Warehouse Associate Forklift Operator

We are looking for a reliable safety-conscious Warehouse Associate to join our clients this role you will operate a forklift to safely load unload pick and organize heavy and fragile cabinetry vanities and hardware. You will work in a fast-paced wholesale environment where accuracy care and teamwork are essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Forklift Operation: Safely operate sit-down and/or stand-up forklifts to move stack and stage heavy cabinetry boxes and pallets.
  

• Loading & Unloading: Unload incoming freight shipments and load customer or delivery trucks with care to prevent product damage.
  

• Order Picking & Staging: Pull cabinet orders accurately based on pick sheets or RF scanners ensuring items match customer invoices.
  

• Quality & Damage Inspection: Inspect incoming and outgoing cabinetry for transit damage missing parts or defects and report issues immediately.
  

• Inventory Control: Assist with periodic cycle counts stock rotation and organizing warehouse racks.
  

• Safety & Maintenance: Conduct daily pre-operation forklift safety checks follow OSHA guidelines and keep aisles clean and free of debris.
  

• General Warehouse Duties: Assist with manual loading banding shrink-wrapping and general housekeeping as needed.
  

Requirements

Qualifications & Requirements

• Experience: Minimum 1 to 2 years of hands-on warehouse and forklift operating experience (sit-down/reach truck experience preferred).
  

• Certification: Valid forklift certification or the ability to pass an on-site certification test.
  

• Education: High school diploma or GED equivalent.
  

• Physical Demands: Ability to stand walk bend and lift/carry heavy boxed goods (frequently lifting 25 to 75 lbs with team lifts for oversized cabinet units).
  

• Attention to Detail: Strong spatial awareness and basic math/reading skills to verify cabinet SKUs styles and dimensions.
  

• Work Ethic: Reliable attendance punctual and comfortable working in a non-climate-controlled warehouse environment.
  

Required Skills:

Forklift Operator Manufacturing environment