LIFT TRUCK OPERATOR II - 2nd Shift

Mohawk Industries, Inc.; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Mohawk Industries, Inc. is hiring a Lift Truck Operator II for our Dalton, Georgia facility. This role operates a man-up forklift on a 12-hour shift, moving materials between loading, processing, and storage areas while ensuring safety and efficiency.

Requirements include a high school diploma or GED, basic English literacy, and the ability to perform math tasks. No prior experience is required, and training will be provided to ensure compliance with health, safety, and SOPs.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• No prior experience required.
• Reads and writes in English; proficient at basic math.
• Health and environmental safety training completed.
• Prior warehouse or general labor experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operates a man-up truck.
• Transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
• Load, unload, and stack material using lifting devices.
• Maintain vehicle and equipment; perform daily checks.
• Record production data and complete paperwork.
• Attend job-related training and follow SOPs.
• Perform housekeeping and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Team player

Communication

Basic math

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

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LIFT TRUCK OPERATOR II - 2nd Shift

Date: Oct 26, 2026

Location: Dalton, Georgia, United States, 30721

Are you looking for more?

At Mohawk Industries, we're committed to more - more customer solutions, more process improvements, more sustainable manufacturing and more opportunities for our team.

As a Fortune 500, global flooring leader with some of the best-known brands in the industry, Mohawk is a great place to start or develop your career with an emphasis on more of what's important to you. Whether you want to lead more, innovate more, learn more or create more, you can find your more with Mohawk.

What you'll do:

• Operates a man-up truck
• Must be able to perform the following duties:
  • Operates drive gasoline- or electric-powered trucks to transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
  • Operates lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams and swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, and stack material.
  • Moves pallets, skids, and boxes, and secures material or products for transport to designated areas.
  • Dumps, sprays, or releases materials into hoppers.
  • Performs routine maintenance on vehicles and auxiliary equipment,
    • Cleaning
    • Lubricating
    • Recharging batteries
    • Fueling
    • Replacing liquefied-gas tank
    • Completes daily Vehicle Condition Report
  • Manually load or unload materials onto or off pallets, skids, platforms, cars, or lifting devices.
  • Operates or tends automatic stacking, loading, packaging, or cutting machines.
  • Weighs materials or products and records weight and other production data as required.
  • Operate and follow instructions as directed by an onboard RF unit.
  • Records quality and output measures and completes any other necessary paperwork.
• Attend any job-related training deemed necessary by supervision
• Follow all established standard operating procedures
• Perform general housekeeping duties as necessary
• Perform other tasks assigned by management

What you have:

• High school diploma or GED equivalency required.
• No prior experience required.
• Reads and writes in standard English and proficient in performing basic math calculations such as addition and subtraction.
• Successful completion of all required on the job training.
• Successful completion of all required health and environmental safety training.
• Prior experience in a warehouse or as a general laborer preferred.

What you're good at:

• Must be an effective team member.
• Good oral and written communication skills to effectively interact with others in the immediate work unit and in related support areas.
• Ability to follow simple verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to perform simple mathematical calculations.

What else?

• Frequently required to reach, handle, stand, walk, sit, and stoop.
• Occasionally required to kneel. Must be able to lift up to 45 pounds frequently throughout a 12 hour shift.
• Must be able to work 12 hour shifts either day or night, weekdays or weekends as scheduled.
• Work in a normal industrial environment with inherent background noise, dirt, humidity, and temperature variations.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and in precarious places.
• Working conditions include hazardous or unpleasant conditions caused by moving mechanical parts, airborne particles, and noise.
• Requires standing more than 2/3 of time.

  Mohawk Industries is a leading global flooring manufacturer that creates products to enhance residential and commercial spaces around the world. Mohawk's vertically integrated manufacturing and distribution processes provide competitive advantages in the production of carpet, rugs, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone and vinyl flooring. Our industry-leading innovation has yielded products and technologies that differentiate our brands in the marketplace and satisfy all remodeling and new construction requirements. Our brands are among the most recognized in the industry and include American Olean, Daltile, Durkan, IVC, Karastan, Marazzi, Mohawk, Mohawk Home, Pergo, and Quick-Step. During the past decade, Mohawk has transformed its business from an American carpet manufacturer into the world's largest flooring company with operations in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, India, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Russia and the United States.

  Mohawk Industries, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran committed to an inclusive workplace and a proud Drugs Don't Work participant.