Forklift Operator - Contract
$49,920–$49,920 year
On-siteToronto, Ontario, Canada
Job Summary
Operate forklift and material handling equipment safely, conducting pre-driving inspections before each use. Transport, retrieve, and store pallets while loading and unloading trucks, ensuring all materials have correct labels. Perform general warehouse duties including stocking shelves using FIFO, building and wrapping pallets, and conducting daily inventory counts and product rotation checks. Use handheld scanners to transfer inventory accurately and report faulty racking or forklift issues to supervisors. Maintain water levels on equipment and perform general housekeeping and cleaning duties. This seasonal contract role involves full-time shifts with flexibility for mornings, afternoons, holidays, and weekends at Lush's Toronto distribution centers.
Required Qualifications
- Able to perform all required general labour duties (Distribution Associate, Production Assistant)
- Able to do physical work for 8-hour shifts, on your feet and lift 50 pounds
- Capable of physical activities such as standing for long durations, bending down, pulling, and pushing
- Flexibility to work within the Distribution, Digital, and Manufacturing businesses as required
- Can operate basic warehouse equipment (picking carts, handheld scanners, pump-trucks, etc.)
- Able to organize multiple tasks at the same time and establish priorities
- Able to remain motivated and engaged in work
- Able to communicate effectively with others
- Able to work in a team environment as well as individually
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment
- Confident with basic mathematics, ability to count, including addition and subtraction
- Reliable, consistent attendance, punctual, and dependable
- Comfortable with reading, writing, and speaking English in order to communicate with peers and leadership on all platforms (i.e. in person, via email, via Google/Teams chat)
- Comfortable providing and receiving feedback
- Flexible to work all shifts and some holidays, overtime, and weekends
- Commitment to abide by and oversee health & safety regulations
- Commitment to abide by and oversee our quality and good manufacturing practices
- Comfortable safely navigating MHE on a regular basis
Desired Qualifications
- Relevant work experience for at least 1 year
- Valid forklift certification(s)
- Practical knowledge of health & safety regulations
- Experienced with using counterbalance forklifts
- Experience with warehouse management systems (WMS)
- Basic proficiency of Microsoft Dynamics AX
- Experienced with using reach trucks and counterbalance forklifts
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