Forklift Oper

Posted Friday, September 25, 2026 at 5:00 AM

The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. () combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 40 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 4,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world.

We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 50,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

• Curious & Creative
• Hungry For Food & Results
• Entrepreneurial
• Forward Thinking & Flexible
• Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

The forklift operator is responsible for putting away, dropping down, and rotating full pallets of stock through the warehouse inventory reserve racks using a stand-up or sit-down forklift. This position will require the individual to work in all different type of conditions( temps of 0 degrees to 80 degrees).

• Maneuver Stand-Up or High Reach forklift to put away or let down pallets into warehouse racks up to 46 feet high.
• Picks/sorts and replenishes product from upper racks to front pick bins.
• Unloads product from trailers using forklift trucks and powered riding pallet jacks.
• Manually moves product from receiving dock to proper storage location.
• Monitors and enforces safe product handling procedures.
• Replenishes product from upper storage rack to lower pick bins within cooler.
• Monitors product quality as product is being moved.
• Breaks down pallets on receiving dock.
• Maintains cleanliness (sweep, mop, restack pallets) of receiving docks and pick bin area.
• Cleans and charges forklift at the end of shift.
• Record daily actions by use of RF Scan Gun

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Forklift experience is a plus.
• Team player who works productively with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to pass a forklift operating exam.
• Warehouse/distribution facility experience preferred.

El operador de montacargas es responsable de guardar, bajar y rotar palés llenos de existencias a través de los estantes de reserva de inventario del almacén utilizando un montacargas de pie o sentado.

• Maniobrar montacargas de pie, de gran alcance o sentado para guardar o bajar palés en los estantes del almacén de hasta 46 pies de altura.
• Recoge/clasifica y repone el producto de los estantes superiores a los contenedores de recogida delanteros.
• Descarga el producto de los remolques utilizando carretillas elevadoras y transpaletas eléctricas.
• Mueve manualmente el producto desde el muelle de recepción hasta la ubicación de almacenamiento adecuada.
• Supervisa y hace cumplir los procedimientos de manipulación segura del producto.
• Repone el producto desde el estante de almacenamiento superior a los contenedores de recogida inferior es dentro del enfriador.
• Supervisa la calidad del producto a medida que se mueve el producto.
• Desmonta los palés en el muelle de recepción.
• Mantiene la limpieza (barrer, trapear, volver a apilar los palés) de los muelles de recepción y el área de los contenedores de recogida.
• Limpia y carga la carretilla elevadora al final del turno.
• Registra las acciones diarias mediante el uso de la pistola de escaneo RF

• Diploma de escuela secundaria o título…