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Cargo Handler/Forklift Operator
Forward Air
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Position: Cargo Handler/Forklift Operor
Compension: $18.00 - $19.95 per hour
Available Schedule: Tuesday - Surday or Wednesday through Surday, 4 :00 AM - 12:30 PM
Job Description:
Forward Air is seeking capable and career-oriented individuals to work in our fast-paced shipping/dock operion. Our Cargo Handlers are responsible for loading and unloading freight on our trailers in a safe and timely manner. Frequent lifting, pulling, pushing, and carrying of freight is required. All necessary training and merials for this position are provided.
Core Responsibilities & Duties:
- Responsible for the loading/unloading of 53 ft. commercial trailers and the operion of scanners
- Use handheld scanners to efficiently track and maneuver freight through our distribution network
- Accurely label boxes and prepare freight for shipment
- Safely load and unload trailers by utilizing equipment such as hand trucks/pallets jack and forklifts
- Must be able to obtain certificion and safely opere forklift and other machinery as required
- Verify documention and condition of freight to assure quality standards are achieved
- Must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds
- Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to ninety (90) pounds
- Maintain a clean and safe working environment
- Other duties as assigned
Job Requirements & Qualificions:
- Excellent communicion and problem-solving skills
- Strong team player th thrives in a fast-paced environment
- Must be flexible to work weekends and overtime as needed
- Forklift and general freight handling knowledge is a plus
- Must be 18 or older
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Forward Air is an Equal Opportunity employer.
Forward Air is a leading asset-light provider of transportion services across the United Stes, Canada, and Lin America. We provide expedited less-than-truckload services, including local pick-up and delivery, shipment consolidion/deconsolidion, warehousing, and customs brokerage by utilizing a comprehensive nional network of terminals. In addition, we offer truckload brokerage services, including dediced fleet services, and intermodal, first and last-mile, high-value drayage services, both to and from seaports and railheads, dediced contract and Container Freight Stion warehouse and handling services. Forward also operes a full portfolio of multimodal solutions, both domestically and internionally, via Omni Logistics. Omni Logistics is a global provider of air, ocean, and ground services for mission-critical freight. We are more than a transportion company. Forward is a single resource for your shipping needs
We move freight, but we’re powered by people. Whether you’re in the warehouse, on the road, or behind the screen, every teamme keeps our global business in motion and brings logistics to life.
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