Forklift Operator - 1st Shift

Great Southern Wood Preserving; Tyler (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Great Southern Wood Preserving is seeking a Forklift Operator for the 1st shift in Tyler, TX. Responsibilities include operating forklifts for loading, unloading, and warehouse navigation. This full-time role offers competitive pay and a full benefits package, ideal for candidates with prior experience in forklift operations.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation and holidays

401(k) with company match

Profit sharing

Flexible spending accounts

Dependent scholarship program

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• Must have previous forklift experience.
• Lumber experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Press pedals to move and navigate the warehouse.
• Understand and operate levers for product stacking and movement.
• Unload trucks and load products for shipping.

Skills

Forklift operation

Warehouse navigation

Loading and unloading

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

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Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc. producer of Yellawood brand Pressure-Treated Pine is seeking forklift operators in the departments of receiving, production, and shipping. This is a full-time position offering competitive pay and full benefit package.

Essential Duties

• Press pedals to move forward and backward as well as be able to navigate the warehouse.
• Understand and be able to use levers to lift, tilt, and shift products for stacking or movement.
  
  

There are multiple departments that utilize forklifts, some of the different roles are listed below:

• Unloading flatbed trailers and putting products into inventory locations.
• Loading for production
• Moving product into storage locations in the warehouse.
• Loading flatbed trucks for logistics to ship to customers.
  
  

Education And/or Experience

• High School diploma or GED preferred
• Must have previous forklift experience
• Lumber experience a plus!
  
  

WE OFFER COMPETITIVE PAY AND A FULL BENEFITS PACKAGE INCLUDING:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation and holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Profit sharing
• Flexible spending accounts
• Dependent scholarship program
  
  

About Great Southern Wood Preserving

Great Southern Wood Preserving, Inc. is the industry’s leading producer of pressure-treated lumber products for D-I-Y retail home centers, pro-dealers, and other retail building-related segments. Our YellaWood brand pressure-treated pine is widely known to consumers throughout the South who use it for various outdoor building projects. Great Southern also distributes a large volume of products from many of the best-known brands in the industry. Thanks to 15 full-service treating plants and several production facilities, Great Southern Wood is strategically located to provide prompt and efficient service to lumber yards and building supply stores throughout the South, Midwest, and Northeast.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Wholesale Building Materials

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