Forklift Operator

AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste. AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers a transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the fundamental economics of recycling.

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AMP is hiring a Forklift Operator reporting to the General Manager on site in Portsmouth, Virginia. 

The Forklift Operator is responsible for loading, unloading, and moving bales at the facility between customers and to maintain organization within the warehouse. This includes transferring bales from the baler to their designated stacks and loading bales of each material onto trucks for delivery.

The successful candidate will have:

Required Skills:

• Learn Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) for the machinery you are working on - use this every time you work on or in or around that machinery.  
• Show up on time with all Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and tools including radio - take part in plant morning meetings. Bring problems, issues and observations up with your supervisor.  
• Fill out and maintain the following forms:  Daily Operator Checklist, Daily Inventory Count Sheet, Inventory Sheet, Fuel Consumption Sheet. 
• Safe operation of the forklift.  
• Identify different recyclable products in the facility. 
• Understand what items make bales of product unacceptable to the final buyer, be able to remove the contamination. If you see excess contamination, notify supervisor immediately.  
• Assist with daily and monthly inventory counts.  
• Review and assist baler operator with bale production and make sure quality product is being produced. Remove contamination to prepare them for shipment prior to being placed in inventory. Ensure all bales in inventory are ready to ship.
• Communicate with scale operator to facilitate loading and unloading of trucks received in a safe manner.  
• Report all damage as soon as discovered, whether on RDS equipment or other equipment. This includes inspecting trailers when received at the loading dock.
• Perform quality checks on outgoing bales before they go into inventory and again when loading trailers. 
• Remove contamination before putting them into inventory.
• Learn average and acceptable out-weights for trailers and load consistently in that range. 
  • 40,000 lbs. are the minimum amount of weight that can be loaded on a trailer before it can leave. 
  • 45,000 lbs. are the maximum amount of weight that can be loaded on a trailer.
• Learn how to fill out the paperwork needed before and after truck shipment. Assist truck drivers with tasks as requested.
• Help baler operator when needed, including when aluminum is dropped from the bunker to be baled.
• Help Loader Operator and Roll Off Driver with tasks as needed.
• Check with the Plant Manager for placement of all inbound material.  
• Move inbound bales as required for processing.  
• Maintain housekeeping and put collected material from cleaning into bunkers or bins for rebaling.
• Throughout the day, keep the dock area, bale staging area, pick areas and in general the back half of the plant floor clean and free of debris. 
  • This should be done by sweeping and using the backpack blower. 
• Maintain all tools and supplies and account for them at the end of each day. 
• Shut Down Procedures:  Sweep and blow down the floor around baler, inventory storage and passageways. 
• Proceed to the HD side of the sort line and begin to blow off the sort line platforms, walkways, motors, machines of dust and debris. 
• Empty containers as needed and refuel equipment at the end of the day. 
• Fill out paperwork and turn in at the end of the day.
• If a stoppage occurs on th