At Lakeside Foods and our family of companies, we're committed to providing wholesome foods to enrich people's lives through food. We are a culture that pursues our vision of growth and innovation with passion, confidence, and commitment. We are strongest together - valuing collaborative contribution, transparency and new ideas to enable change and growth. We are committed to an inclusive and respectful environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and there's a seat at the table for you.

Our Forklift Operators load and unload trucks and railcars, taking product to and from the production lines, and storing and staging product and maintaining all required records. If you are a creative problem-solver who perseveres through challenging situations, we want to talk with you.This position is located at the Manitowoc Packaging Center.

What You'll Get:

• Competitive wages based on experience
• Stable work environment with a growing company
• Schedules to maintain work/life balance
• Excellent market-leading, low-cost medical insurance, dental and vision insurance
• Paid vacation and personal time after 30 days of employment
• Retirement plan with company match of 50% up to 6% of pay
• Prescription safety glasses & safety shoe reimbursement
• Paid on-site and off-site training
• An Employer whoworks hard to ensure your safety on the job

What You'll Do:

• Before shift start-up, examine shipping schedule to be completed that shift.
• Maintain a constant supply of raw product to lines to ensure unnecessary downtime.
• Count and verify pallet ticket to ensure the correct product is being used on each line.
• Open totes and place them in the dump towers in order of input tickets recorded.
• Remove empty totes from the dump towers.
• Assist Freezer Production Forklift Drivers with locating necessary product.
• Remove pallet tickets from totes and turn them into Quality Control in order of input product.
• Make dumpsters available and empty when necessary.
• May perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
• Adhere to all Lakeside Foods policies and procedures.

What You'll Bring:

• Six months to one year electrical forklift experience and/or training.
• Must be certified in electric forklift operations.
• Positive attitude
• Strong work ethic
• Safety mindset

Where You'll Work:

WELCOME TO MANITOWOC

Thousands of visitors are drawn here each year to explore the USS Cobia World War II submarine, tour Rogers Street Fishing Village to view relics of famous shipwrecks, or sail across Lake Michigan on the S. S. Badger. We love company and invite you to explore 20 miles of spectacular Lake Michigan shoreline. From the pristine coastline with its stunning parks and beaches and marinas, to historic downtowns and outdoor band concerts, Manitowoc-Two Rivers is a maritime treasure to visit as well as a wonderful place to work and live.

Lakeside Foods and our family of companies welcomes people of all backgrounds and the varied ideas they bring to the workplace. Being an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer is part of our heritage and culture. We recruit, hire and promote employees based on qualifications and merit, without regard to race, religion, age, gender, disability, marital or veteran status.

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