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Forklift Operator

Guardian Glass
Kingsburg, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/12/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/12/2026
Forklift Operator Location(s) Kingsburg, California Company Guardian Glass Career Field Operations & Manufacturing Job Number 180863 Your Job Guardian Glass is looking for a motivated Forklift Operator to join our team in Kingsburg, CA! Forklift Operators perform a variety of coordinated activities that work to build on our safety, quality, and shipping goals. The selected individual will work with co-workers, team leads, and supervisors to develop their skills and improve our culture. For this role, we anticipate paying $18/hr with an increase to $19/hr after 1 year. We offer a robust benefits package that includes a 401K plan with a 7% Match and 120 hours of vacation time. In addition, we offer "On-Demand pay! Your money, when you want it. Shift: Rotating 12 hour shift. (Two weeks on days, and two weeks on nights) Our Team Guardian Industries has 18,000 people working to make products that improve people’s lives! To learn more, visit our website at: https://www.guardian.com. What You Will Do Understands and executes job per the given work instructions or JHS and training Handles, moves, materials using forklifts on and off trailer Operates equipment and mechanized devices utilized in our daily production Inspects equipment, materials, and products to identify the cause of errors, problems, or defects and is engaged in the solutions Communicates and escalates problems, concerns, or improvements to the supervisors, leads, and co-workers Perform other functions in warehouse and shipping as needed and trained Effectively communicate information to supervisors, leads and peers in a professional manner Work in a non-controlled temperature environment along with possibly working in extreme heat Strive to improve in a continuous operation and a fast-paced changing production environment May be required to lift up to 50 pounds regularly May also be required to lift up to 35 pounds while twisting at the waist level on a repetitive basis while packing and repacking product Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Experience operating a forklift What Will Put You Ahead Experience operating an overhead crane At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here. Who We Are As a Koch company, Guardian Glass is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of float, value-added and fabricated glass products, and solutions. We produce high-performance glass for architectural, residential, interior, transportation, and technical glass applications. You’ll find our glass in homes, offices, and cars and in some of the world’s most iconic projects. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.

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