Job Purpose: To ensure the safe, efficient transfer of finished products from production lines onto outgoing flatbed trucks or railcars. To support shipping department objectives & ensure compliance with all safety, quality, environmental standards, and regulations.

In this position you will have the opportunity to:

• Perform all duties in accordance with safety rules and regulations 
• Accurately load trucks and rails (centerbeams and boxcars) by verifying correct product and quantities are loaded.
• Transport paint, materials, equipment, totes, and chemicals onto and from trucks.
• Ensure paint storage is correctly cycled and staged according to FIFO method (first in first out)
• Maintain organization of all materials (finished goods and raw materials) within the warehouse and entire plant.
• Assist with effective space utilization in the warehouse area by combing rows and moving product as needed and directed.
• Prep the rail dock for rail loading by removing rail guards, opening boxcar doors and loosening centerbeam cables for loading.
• Set rail chock on all railcars (centerbeam and boxcar) and remove when loading is complete.
• Ensure safety guidelines are followed by truck drivers prior to loading (proper PPE, remain in truck and wheels chocked).
• Properly lock out rail derailer and lift flags and remove locks when loading is complete.
• Document each rail load (boxcar and centerbeam) with a photograph of the box car interior/ exterior.
• Collect waste and debris throughout the warehouse, shipping docks, and inside and outside rails and dispose of properly.
• Secure loads on railcars (boxcars and centerbeams) by ensuring centerbeam cables are tightened and boxcars are unit tied with airbags placed.
• Perform inventory and cycle counts.
•  Install boxcar seals and placards on boxcar doors.
• Remove debris from box cars. Perform housekeeping as needed and instructed.
• Perform any other duties or tasks assigned in accordance with safety rules and regulations 

What do I need to be successful?

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Good hand/eye coordination
•  Ability to efficiently operate mobile equipment while driving forward and backwards
• Ability to read and understand safety rules and regulations
• Ability to read and understand daily work schedule
• Ability to use various hand and pneumatic tools
• Ability to use a camera

Education:

High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.

Experience: 1 – 2 years’ experience in equipment operation 

Work Environment

OSB Manufacturing Plant