Forklift Operator

Forklift Operator

Located in Hillsborough, NJ

Pay: $24 an hour

Shift: Multiple Shifts Available

7am-7pm Friday-Sunday

7pm-7am Friday-Sunday

11:15pm-7:15am Monday-Friday

As a Forklift Operator, you will play a crucial role in the logistics and operations team by ensuring the efficient movement of goods within the warehouse. You will be responsible for receiving, shipping, and handling materials, as well as operating necessary equipment to facilitate these processes.

Day to day:

• Unload trucks, trailers, or other vehicles and move merchandise to the appropriate areas.
• Load finished goods from the production area onto trailers for shipment.
• Relocate materials within the warehouse as necessary, moving necessary components from storage to production activities.
• Prepare and complete necessary documentation for receiving forms, shipping documents, and production tallies.
• Regularly operate equipment such as personal computers, printers, bar code scanners, telephones, faxes, and copiers.
• Handle the movement of pallets on and off trailers, racks, and other locations using site equipment like stand-up and sit-down forklifts, pallet jacks, and clamp equipment.
• Utilize personal computers for producing bar-code labels, inventory information, and receiving & shipping paperwork.
• Operate bar-coding equipment to move and locate material within the plant.
• Operate hand or power-driven trucks for receiving, shipping, and production coverage activities.
• Use scales and stretch wrap equipment necessary for distribution activities.
• Maintain good housekeeping and safety standards within the department.
• Follow all applicable waste and scrap reduction, recycling guidelines.
• Receive Hazardous Waste Operation (HAZWOPER) training and certification as required.
• Adhere to the daily production schedule and prioritize job duties to ensure assignments are completed.

Essential Skills:

• Proficiency in shipping and receiving operations.
• Experience with material handling and inventory management.
• Ability to operate sit-down forklifts and RF scanners.

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

• Accountability for following all Quality, GMP, and cleaning standards and guidelines.
• Adherence to current work instructions and Quality Control Plans.
• Ability to perform Statistical Process Control Charting and take corrective action.
• Good housekeeping practices.
• Familiarity with ISO internal management systems.

The pay range for this position is $41600.00 - $58240.00/yr.

Health, vision and dental, 401k, PTO

This is a fully onsite position in Hillsborough, NJ.

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 27, 2025.

Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meet their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies' construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.