Forklift Operator

McAllen, Texas Location Only

Job Summary:
We're seeking a skilled forklift operator to operate and maintain forklifts safely in our facility located in McAllen, Texas. This role is crucial for efficient stock management and production support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Safely operate forklifts and conduct pre-shift inspections
• Moving various sized units and our products from various sources to the next staging area
• Responsible for maintaining accurate records as to the location of each unit moved
• Maintain organized storage areas and accurate inventory records
• Assist with shipping duties
• Complete necessary paperwork and report accurately and on time
• Adherent to company policies, safety protocols, and production schedules

Requirements :

• High school diploma or GED
• Current Lift Truck Operator License
• Ability to read and follow instructions, use basic math skills
• Physical capability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly, occasionally up to 100 pounds
• Comfort working in an environment with moving machinery, noise, and varying conditions

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the corrugated industry
• Previous forklift operation experience

Language Skills:

Ability to read and follow written and oral instruction.


Ability to communicate effectively with customers, employees, and outside officials to the company.


Mathematical Skills:

• Able to read a tape measure with speed and accuracy.
• Able to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, measurement, volume and rate.
• Able to apply concepts of high school math.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or graphic form. Ability to deal with problems involving one or more concrete variables in standardized situations.

Technical Skills:

• The individual must have a working knowledge of the following:
• Equipment design and capabilities that can be translated into efficient operation.
• Product layouts and production specifications
• Product quality specifications
• Quality standards

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear.


The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.


The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.


Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.


The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions.


The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; and vibration.


The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Pratt Industries is America's 5th largest paper and packaging company with more than 9,000 highly skilled green collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt Industries is one of the largest corrugated packaging companies in America, with sophisticated manufacturing facilities in more than twenty states. The company operates several of the most modern, cost effective paper mills in the country, as well as a series of sheet and box plants strategically placed throughout the United States offering a wide range of creative packaging solutions. Pratt Industries is committed to recycling and the environment by harvesting the urban forest.