Earl Smoote
HARVEY
Summary
Hardworking Package Handler comfortable moving heavy loads manually or with forklifts and overhead cranes. Punctual, reliable, and dedicated to teamwork. Great maintenance and repair skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Warehouseman
Bolzoni Auramo
Homewood
09.2021 - 04.2026
- Loaded and unloaded shipments, ensuring proper handling of products.
- Operated forklifts to transport materials across warehouse floor.
- Maintained accurate inventory records using warehouse management software.
- Moved freight, stock and other materials to and from storage and production areas and loading docks.
- Transported material to correct locations and documented inventory changes.
- Collaborated with team members to optimize warehouse layout and storage solutions.
- Followed standard work instructions accurately when picking, sorting, staging and scanning products.
Forklift Operator
Gateway Warehouses
Calumet City
01.2014 - 08.2019
- Operated forklifts to transport materials throughout the warehouse efficiently.
- Conducted routine safety checks on equipment to ensure operational readiness.
- Loaded and unloaded shipments accurately to maintain inventory flow.
- Moved freight, stock and other materials to and from storage and production areas and loading docks.
- Followed standard work instructions accurately when picking, sorting, staging and scanning products.
- Received incoming shipments; verifying quantity, condition, labeling accuracy and conformance to purchase order specifications.
- Organized warehouse shelves and racks for efficient retrieval during order fulfillment process.
- Operated power material handling equipment to accurately select and palletize loads.
- Verified accuracy of incoming orders against packing slips before loading onto truck and trailer for shipment.
- Loaded and unloaded goods from vehicles, ensuring secure and damage-free handling.
Education
General Education Diploma
Chicago , ILSkills
- Forklift operation
- Overhead crane operation
- Pallet jack handling
- Shipment handling
- Material handling
- Loading and unloading
- Order fulfillment
- Packaging and labeling
- Order picking
- Inventory management
- Inventory tagging
- Cycle counting
- Stock organization
- Shipping and receiving
- Shipping documentation
- Paperwork processing
- Warehouse safety protocols
- Hazardous materials handling
- Equipment maintenance
- Problem solving
- Microsoft outlook
- Punctual and dependable
- Picking and packing
- Stock organization
- Punctual and dependable
Certification
- Certified Forklift Operator
Timeline
Warehouseman
Bolzoni Auramo
09.2021 - 04.2026
Forklift Operator
Gateway Warehouses
01.2014 - 08.2019
General Education Diploma