Forklift Operator

At Corbion, we exist to champion preservation in all its forms, preserving food and food production, health, and our planet.

Corbion is looking for a Forklift Operator to work 1st shift. This is a union position and will provide you with the opportunity to develop skills as an advanced warehouse professional in our food production facility in Totowa, NJ. The candidate will play a key role in ensuring that the shipments of our finished good products are supplied to our customers correctly and on-time.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Receive and put-away ingredients.
• Load, unload and ship pallets of finished goods to our internal and external customers.
• Make recommendations to work safer, more efficiently to better serve our customers.

SELF-MANAGEMENT

• Work in a safe manner and comply with the Environment, Safety and Health policies.
• Collaborative approach when dealing with others.
• Keep work environment clean and tidy to ensure operational efficiency.
• Follow instructions from supervisors and all written procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Experienced in performing electronic transactions associated with physical movements of ingredients across the production facility.
• High school diploma or its equivalent. 
• Able to drive a forklift and re-stack pallets with ingredients up to 55 pounds each.
• Work accurately and methodically.
• Good communication skills, face to face as well as over a radio system.
• Good understanding of our customers and impact of errors and the cost of poor quality.
• Pick both full and partial pallets and stage for shipment.
• Accurately load trailers shipping to our internal and external customers.
• Duties, responsibilities and activities may change and new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Manufacturing plant is large, open floor areas with loud machinery, requiring some areas for workers to wear ear protection to guard against noise. Workers are frequently exposed to high temperatures during the summer months. Some work in cold environments during winter months. Production/Warehouse areas are dusty.
• Workers are required to wear masks, hair nets, or gloves to protect the product from possible contamination.  Certain areas require respirators.
• Workers usually stand for the majority of their shifts while tending machines or driving a forklift. Occasionally lifts 55-pound bags or boxes. Loading, unloading, or cleaning equipment may require lifting, bending, and reaching.

About Corbion

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid and its derivatives, and a leading supplier of emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals, vitamins, and algae ingredients. We use our unique expertise in fermentation and other processes to deliver sustainable solutions for the preservation of food and food production, health, and our planet. For over 100 years, we have been uncompromising in our commitment to safety, quality, innovation and performance. Drawing on our deep application and product knowledge, we work side-by-side with customers to make our cutting-edge technologies work for them. Our solutions help differentiate products in markets such as food, home & personal care, animal nutrition, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and bioplastics. In 2023, Corbion generated annual sales of €1,443.8 million and had a workforce of 2,727 FTE. Corbion is listed on Euronext Amsterdam. For more information: www.corbion.com

Corbion is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workplace.  All applicants will be considered equally without regard to race, color, ethnicity, veteran status, religion, national origin, marital status, political affiliation, age, sex, sexual orientation, handicapping condition, membership in an organization or any other non-merit factors.

Corbion provides reasonable accommodation to applicants.

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Corbion does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers. All candidates must be submitted by approved Corbion vendors who have been expressly requested to make a submission by our Talent Acquisition team for a specific job opening. No placement fees will be paid to any firm unless such a request has been made by the Corbion Talent Acquisition team and such candidate was submitted to the Corbion Talent Acquisition Team.