Warehouse Associate/ Forklift Operator

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a reliable, safety-conscious Warehouse Associate to join our client's team. In 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.
  

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.