Forklift Operator I - 1st Shift

Starting pay: $21.00 per hour

Schedule

• 1st shift: 4:00 am – 12:30 pm
• Full-time position in a food manufacturing environment

Benefits

• Weekly Friday pay
• Earn up to 2 weeks paid time off your first year
• 7 paid holidays and 2 personal days each year
• Comprehensive benefit package, including:
  • 3 health plans
  • 2 dental plans
  • 2 vision plans
• Immediately vesting 401k with up to 4% company match
• Short- and long-term disability plans
• Numerous company-paid benefits, including:
  • Financial planning
  • Employee assistance program
  • Life insurance
  • Virtual physical therapy assistance
  • Caregiving support

About the Role

Join a growing company with popular retail brands such as Red Baron®, Tony's®, and Freschetta® pizza; Mrs. Smith's® and Edwards® desserts; bibigo® and Pagoda® Asian-style snacks. This position offers opportunities for advancement.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate stand-up forklifts and lift equipment to receive, store, and transport palletized products in compliance with OSHA and company safety standards.
• Efficiently pick and stage pallets from storage racks to designated Forward Pick (FWP) areas to support timely trailer loading and distribution.
• Maintain smooth product flow by ensuring all material movements are completed accurately and within established timeframes.
• Perform regular equipment checks, promptly reporting any malfunctions or safety issues to supervisors to minimize downtime.
• Support inventory control by assisting with periodic counts and maintaining organized storage areas following Good Warehouse Practices (GWP).

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED and at least 18 years of age.
• Minimum of 0 to 1 year of related experience.
• Ability to operate clean-up brooms, plastic compactors, forklifts, and carts.
• Ability to gain and maintain required forklift certification, license, and/or satisfactory completion of cart driver training.
• Ability to key product/move data into terminals daily and work in cold/freezing temperatures of 30 degrees.
• Ability to understand/use WMS (Warehouse Management System) and eventually understand/utilize SAP (Systems Applications Products in Data Processing).