Forklift Operator - Employee-Owned Stock Ownership Benefits

Weekes Forest Products, Inc; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock ownership

Medical benefits

401k match

PTO & holidays

Dental insurance

Life & disability

Job summary

Weekes Forest Products, Inc. is seeking a Warehouse & Yard Crewmember to efficiently prepare and organize building materials for distribution. The role emphasizes safety, accuracy, and teamwork in both indoor and outdoor work areas.

An ideal candidate will enjoy a steady work style and clear objectives in a team environment. Candidates should be able to lift 20–60 pounds, operate material handling equipment, and read work orders.

Qualifications

• Patient work style focused on consistency.
• Follow safety expectations set by company policies.
• Able to lift 20–60 pounds throughout the work day.
• Ability to work independently while supporting exceptional teamwork.
• Flexibility to work overtime hours as needed.
• Experience operating material handling equipment such as a counter-balance forklift.
• Ability to solve problems under workload demands, and adapt to outdoor conditions.

Responsibilities

• Efficiently & accurately organize building materials using a variety of equipment
• Attention to detail, with better-than-average accuracy in quality of the work
• Follow daily operations schedule, with an ability to adjust to customer needs
• Help to continually organize both warehouse and yard work areas
• Decision making within clear guidelines & with support of the fellow team and management
• When there is change in the structure of work or scope of responsibility, ample time will be provided to learn the new work thoroughly with opportunity for repetitive practice
• Utilize hand tools and power tools used to secure and prepare orders of building materials
• Read paperwork work orders, yard pick tickets and other details specifically detailed for customer orders
• Calculate various units of measure for shipping building materials including calculations of board feet, linear feet, square feet, pieces, or various other units of measure used each day
• Ability to use warehouse management system and enterprise system inventory control tools used to verify stock availability and inventory accuracy
• Load and unload train rail cars containing materials
• Sort, move and organize product departmentally while operating and using a variety of material handling equipment including a counter-balance forklift, side loading lift truck or other material handling equipment

Skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Safety awareness

Reading orders

Tools

Counter-balance forklift

Job description

Weekes Forest Products, Inc. is seeking a Warehouse & Yard Crewmember to efficiently prepare and organize building materials for distribution. The role emphasizes safety, accuracy, and teamwork in both indoor and outdoor work areas.

An ideal candidate will enjoy a steady work style and clear objectives in a team environment. Candidates should be able to lift 20–60 pounds, operate material handling equipment, and read work orders.