Forklift Operator

Job Overview

PBNA $25.55 / hour.

Work shift:

12 hours with Work Days: 2on‑2off‑3on schedule. Shift time: 6 PM – 6:30 AM.

Unloads transport trucks delivering finished products to the warehouse and stores them in designated space. Loads empty pallets and plastic storage flats/shells for the transport truck to return to the manufacturing location. Positions pre‑made, multi‑product pallets onto local delivery trucks. Housekeeping duties include recycling plastic, mopping/sweeping, and ensuring cleanliness standards.

Must be able to pass the Forklift Driving Skills test. Requires lifting items weighing 20–45 pounds repeatedly and carrying and lifting cases while reaching, bending, climbing, walking/standing to move product through the warehouse. Position may include periodic weekend and/or holiday work.

• Operate a forklift safely and orderly.
• Receive and store incoming items according to warehouse standards.
• Maintain a safe and orderly storage arrangement for all handled items.
• Maintain cleanliness in assigned area (yard and warehouse).
• Reload route trucks promptly and safely.
• Sort and store partial cases of products returned on route trucks.
• Maintain records of daily check‑list (pre‑trip inspections).
• Comply with Good Manufacturing Practices, safety, audit, and food safety standards.
• May be required to work with production equipment and associated technologies.
• Meet performance/productivity standards.
• Maintain regular, reliable, predictable attendance.

• 18 years or older; 21 years or older if a valid U.S. CDL is required.
• Pass the physical capabilities test (if applicable).
• Must be able to pass the Forklift Driving Skills test.
• Valid U.S. CDL license (if required).
• Pass DOT physical and DOT Road Test (if applicable).
• Ability to communicate effectively in English if CDL required.

• Working in a high‑speed manufacturing environment (team‑oriented, deadline‑driven, high‑performance demands, fast‑paced).
• Driving a forklift (basic operations such as driving forwards, backwards, lifting and lowering the boom, maneuvering in tight areas without damaging product).
• Working with racking systems and loading/unloading pallets (pulling and placing pallets on/off vertical product racking systems and trucks, maximizing storage by stacking products vertically).
• Working with standards of operation (e.g., OSHA requirements on minimum/maximum speeds, signaling, putting products in appropriate areas).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. Pepsi Co is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Equal Employment Opportunity statements and Pay Transparency Statement are available upon request.