Forklift Driver - Amanzimtoti, South Africa - BevCo

Description

Forklift Driver

Operations

Accountable for own work within defined operating procedures, standards and work routines.

Job Purpose

To ensure effective operational excellence is achieved through the efficient and accurate loading and offloading of production lines and trucks in operations.

Key Accountabilities and Outputs

Efficient Forklift Operation

• Perform start up inspection and register for forklift operation
• Feed production with preforms or empty cans
• Feed lines with layer pads
• Feed lines with empty pallets
• Take out finished product from the Production Lines and place into the relevant warehouse sections
• Abide by health and safety requirements of the company and ensure that actions do not endanger fellow colleagues, equipment or property
• Abide by quality measures in place within the company

Adherence to the Quality, Food Safety, Health, Safety and Environmental Standards

• Adherence to Standards: Ensure strict adherence to Quality, Food, Health, Safety and Environmental policies and standards.
• Enforcement: Enforce all food safety and health regulations, policies, and requirements at all times to guarantee a secure work environment.
• Personal Hygiene: Maintain exceptional personal hygiene as per the organization's code of conduct.
• Contamination Control: Raise awareness about potential physical product contamination and implement control measures to prevent it.
• Health and Safety Measures: Take reasonable precautions to prevent health and safety hazards. Follow the prescribed incident reporting procedure in case of accidents.
• Knowledge and Compliance: Stay updated with relevant business information, policies, processes, and procedures. Enforce compliance with legislative and statutory requirements, as well as GMP's (Good Manufacturing Practices).
• Training: Attend and enforce the implementation of learnings from training sessions related to Quality, Food Safety, and Health and Safety.
• Housekeeping: Maintain high levels of cleanliness and orderliness within the work environment.

General

• Responsible to ensure housekeeping is performed and ensure that all products and activities are stored and are executed within the demarcated areas according to the housekeeping policy (green red and yellow areas)
• Conversant with relevant business information, policies, processes and procedures
• Maintains expected performance standards
• While Job Descriptions are written up for the purpose of a basic outline of the work and responsibilities associated with the Job, the Company encourages and expects all employees from time to time, to assist with work that may not be a direct part of their job description

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12 / Matric / NQF level 4 and valid Forklift Licence (Essential)
• Upto 3 years experience (Operational Execution) FMCG

Key Qualities

Communication

• Routine communication in connection with instructions, requests or normal work tasks

Problem Solving

• Proactive identification of problems that are concrete and procedural, apply known solutions in line with guidelines provided or escalate more difficult problems to superiors.

Relationships Maintained

• Others in own work area

Behavioural Competencies

Verbal Communication