Forklift Operator Day shift - Military veterans preferred

**Forklift Operator Day shift**

**Job ID** 21678 **Date posted** Feb. 10, 2022 **Location** Bolingbrook, Illinois **Full Time / Part Time** Full time (FT) Quad/Graphics

Production opportunities at Quad instill a sense of empowerment and possibility distinct from those at other employers. Quads state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities include world-class automation and printing technology. This includes guided vehicles (driverless fork trucks) and world-class digital presses that give our clients a full range of options to produce personalized marketing products. Fueled by innovative, interesting days, youll find hard work is good work, and feel a deep sense of pride in a job well done something shared by everyone in the community we call Quad.

**$2,000 New Hire Bonus** **Forklift Operator, Bolingbrook, IL** If you are, we have the perfect opportunity for you! We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more. Starting pay is $16 per hour Full Time Work Schedule: Must work 12 hour shifts three to four days per week; day shift available The Full Time Forklift Operator will work in the Freight Department at our Bolingbrook, IL facility and will be responsible for the loading/unloading of semi-trailers, packaging of finished product, the servicing of production machines and maintaining accurate inventories with the use of an on board PC and RF bar coding system. **RESPONSIBILITIES**

* Understands and follows all standard operating and safety procedures.

* Performs all post-skidding operations, which may include: strapping, banding, wrapping, card-boarding, boxing, baling, weighing and compressing

* Safely operates a powered industrial truck to transport product to various departments

* Responsible for the assembly of shipping cartons to include the following operations: taping, stapling, strapping, addressing, shrink-wrapping and banding

* Performs clean-up and waste removal tasks

* Follows all company and OSHA safety regulations and promote safe work habits with peers

* Effective communication between supervisor and incoming/outgoing operator regarding shift expectations

* Previous experience in warehouse, forklift, material handling (material handler), distribution, manufacturing, production, inventory control, cross dock, loading, and unloading is preferred but not required

* Performs other duties as assigned

**Qualifications** This position also requires the ability to bend and lift 10-20 pounds continuously, ability to lift up to 70 pounds occasionally, stand long hours, use hands and wrists continuously. The ability to perform basic math calculations is essential. Good verbal and written comprehension skills a must. **Additional Company Information**

We offer excellent benefits to eligible employees, including 401(k), holidays, vacations and more.

Quad is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We are committed to creating a place of belonging a space where employees do not need to sacrifice who they are to exist and grow in our workplace. Quad does not discriminate on any unlawful basis including race, religion, color, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information,or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, or locallaws. Quad also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.

Drug Free Workplace

We strive to take care of employees and recognize their hard work by offering benefits that provide for employees' needs both current and yet-to-come.

**Our Benefits**

The importance of caring for one another, runs deep. It is at the heart of our healthcare and wellness programs, our retirement plans, all of our benefits. It's how we build rich, balanced lives for ourselves and our families, at work and at home.

**Our Culture**

From the very beginning, Quad has been defined by the people who work here. Our values, our skills, our creativity it has all grown from those very first days in business, passed from worker to worker, built on the relationships the trust between us. All the presses, computers and technology; all the buildings; all the resources; none of it matters without the people who make Quad work.