Forklift Operator

We're Hiring — Beverage Co-Packing Jobs in Fort Worth, TX

We run bottling and canning for the biggest spirits and beverage brands in the world — names you’ll recognize on any bartender’s back bar. Our mission is operational excellence: make excellent products and continuously improve how we make them. It’s relentlessly challenging and a lot of fun.

Our best hires come from a wide variety of backgrounds. What they share isn’t a résumé or a single career path — it’s a mindset: they notice what others miss, they care whether the thing they just did is actually right, and they don’t walk past problems. They ask how it can be better, not whether it is good enough.

The Forklift Operator reports to the Warehouse Manager and keeps material moving through the facility — accurately, safely, and without creating problems downstream. You will operate a forklift to transport, position, and stage product across the warehouse floor, prepare and secure loads for inbound and outbound shipments, coordinate priorities via radio communication, and perform routine maintenance and pre‑shift inspections on the equipment you operate.

• Operate a forklift to load and unload trucks at the dock, move materials between receiving, storage, and production areas, and stage product for outbound shipment — accurately, every time, without creating rework for the next person in the chain.
• Store materials in assigned locations and maintain warehouse organization throughout the shift so everyone knows where everything is.
• Verify inbound and outbound shipments against BOLs, Purchase Orders, and Packing Lists; coordinate with Operations on daily shipping and receiving schedules so nothing moves without confirmation and nothing is missed at the door.
• Conduct regular cycle counts across inventory categories and record inventory locations with precision to simplify future counts.
• Operate stretch wrappers and electric pallet jacks in addition to the forklift; handle trash and baler operations as part of the daily floor routine.
• Perform assigned daily, weekly, and monthly cleaning tasks and comply with all facility sanitation and safety regulations across receiving, storage, and shipping.

You operate with precision and consistency. Every load is staged correctly, every pallet is wrapped the same way, and your pre‑shift inspection is performed because you want to catch the problem, not because it’s on a checklist.

You communicate clearly. When something is off, you say so—a count that doesn’t match, a machine that doesn’t feel right, a load that looks wrong. You don’t wait to see if someone else notices.

You stay calm when the day doesn’t go according to plan. The dock doesn’t wait, priorities shift, and the schedule changes—you already know that and it doesn’t throw you off.

You follow the process and, when you think it could be better, you suggest it.

• High‑volume distribution or 3PL
• Food and beverage production
• Military logistics or supply chain
• Retail receiving or inventory management
• Construction or industrial materials handling

Familiarity with BOLs and working knowledge of GMPs are useful and will help you ramp up faster.

You will work in an active warehouse facility, moving between receiving docks, storage areas, and shipping. The role is physically demanding ‑ expect to be on your feet for over 8 hours, regularly lift and carry objects up to 50 lb, and work in variable temperature conditions. PPE is required and will be provided.

Very Good Manufacturing is a high‑speed beverage production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. We run contract production for leading alcoholic and non‑alcoholic beverage brands. We specialize in distilled spirits, ready‑to‑drink (RTD), and canned cocktails, and our high‑speed canning and bottling lines run all TTB‑approved sizes and fill levels. We are the #1 co‑packer in the country for 100‑ml cans (specialty format for craft distilled spirits and high‑proof canned cocktails), and we have a full on‑site R&D Beverage Laboratory for private‑label beverage concepting and formulation.