Manufacturing Forklift Operator

Manufacturing Forklift Operator

Thermacell is currently seeking a highly motivated Manufacturing Forklift Operator. The Manufacturing Forklift Operator is responsible for performing an array of duties such pulling material for production lines, as well as receiving and processing incoming orders, picking, and filling orders from stock, packing and shipping orders, or running production lines. This role will be reporting to the 1st Shift Production Supervisor.

Status: Non-Exempt

Working Hours: 7:00 am 3:30 pm M-F (extended hours during busy season and occasional Saturdays)

Work Location: 3157 Buford Highway, Buford, GA 30518

Please note: This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by the company now or in the future. Candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States on a full-time basis.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Ensures production workorders are pulled timely & accurately against BOM's through RF Scan Gun Process
• Completes put-a-way of material physically & systematically from line clearance efficiently and verifies quantities & SKU's to uphold quality & accuracy
• Focused on quality when wrapping pallets: ensures completed production pallets are shrink-wrap & labeled accurately
• Follows put-a-way procedure of completed production pallets
• Ensure adherence to manufacturing key performance indicators
• Production assembly operations
• Ability to perform change overs and make process adjustments
• Meet Thermacell productivity and quality standards.
• Maintain clean work area to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Adherence to established safety policies and procedures.
• Unloading, palletizing, receiving, checking, locating, picking, packing, manifesting, or loading, or other warehouse-related tasks as assigned.
• Responsible for ensuring quantity of product is restocked to full bin levels at the end of each shift.
• Works independently to pick, pack, and prepare order shipment while meeting & exceeding KPI's
• Demonstrates and promotes quality values throughout the department.
• Closely adheres to all operating procedures.
• Use handheld RF scanners and Warehouse Management System to fulfill orders, move and maintain inventory accuracy, and receive raw materials.
• Meets company productivity and quality standards.
• Verifies accuracy of incoming and outgoing shipments and orders.
• Loads and unloads trucks & verifies paperwork/BOL's before and after.
• Stacks and arranges products.
• Unloads containers
• Fills customers' orders according to specifications.
• Wraps/packs orders for shipping.
• Completes cycle counts through SmartCount Process
• Maintains clean work area to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
• Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.
• Demonstrates and adapts to changing priorities & where additional support is needed to meet overall company goals IE operating manufacturing lines, manually packing out displays, assisting in DTC, blending etc.
• Other duties may be assigned.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Lives our core values of Drive, Ownership, Integrity, Teamwork and Evolution
• Authentic and personable, humble, smart
• Relentless work ethic juiced by results, not titles or activities
• Externally competitive, internally collaborative
• Highly resourceful. Hands-on and practical
• Chooses curiosity and a commitment to learning over being right
• Radically candid always with positive intention
• Motivated by challenge, resilient in the face of setbacks or adversity
• Able to critically think and navigate within a variety of ambiguous situations
• Even keeled energy, brings calm to chaos, low drama
• Make impeccable agreements, delivers end-to-end results with excellence
• Makes high quality data-based decisions with autonomy
• Unquenchable thirst for learning and self-improvement
• Effective communicator meeting people where they are
• Manages multiple, complex, and competing priorities

Compensation:

Compensation for this position will include a competitive base salary and an Annual Target Bonus and Quarterly Incentive Bonus opportunity - details provided separately.

We are proud to offer a competitive & valuable benefits package that enables you to protect your health, your family, and your way of life. It includes best-in-class medical & dental insurance where Thermacell pays for 82.5% of the premiums. Thermacell pays for the first half of your medical deductible through our Health Reimbursement Account for PPO & HMO Plans as well as contributes to your Health Savings Account if you enroll in the HSA plan. Long & Short-term Disability & Group Term Life insurance is also available at no cost to you.

Paid time off for this position will consist of accrued vacation at a competitive level, along with 11 Holidays and a day off for your Birthday! 40 hours of wellness time is also available on your first day of employment. Additionally, a company shutdown period is offered for one week between Christmas and New Year's Day where the majority of business operations pause, and employees are encouraged to rest and recover together. Critical functions may require limited coverage to ensure business continuity.

Additionally, you will have access to a variety of additional benefits such as vision, supplemental life, critical illness, Medical Flexible Spending Account, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, accident, SecureSave savings account, Employee Assistance Program, product benefit, wellness benefit, financial coaching and pet insurance for your furry family members! You can find all these details and more in our benefits guide along with additional discounts. You will be eligible for the employer 401K match up to 4% after completing one year of service.

Why Work Here?

We are proud of our company culture it's the fuel behind our dynamic and buzzing community! Our people are authentic, competitive, and compassionate. It's truly a unique formula for success.

We believe in the virtuous cycle of thriving employees fueling a thriving business. We believe in growing great leaders and helping people to unleash their full human potential. We believe in creating a frictionless organization where clarity and empowerment to do the work that matters as fast as possible. We believe in making impeccable agreements and relentlessly tracking exceptional results and celebrating achievements together! We believe in creating inspiring impact everywhere we can in support of our mission where everyone can be a force multiplier.

Our Core Values:

• Drive An optimistic can-do spirit, a passion to delight our consumer, a belief in the importance of determination and the freedom to make a difference.
• Ownership We are empowered to take accountability for our contributions and desire to do the highest quality work with responsible urgency to drive business results.
• Integrity We will always do the right thing guided by truth and sincerity. We exercise constructive candor and have the willingness to challenge and be challenged in all interactions.
• Teamwork The belief that we is greater than me, and with collective brainpower we are better together. We are a community of compassionate support and collective success. We win as one and play hard in celebration together.
• Evolution We are committed to continuous improvement, always learning, growing, and adapting to constant change. We seek progress over perfection.

Our Commitment:

Thermacell is committed to preserving a culture of diversity, inclusion, and belonging. The collective sum of our individual differences, knowledge, life experiences, and unique talents represents a significant part of our culture and is the foundation for our accomplishments and impact. We strive to create a supportive community where we all can show up as our authentic selves and are confident and comfortable to be genuine with our teammates in our day-to-day work environment. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal or local law.

Our Awards:

Great Place to Work Award 2025-2026 | Partnership Gwinnett (G