Forklift Operator

Title: Forklift Operator

Location: Pasco, WA

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

This position is responsible for handling finished product, supplies. Delivers supplies to the prep, packaging, coldroom and loadout areas of the Plants. Brings out product to blend and stores bulk in the freezers. Loads trucks, stores finished cases in designated areas of the freezers, and inventories bulk and cases in the cold storage.

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Includes the following:

• Daily safety/maintenance checks of forklift; record and report any malfunction. Change batteries.

• Receive instructions, store product in proper location and in the proper freezer. Deliver product to package lines for repack/blend.

• Maintain neat and orderly work area.

• Bring in packaging supplies, such as, KD cases, package machine paper, KD totes, pallets, glue barrels, metal bins and trash bins.

• Supply prep area with additives such as Sapp, Sugar, Muriatic Acid, etc.

• Take out frozen waste product bins and paper bins to designated areas for dumping and bring in empties.

• Store bulk bins in the freezers in the designated location.

• Stack all bins evenly and to the designated height in the freezers.

• Restack, sort and organize freezers in order to maintain a neat, orderly appearance, accurate inventory and location of product.

• Must know locations of all blendable and repackable bulk.

• Is responsible for stacking pallets neatly and to the designated height in the pallet yard.

• Load trucks according to appointment times with designated product/material and fill out related paperwork accurately.

• Visually check for damaged cases, remove and replace those cases before loading. Check tickets for errors in catalog number and number of cases, indicate those errors to shipping clerk for correction.

• Stage cases off line for shipment on trucks according to shipping schedule or store product away in freezers for later shipment.

• Supply palletizer with pallets, stretch wrap, slipsheets, etc.

• Take out trash bins, product bins, damaged pallets, KD cases, etc. to designated storage areas.

• Supply dump to bulk crew with restricted cases, KD totes, pallets, lids, liners, etc. Store bins from dump to bulk in designated areas of the freezers.

• Set up bulk bins for shipment to cold storages or unload and store bulk coming back for repacks, etc.

• Assist with general housekeeping, dump to bulk, stacking or clean up when job duties permit.

• Deliver batter mix to mixing area. Use totes in proper rotation using oldest dates first.

• Run tote hoist and assist in batter preparation.

• Remove empty totes, fines bins and grease bins from prep area.

• Assist Sanitation as needed in mixing area.

• Will be required to wear a dust mask and safety goggles in the mixing area plus follow all plant safety procedures.

• Inbound/outbound shipments

• Pull QA reject holds

• Pull off Scanner rejects

• Assist with QA sample retrieval as needed

• Assist with pallet release to ATL or removed from ATL.

• Rework Damaged cases

• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. While performing the duties of the job, the employee:

• Moderate to heavy lifting, high stacking, must be in good physical condition, have good vision, hearing and be a fast learner.

• Tolerance for cold temperatures

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the functions of this job. The employee:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will regularly work near moving mechanical parts.

• The employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and extreme heat or cold.

• The employee may be occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and vibration.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. To successfully perform this job, an individual must:

• Pass Company outlined evaluation for qualification.
• Read, understand, and obey all plant rules and practice safety as outlined in the employee handbook.
• Be knowledgeable of safe lifting techniques. Some lifting 20 to 60 pounds.
• Ability to drive forklift, good vision, good reflexes.
• Have the ability and willingness to follow instructions
• Basic knowledge of math and must read and write
• Ability to effectively communicate in English.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions.

Education

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-257980

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 07/25/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range based on various factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s work location, job duties, experience and expertise. A reasonable hourly estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $22.20 - $23.20

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law