Part-Time Forklift Driver - Clarksville

Position Status: Part‑Time

Hourly Rate: $16/hr

Location/Address: 1212 Applegate Lane, Clarksville, IN 47129

The Forklift Driver supports production and distribution efforts across retail outlets and warehouse environments, ensuring the efficient movement, storage, and handling of merchandise and materials. This role operates a forklift and other powered equipment to move, locate, relocate, stack, and count products. The Forklift Driver is responsible for loading and unloading deliveries, transporting goods throughout the facility, and supporting inventory accuracy.

This position plays a key role in maintaining safe, organized, and efficient operations across retail outlet floors, warehouse storage areas, and distribution spaces.

• Safely unload inbound shipments and transport products to appropriate outlet or warehouse storage areas; efficiently stack and store merchandise.
• Ensure inbound and outbound shipments are accurate, properly documented, and free of damage; report quality variances.
• Pull and prepare products for shipment or distribution, ensuring correct quantities and product types are selected.
• Perform order picking and staging in a manner that meets operational and customer service standards.
• Move products between staging, storage, retail outlet floors, and trailers using forklifts or other powered equipment.
• Load and unload materials using proper techniques to ensure safe weight distribution and prevent damage.
• Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, double stackers, and other equipment safely and efficiently following established procedures.
• Conduct daily equipment inspections and perform minor maintenance; document safety checks.
• Maintain accurate inventory records and assist with cycle counts and physical inventories; ensure proper stock rotation.
• Keep work areas (including warehouse, dock, and outlet spaces) clean, organized, and secure.
• Follow all OSHA and SDS safety standards and promote a culture of safety in all environments.
• Assist with general facility, grounds, and equipment maintenance as needed.
• Communicate effectively with warehouse staff, outlet team members, and leadership to support daily operations.

• Degree and Credential Requirements – Current Forklift Operator certification or ability to obtain.
• Knowledge of Warehouse Processes – Familiarity with receiving, putaway, storage, picking, packing, and shipping to ensure continuous efficient warehousing operations.
• Teamwork – Works well with others and makes valued contributions to the outputs of others to assist the team or project to achieve required outputs.
• Communication Skills – Gives full attention to what others are saying, asks questions as appropriate, and does not interrupt at inappropriate times.
• Mathematical Aptitude – Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; computes rate, ratio, and percent; interprets bar graphs.
• Adaptability – Adjusts priorities quickly in response to frequently changing circumstances while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Safety Awareness – Recognizes risks in activities, applies control measures, and ensures safety protocols are followed.
• Reasoning Ability – Applies common sense to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; deals with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.

• Technical Knowledge – Familiarity with computers and relevant software including basic computer and Internet navigation skills.

• Background Screening – All candidates must pass a pre‑employment background check and a 10‑point drug screen.
• Hard to Very Hard Physical Work – Able to spend time standing, walking, stooping, kneeling, crawling, and crouching, lift and move up to 25 lb and occasionally up to 50 lb, and handle other physically demanding tasks.
• Visual Acuity – Has close, distance, peripheral, color vision abilities, and can adjust focus.
• Minimum of 18 years of age.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Continuing education and leadership development as well as tuition reimbursement.
• Comprehensive health plan.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) and paid holidays.
• Sabbatical and parental leaves.
• Life, dental and vision insurance.
• Short‑ and long‑term disability plans.
• Nationally recognized preventive health and wellness program.
• Section 125 pretax health spending account, dependent care spending account, and premiums.
• Retirement planning options with generous company match.

Goodwill Legacy Group is an EEO Employer/Vet/Disabled employer.