Twin City Foods Inc. began as a small frozen vegetable processing company in Stanwood, WA in 1943. Twin City Foods has grown to become one of the nation’s largest independent processors of frozen vegetables. For over 75 years, Twin City Foods has been committed to growing, harvesting, processing, freezing, packaging, and distributing the highest quality quick frozen vegetable (IQF) products. By consistently exceeding expectations, we’ve become a leader in serving the need of customers both domestically and abroad. At every level, we deliver quality and value that is unmatched. We currently have a Forklift Driver position available in our facility in Kennewick, WA.

As a Twin City Foods (Kennewick Division) Forklift Driver your main purpose would be to operate forklift to move product from one location to another in racks and in free standing stacks. Other duties include loading, unloading trucks and railcars. The driver will drive the forklift on wet, dry, or icy surface.

Forklift Driver should have:

• Experience driving a forklift.
• Good verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret data with great attention to detail.
• Basic mechanical ability

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Moves levers and presses pedals to drive forklift and control movement of lifting apparatus.

Positions forks under, over, or around loaded pallets or boxes and transports load to designated area.

Unloads and stacks material by raising and lowering lifting device.

Stack cases (up to 50lbs.) for containers and rail carts.

Inventories materials on work floor, and supply workers with materials as needed.

Loads or unloads materials onto or off of pallets, skids, or lifting device.

Lubricates forklift, recharges batteries, fills fuel tank or replaces liquefied gas tank.

General housekeeping of product and pallets off and on forklift.

General cleaning duties such as sweeping freezers.

Able to pull chain to open dock plate to be loaded, lift pallets and stack and remove slip sheets off pallets (40-50 times per load).

Other duties as assigned.

Required Education/Training/Certification Qualifications:

Forklift experience or qualified to operate forklift machinery. Must be able to pass Twin City Foods forklift training program.

Personal Competencies Required:

Ability to communicate in English with supervisors and co-workers.

Ability to follow basic instructions.

Work as a team member with other employees and work well with minimum supervision.

Essential Physical Abilities:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close Vision, Distance Vision, Peripheral Vision, Depth perception and ability to adjust focus while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance.

*Selected employee will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen and E-Verify*

Benefits of a Forklift Driver:

• Competitive Wages
• Hourly Position
• Excellent Benefit Package
  • Medical
  • Dental
  • RX
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401K and more

Twin City Foods, Inc. an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other status protected by law. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please see government poster: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal.”

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in the application or hiring process, please contact Human Resources at (509-546-0850).