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Certified Forklift Operator & Warehouse Associate (Brooklyn)
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Pay: $17.00 - $18.00/hr
Start: Immediate start available
Environment: Cold / refrigerated warehouse
Schedule: Monday–Friday, AM shifts
About the role:
We’re hiring for warehouse team members who can support fast-paced food distribution operations. This opening is ideal for candidates with warehouse pick/pack experience and/or forklift certification. You may be assigned based on your experience, certification, and shift availability.
Key responsibilities:
- Depending on assignment, you will handle a mix of:
- Forklift / equipment duties
- Operate certified forklift to load/unload materials and inventory
- Move materials to/from storage areas, production stations, docks, and trucks
- Inspect equipment and report repair needs
- Identify damages, report shortages and quality deficiencies
- Keep updated inventory records and produce activity logs
- Follow all safety policies and maintain a safe work environment
- Warehouse / pick-pack duties
- Pick and pack orders; shrink wrap, label, and prepare shipments
- Push bins/carts; move product/materials throughout the warehouse
- Use pump jack / electric pallet jack (as needed)
- Maintain cleanliness of work area (including trash removal)
- Work efficiently to meet daily production goals (including longer days when required)
Required qualifications:
- Ability to lift 50 lbs and perform physical work (standing/walking, pushing/pulling)
- Comfortable working in a cold environment
- Reliable, high-energy, team-oriented, and able to work a full shift
- Strong attention to detail and good time-management
- Forklift operator experience within the last 2 years
- Must be forklift certified (certification required)
- 1 year forklift experience (or similar role)
- Good knowledge of industrial equipment; excellent coordination
Preferred / a plus - Food distribution / cold-storage warehouse experience
- Experience with pick/pack, shrink wrap, labeling, pallet jack / electric pallet jack
Salary : $17 - $18