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Shipping/Industrial Forklift Operator-June 2024
Lindon
Jun 13, 2025
About Shipping/Industrial Forklift Operator

  1085 West 400 North Lindon Utah 84042-1102

  Why Valmont

  We’re Here to Move the World Forward.

  Valmont impacts millions of people around the world every day, yet they might not realize the many ways. Our technology is helping feed the growing population, supplying the world with more reliable energy and access to renewables, enhancing connectivity in remote and urban locations to create a sustainable future and so much more. Simply put, Valmont is advancing agricultural productivity and reimagining vital infrastructure to make life better.

  Join a Fortune 1000 company that respects hard work, honors diversity and invests in our employees as we focus on creating the world of tomorrow, today. We are the modern workforce . Are you ready to move the world forward? Apply now.

  A Brief Summary of This Position

  This is an individual contributor position responsible for receiving, unloading, and storing incoming product loads and inspecting finished products for damage and defects. The incumbent will operate equipment used to move material including forklifts. They will be responsible for identifying material and product being loaded and unloaded. The incumbent will create tags for products being unloaded, which may involve taking notes and pictures and entering that information into the computer. Incumbent will be responsible for inspecting galvanized product to ensure a high quality finished product and making recommendations to resolve any damage or defects found in products. Interact with customers and truck drivers, coordinating special handling as a result of an inspection, general plant housekeeping, and work safely with the required Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

  Essential Functions:

  Operate forklifts with the capacity to move up to 22,000 lbs of material on and off of flatbed trailers.

  Communicating potential problems or needs with material to the Lead or Supervisor

  Inspect incoming material for proper venting and hanging

  Inspect galvanized material to ensure it meets the quality standards, reject material that does not meet quality standards, and coordinate special handling for this material

  Read tags, bills of lading, and shipping and receiving papers

  Create tags on incoming product with details including piece count and finished product packaging

  Move pieces of steel and other material up to 50 pounds by hand from different locations in the plant and yard

  Operate small hand tools including tape measures, micrometers, saws, drills, riveters, and nail guns

  This position reports into Shipping/Receiving Supervisor

  Important Details about the Role

  Operate computer to enter product information

  Assist in creating the production schedule

  Assist in general plant clean up and housekeeping

  The ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide

  A working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook

  Stand 90% of a shift and work outside in extreme weather conditions

  Communicate and interact with coworkers in a positive manner

  The ability to pay attention to detail and follow work instructions

  High awareness for safety

  The ability to work one (1) to two (2) shifts of overtime per week

  Must be a person of passion and integrity who has the drive to excel and deliver exceptional results

  Required Qualifications of Every Candidate (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities)

  No Degree. 0-1 years relevant experience

  Ability to work with wood and small hand tools such as tape measures, saws, drills, riveters, and nail guns

  Ability to operate forklifts

  Ability to inspect to ensure that products meet quality standards

  Ability to bundle, crate, box, and wrap products to be shipped

  Ability to load a truck

  Ability to lift up to 20 pounds frequently throughout a shift

  Highly Qualified Candidates Will Also Possess These Qualifications

  One (1) year experience operating a forklift in a professional environment

  One year experience in a Shipping/Receiving or Distribution position

  EFFORT

  Physical Effort

  Shipping/Receiving Material Handler will be operating equipment including forklifts and / or shag trucks approximately 85% of the shift. This requires continuous in and out of the equipment including standing, walking, bending, kneeling, squatting, climbing, twisting, and turning to inspect and correct material loads. The other 15% will be spent walking and moving around product loads to create tags, inspect the quality of finished products, and entering data into the computer.

  Benefits

  Valmont offers employees and their families a comprehensive Total Wellbeing benefit package to ensure their individual and family’s overall wellness needs are met. Some offerings are dependent upon the role, work schedule, or location and can include the following:

  Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision)

  401k retirement plan with company match

  Paid time off

  Employer paid life insurance

  Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave

  Work Life Support

  Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year

  Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more

  Valmont does not discriminate against any employee or applicant in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  If you have a disability and require any assistance in filling out the application for employment email [email protected].

  Valmont is here to modernize vital infrastructure and increase agricultural productivity, sustainably and reliably. We galvanize steel to last a century with minimal environmental impact. We modernize irrigation to feed a growing population by utilizing the latest technology. We harden the electrical grid to enable the delivery of reliable power to millions of homes around the world. And we help make communities everywhere safer, cleaner and more connected through our smart infrastructure technology.

  Valmont serves two primary markets — agriculture and infrastructure — and seven diverse product lines: Utility, Lighting and Transportation, Telecom, Solar, Coatings, Irrigation and Ag Tech. We manufacture products in 85 facilities spread across six continents, and we do business in 100 different countries.

  That’s what Valmont does. We conserve resources and improve life, finding ways to make innovation and technology beneficial in the real world.

  That’s the value we add.

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