Forklift Operator
Summary
Drives industrial forklift truck to push, pull, lift, stack, tier, or move products, equipment, or materials.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Moves levers and presses pedals to drive truck and control movement of lifting apparatus
- Positions forks, lifting platform, or other lifting device under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, boxes, products, or materials and transports load to designated area
- Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device
- Inventories materials on work floor, and supplies workers with materials as needed
- Keeps record of inventory
Qualifications
- High School diploma or GED preferred
- Must have previous forklift experience
- Lumber experience a plus!
About Great Southern Wood Preserving
Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc. is the industry's leading producer of pressure-treated lumber products for D-I-Y retail home centers, pro dealers, and other retail building-related segments. Our YellaWood brand pressure-treated pine is widely known to consumers throughout the South who use it for various outdoor building projects. Great Southern also distributes a large volume of products from many of the best-known brands in the industry. Thanks to 15 full-service treating plants and several production facilities, Great Southern Wood is strategically located to provide prompt and efficient service to lumber yards and building supply stores throughout the South, Midwest, and Northeast.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid vacation and holidays
- 401(k) with company match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Dependent scholarship program