Forklift Operator - Tacoma

Your Job

Are you looking for a career and not just a job? Does working in a positive, team-oriented environment motivate you? If so, check out what we have to offer! Georgia-Pacific Gypsum in Tacoma, WA has an immediate need for full-time Forklift Operator to work in a variety of departmental positions.

Compensation : These positions start at $23.73 / hour with the opportunity of career advancement and compensation.

Georgia-Pacific offers a competitive benefits packageto include vacation time and medical / dental / vision insurance.

Position Schedule :

8-hour shift, Monday-Friday

Day Shift 5am-1 : 30pm

Swing Shift 1pm-9 : 30pm

Night Shift 4pm-12 : 30am

Our Team

Our Tacoma facility has a rich history producing gypsum wallboard for a wide variety of customers. Georgia-Pacific’s Building Products business is consistently among the nation’s top suppliers of building products to large warehouse retailers and building materials dealers.

To learn more about our Building Products division, visit . And, to learn more about our gypsum products, visit

What You Will Do

• Working as a team to exceed safety, production, and quality goals.
• Safely operating forklift and / or other machinery to complete tasks such as loading / unloading OTR’s, moving product within the warehouse, loading / offloading rail cars and flat racks or prepping product to move via railcar / flat rack.
• Performing quality checks on products.
• Keeping work area clean before, during and after shift.
• Supporting our strict adherence to a safe working environment by wearing appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
• Utilizing hand tools and equipment while periodically handling product weights up to 50 pounds.
• Must be willing to work any shift.
• Conducting required pre-operating checks on forklift and equipment.
• Operating a forklift while using various attachments to move product such as forks, grabs, clamps, and push pull attachments.
• Ability to count product and read plots, load appropriately to reduce miss-shipments.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

A minimum of 1 year operating a forklift or other mobile equipment in a manufacturing, industrial, construction, farming, military, or warehouse environment.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Forklift Certification.
• Experience utilizing a forklift to load and unload trailers, trucks or rail cars.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most.

Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation / time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.