Forklift Operator

Twin City Foods is a leading frozen vegetable producer committed to delivering high-quality, nutritious, and sustainably sourced frozen vegetables to consumers worldwide. With a focus on innovation, quality assurance, and environmental responsibility, we are a key player in the frozen food industry.

About the role

We are hiring a full-time Forklift Operator to operate a forklift and move product between locations, including racks and free-standing stacks. Duties include loading and unloading trucks and railcars, often in wet, dry, or icy conditions.

Responsibilities

• Moves levers and presses pedals to drive forklift and control movement of lifting apparatus.
• Positions forks under, over, or around loaded pallets or boxes and transports load to designated area.
• Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.
• Stacks cases (up to 50 lbs.) for containers and rail carts.
• Inventories materials on work floor and supplies workers with materials as needed.
• Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.
• Lubricates forklift, recharges batteries, fills fuel tank, or replaces liquefied gas tank.
• Maintains general housekeeping of product and pallets on and off the forklift.
• Performs general cleaning duties such as sweeping freezers.
• Pulls chain to open dock plate for loading, lifts pallets, stacks and removes slip sheets off pallets (40-50 times per load).
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Experience driving a forklift.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret data with great attention to detail.
• Basic mechanical skills.
• Must be qualified to operate forklift machinery or have forklift experience.
• Must pass Twin City Foods forklift training program.

Physical demands

• Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds; occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 75 pounds.
• Requires close, distance, peripheral, and depth perception, as well as the ability to adjust focus.
• Regularly sits; uses hands to handle or feel; reaches with hands and arms.
• Frequently stoops, kneels, crouches, or crawls; talks or hears.
• Occasionally stands, walks, climbs, or balances.

Skills

• Ability to communicate in English with supervisors and co-workers.
• Ability to follow basic instructions.
• Works well in a team and with minimal supervision.

Benefits

• Competitive wages: $18.56–$23.20 per hour (non-exempt, eligible for overtime).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life, AD&D, and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid holidays.
• 401K retirement plan.

Work location: Kennewick Warehouse. Pre-employment drug screen and E-Verify required.