Forklift Operator

Join our team and immediately become part of the largest distributor of conventional, natural, organic and specialty products in the United States and Canada. We serve over 43,000 customer locations with 200,000 different products. Our Warehouse associates supply thousands of consumers with better-for-you food that nourishes families nationwide. Our retailers range from small family‑owned stores to Wholefoods Markets and everything in between.

Are you ready to make an impact on the lives of others and feel good about what you do? Join our growing Distribution team today.

As a Reach Lift Operator, you will use a piece of equipment called a Reach Lift to move products within the warehouse. It is designed to work in narrow aisles, allowing operators to reach high shelves while maintaining stability. These lifts are ideal for storing and retrieving goods from elevated storage spaces, offering enhanced maneuverability compared to traditional forklifts. You will play a pivotal role in ensuring products are readily available for various teams within the warehouse.

Starting pay rate of $24.65 per hour.

Schedule:

Varied shifts.

• M-F 12 am start
• 9 am start, 1 weekend day required

• Replenish Pick slots.
• Inspect assigned lift and complete vehicle inspection sheet. Replenish Pick slots using the view request screen. If no requests exist, use the manual replenish screen to fill empty or almost empty slots.
• Report to the shipping office at the beginning of each shift for the daily assignment, vehicle inspection sheet, and replenishment discrepancies sheet.
• Replenish Pick slots using the view request screen. If no requests exist, use the manual replenish screen to fill empty or almost empty slots.
• Maintain correct counts and log any discrepancies in inventory.
• Verify that the correct product is being put in the appropriate pick location.
• Remove all empty pallets from pick locations and aisles. Separate the good, bad, and blue pallets and neatly stage them in the pallet staging area.
• Operate the lift in a safe and efficient manner and park and recharge the lift in its appropriate spot at the end of the shift.

• Understand procedures in other areas of the warehouse for a more global understanding of all processes.
• Apply common sense to carry out simple one‑ or two‑step instructions and to deal with ordinary, standardized situations.
• Perform basic math skills, including adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing two‑digit numbers; the four basic arithmetic operations with money; and operations with units such as inches, feet, yards, ounces, and pounds.
• Able to read and communicate in English.
• Good judgment is required, as there may be times when direct supervision is not immediately available.

Previous Warehouse/High Reach experience preferred.

• This position requires the associate to perform all duties at one of our UNFI locations, such as a distribution center or office.

• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds and to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently.
• Exposed to temperatures ranging from
  -20 °F to 35 °F in Perishable Operation and 37 °F to 90 °F in Grocery Operation.
• Ability to perform repetitive arm, wrist, and hand movements required for maintenance and service procedures.
• Must be able to work with hands and arms overhead and to work in or under the equipment.
• Requires manual dexterity, overall coordination, and good balance to work at ground level and in high places to perform job duties. Ability to operate work‑related equipment.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

We are North America’s premier grocery wholesaler, delivering the widest variety of fresh, branded, and owned‑brand products to community grocers and retail chains alike. A pioneer in natural and organic foods, we are growing and transforming to meet the needs of an evolving workplace.

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