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
Able to communicate verbally in a logical manner.
Takes the intended audience into account when communicating verbal information.
Makes use of appropriate business language in verbal communication.
Includes all relevant information in verbal arguments.
Demonstrates proficiency of language in verbal communication.
Interprets complex information to expresses own viewpoint in verbal communication.
Concludes verbal arguments by making reference to relevant facts
Decision Making
Organises information to make it easier to analyse or see trends.
Anticipates consequences and formulates alternatives.
Establishes clear decision criteria for making informed choices.
Seeks relevant information to better understand situations and problems.
Conducts appropriate analysis; neither makes snap decisions or over-analyses.
Sees relationships between various facts, figures or other information.
Continuous Improvement
Increases performance expectations when success has been achieved
Seeks out sources of information, including trade associations, “best practice” companies, customers, peers, subordinates, etc.
Finds ways to fast-adapt improvement ideas to work processes
Proactively seeks out resources, alliances, etc., needed to quickly introduce improvements
Collaboration
Helps others with their work.
Meets commitments to team members or others in the organisation.
Actively contributes to team discussions and the accomplishment of team work plans.
Shares expertise and resources to help others address their needs.
Seeks to include all those who can contribute to the most successful outcome and those who have a stake in the results.
Actively keeps all stakeholders informed.
Attempts to reinvigorate team processes when progress is lagging: stays engaged even when not in full agreement with the team’s direction.
Accountability
Accomplishes assigned tasks and goals: takes necessary actions to keep progress against objectives on track and prepares a roadmap for success.
Ensures that all who need to know, are clear about the plan.
Takes full responsibility for own actions and outcomes, including mistakes.
Always acts in the company’s best interest, regardless of whether it is difficult or unpopular.
Ensures others are on track for achieving their goals
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