of items moved, storage locations and daily work performed.
• Moves stock, pallets and other items manually as required.
• Provides assistance with the overall maintenance of the warehouse environment, i.e., mixing platform clear of empty pallets, racking clean and tidy, empty pallets stored safely.
• Completes Warehouse Daily shift checklist.
• Follows rules and regulations to ensure food safety, quality, and legality.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or GED is preferred
• 1-2 years of stand-up forklift experience
• English and/or Spanish speaking preferred
• In-house Forklift Certification, HACCP & GMP training (in-house)

Shift: 2nd

Aspire Bakeries is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.