Second Shift Forklift Operator

About the role

Quad Packaging is seeking a Second Shift Material Handler (Forklift Drivers) for our Franklin, WI location. This is your opportunity to enhance your skills working with the industry’s most advanced packaging equipment. Every day, millions of people see the products we produce—from retail packaging and magazines to catalogs, direct mail and marketing materials. Behind every product is a team of skilled people who take pride in quality, innovation and working together. At Quad, you'll find more than a job; you'll find opportunities to learn new skills, work with cutting‑edge technology, and build a long‑term career with a company that invests in its people. If you enjoy seeing products come together from start to finish, Franklin is the place for you. This modern packaging facility produces folding cartons and blister cards using advanced printing and finishing equipment. Employees work in a collaborative environment where quality, safety and teamwork are part of every shift, with opportunities to expand their skills while helping create packaging found on store shelves across the country.

Responsibilities

• Shipping & Receiving – efficiently and effectively manages incoming and outgoing shipments to ensure accuracy, completeness, and condition of shipments.
• Gather, fill, and/or prepare items for shipment.
• Count, confirm, and document quantity.
• Determine shipment method, and use knowledge of shipping procedures, routes, and rates.
• Compute shipment space available and/or charges per standard procedures.
• Loads and unloads shipments, and manages the palletizing and bailing operations to ensure that production processes accurately meet the customer job order and company recycling and/or disposal protocol.
• As needed, produce a label; print and proofread the copy; if accurate, print the appropriate number of labels.
• Forward and/or affix to a pallet as needed.
• Protect client products and aid the department in securing and maintaining key industry certifications.
• Operators frequently perform multiple functions during the shift – this includes maintaining the baler room.
• Cross‑train as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years old.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, fractions, and percent.
• Read, speak, and understand English sufficiently to interpret instructions, job orders, production sheets, and work‑related documents.
• Able to communicate problems and malfunctions to co‑workers and lead/management.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of material handler/shipping/receiving/baler experience preferred (will train the right candidate).
• Familiar with machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance; machine repair and maintenance experience preferred.
• Computer proficient.

Skills

• Ability to perform and coordinate multiple simultaneous tasks of monitoring, inspecting, packaging, labeling, and transfer of completed products.
• Quickly and accurately compare letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns, including comparing a presented object with a remembered object.
• Documented adaptability, versatility, and capability.
• Physical ability to lift 50+ lbs.; work performed indoors in a climate‑controlled environment and outdoors while loading and unloading deliveries.
• Willingness to work overtime when needed.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off.
• Disability insurance.
• Annual discretionary 401(k) match based on company performance.
• Life insurance.
• Voluntary supplemental insurance coverages.
• Childbirth short‑term disability insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption & surrogacy benefits.
• Pet insurance.

Pay

Employees can be expected to be paid an hourly range of $17.50 – $19.50 per hour or more, based on variations in knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions. The actual rate of pay offered will vary based upon education, skills, experience, proficiency, performance,