Forklift Operator 1st Shift

Coca-Cola Consolidated; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Consolidated in Knoxville is seeking a Forklift Operator I to perform warehouse tasks, pallet building, inbound/outbound handling, and order fulfillment across the facility. This role involves traveling the warehouse pick areas with a PIT forklift, ensuring safety and accuracy while supporting management with routine duties.

Applicants typically have 1–3 years of work experience and may hold PIT certification for pallet jack and forklifts.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of working in a fast-paced warehouse.
• Ability to read and interpret computer-based pick tickets.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.
• Ability to operate and navigate PIT equipment safely.

Responsibilities

• Retrieve and place quantities of cases on pallets per pick tickets, ensuring safety and pallet stability.
• Unload inbound product and deposit items to designated storage areas.
• Load outbound product and transport to loading docks and trailers.
• Replenish product to pick or vertique mezzanine areas.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety of the work area; perform other tasks as assigned.
• May perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Fast-paced environment

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Read computer instructions

Tools

PIT Certification

Pallet Jack

Forklift operations

Scrubber

Job description

Locations

Knoxville

Pay Range

18.00 - 19.00 Hourly , depending on experience

Schedule

1st shfit

Requisition ID

265519

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Job Overview

The Forklift Operator I is responsible for various assignments, duties, and tasks within the Warehouse that may or may not require the use of a PIT Forklift, such as building pallets, inbound unloading, outbound loading, replenishment of the pick floor, or Vertique mezzanine areas, and, or the fulfillment of customer orders. This role will travel throughout the warehouse pick area to retrieve and stack specific products and quantities; per the Pick Ticket assigned while maintaining any determined expectations of safety, accuracy, and, or efficiency. This position performs other tasks assigned by Warehouse Management including, pallet stacking, handling damage restack and, or rework, stacking product, and picking up pallets with a Pallet Jack, when applicable.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Retrieve and place quantities of cases of product onto a pre-determined pallet(s) as instructed by the assigned pick ticket in a manner that is safe and builds a stable pallet of product, also known as Pallet Building, meeting or exceeding warehouse expectations in safety and accuracy
• Unload inbound product, raw materials, and/or deposit Items and transports from the docks to their designated storage areas within the warehouse in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner
• Load outbound product and/or deposit items by transporting from their assigned storage area within the warehouse to the loading docks and placing them on the appropriate trailers in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner
• Replenish product to the warehouse pick and, or vertique mezzanine areas by transporting such from their assigned storage areas within the warehouse to their specific assigned location/bin within the pick and, or vertique mezzanine area in a safe, accurate, and efficient manner
• Maintain cleanliness and safety of work area and warehouse, performs other tasks including pallet building as determined and requested by management
• May perform other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to work in a fast-paced atmosphere while walking and repetitively lifting 30-75 lbs.
• Ability to collaborate within a team environment
• Ability to coordinate and organize efficient and dependable warehouse processes
• Ability to adapt to needs of role in different work areas throughout the workday and meet minimum expectations of those different work areas
• Ability to read and interpret instructions from a computer screen
• Attention to detail and ability to differentiate our packages
• Ability to work in a noisy and non-climate controlled environment including high and low-temperature environment
• Intentional self-starter who takes initiative and proactively seeks out value-add opportunities
• Flexibility in Scheduling is required as work hours are subject to change based on business demands

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge acquired through 1 - 3 years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications

PIT (Powered Industrial Truck) Certification: Pallet Jack, Single Forklift, Double Forklift, Scrubber.

Work Environment

Noisy and non-temperature-controlled environment including high and low-temperature environment

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.