Forklift Operator I

About the role

Sealed Air designs and delivers packaging solutions that protect essential goods transported worldwide, preserve food, enable e-commerce and digital connectivity, and help create a global supply chain that is touchless, safer, less wasteful, and more resilient. We strive to foster a caring, high-performance growth culture that will deliver consistent, sustainable profitable growth and accelerate our performance – a culture where accountability is clear and aligned, and where we reward business outcomes and impact. That culture guides everything we do, including how we partner with our customers and suppliers, how we attract and retain top talent, and how we create and deliver value to our stakeholders. In 2025, Sealed Air generated $5.4 billion in sales and has approximately 16,100 employees who serve customers in 119 countries/territories. Position Summary: Verifies and keeps records on incoming shipments and prepares items for shipment.

Responsibilities

• Monitors incoming materials, comparing identifying information and counting, weighing and/or measuring items to verify accuracy.
• Put away inbound items.
• Examines incoming materials to ensure that they are intact and damage free.
• Operates lift truck or handtruck to move, convey or hoist materials to staging areas or rack locations.
• Pulls items for further processing.
• Determines area and location for transfer of material.
• Records all shortages and damages and reports issues to team leader for further investigation.
• Prepares, stages materials for truck loading.
• Counts and transports materials for customer and intra company freight.
• Transports materials, scrap, supplies as needed for manufacturing.
• Coordinate with Machine Operators to ensure that proper amount of correct material is available at machinery to allow for uninterrupted production.
• Inspect lift (battery or gas) daily and perform maintenance on the vehicle and report any maintenance deficiencies.
• Responsible for transporting pallet covers and pallets from inventory racks and warehouse, to production area.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent
• 1-3 years of relevant experience
• Ability to interface effectively with employees, vendors and customers of all levels
• Flexibility within a high performance work environment
• Ability to work effectively independently and in a team environment
• Able to work without close supervision
• Able to follow instructions and make decisions based on data obtained
• Computer knowledge and 1-2 years of Windows applications, SAP and Sym-ple experience preferred
• Forklift Certification preferred
• Physical requirements: average or better hearing, average or better vision, color perception, depth perception

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discounts
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid elder care
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Pay

Pay: $17.85

Schedule

Shift: Night