Production Materials Forklift Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Are you the pro who keeps materials moving?

Do you enjoy operating lift trucks with precision? Can you juggle on-board scanning, shifting priorities, and tight dock schedules? If yes, you’ll thrive here.

Your impact

• Safety first—adhere to every rule and regulation on the floor and at the dock.
• Load outbound trailers and stage inbound freight for efficient receiving.
• Control lift functions using levers and pedals to maneuver safely in busy aisles.
• Position forks/platforms beneath pallets, skids, boxes, corrugated sheets, products, and more; transport loads to assigned locations.
• Team with fellow operators, line leads, and supervisors to maintain uninterrupted flow—especially through shift changeovers.
• Locate and inventory floor stock; supply lines per production tickets and adjust as line-ups change mid-shift.
• Assist lines by preparing units when operators are unavailable (cut bands; remove top/bottom sheets).
• Care for your equipment: lubricate, recharge batteries, refuel or swap liquefied gas tanks, and blow out the lift with compressed air routinely (aim for daily).
• Leverage the on-board computer to record quantities and locations, scanning location-to-location and location-to-production line for full traceability.
• Keep aisles clear—stack/organize board and off-fall; support plant housekeeping, dunnage handling, and broken skid removal.
• Take on other duties as needed.

Teams you’ll support

Safety, Production, Customer Service, Sales, and Shipping/Receiving.

Skills that set you up for success

• Read/interpret work documents; write routine reports; speak effectively.
• Solid math across units of measure.
• Accurate tape-measure reading.
• Computer literacy; knowledge of RPM and PDE Manufacturing software.
• Experience: prior forklift operation in manufacturing; printing or related industry background preferred.
• Proficiencies in Shipping/Receiving, Warehouse, Material Handling, and Forklift operation.

Physical reality of the role

• Regular standing; frequent walking.
• Hands-on work using hands/arms; occasional sitting, climbing/balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling; ability to talk/hear on the floor.
• Lift/move up to 50 pounds regularly and frequently.
• Vision: close, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and focus adjustment.
• Environment: moving machinery, airborne particles, extreme heat/cold, and vibration; noise is moderately loud.

Accessibility

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal opportunity employer

*Boxes is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.